Linguistics papers

This essay deals with shifts of languages other than English and the globalization of English.

A look at the Portuguese language from the start to modern times.

A paper which presents a detailed examination of the semantics of the English language

A look at the language developed by the African-Americans and its move from a "slang" to a recognized dialect of English.

The past, present and future of the Irish language.

This paper looks at how language is defined by different cultures.

A comparison between Standard English and African-American Vernacular English (AAVE)

This paper examines the development of the Old French language before and after the Oaths of Strasbourg.

This paper looks at literacy in the Aegean Bronze age by studying their scripts and drawings.

This paper gives an evaluation of the theoretical claims, empirical evidence, and practical consequences associated with the concept of the critical period.

An analysis of the language of thieves (argot) which is spoken is prison.

This paper discusses the use of slang terms that refer to homosexual individuals.

This paper looks at the actual use of Chinese address terms in various interpersonal relations, the grammatical status of the terms of address, and the condition(s) for their occurrence in Chinese.

This paper examines cross-cultural politeness using the Brown and Levinson's model.

This is a critique of James Clifford and Michael Fisher's work on the authority of language and literary elements in ethnographic writing.

This essay examines Bengt Holbek's model of classifying and interpreting the world's fairy tales.

This paper discusses Kenneth Burke's contributions to rhetoric and its importance as a communicative tool.

A discussion of the sign and symbol-based language experiments conducted with great apes over the last forty years, including criticisms, findings, and implications. Addresses projects with gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and bonobos.

This paper describes how the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle' defines the national and linguistic history of the beginning of England.

Discusses the spread and decline of various languages.

The differences between American English and Canadian English.

This paper is a discussion of the ideas espoused by Chomsky that the capacity for language acquisition is something we are born with.

A look at the development of the English language.

An in-depth look at slang, its origins and rock and roll.

The present paper deals with the lexical representaion of Arabic speakers, tested by a newly developed experimental paradigm.

An analysis of language and the role it plays in society. A look at the field of sociolinguistics.

A look at sociolinguistic differences in the "Crocodile Dundee" films.

Analysis of a position paper on the subject of bilingual education by Diane Ravitch.

A Barthesian reading of popular culture, centered around a promotional poster for the film "Pulp Fiction".