Abstract
The paper relates that social labeling is identified as qualifying terms attached to specific constructs found within general social interactions. The paper explains that the purpose of this study is to identify those social colloquialisms that are used to identify gender within common parlance. The paper states the scope of the study, the research questions, the methods of assessment as well as the format and timetable.

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Purpose of the Study
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"The pervasiveness of social labeling has resulted in the investigation of these words as representative of values shared throughout a specific society. Early research by Brooks-Gunn and Lewis (1979), for example, sought to identify why children between 9 to 24 months of age were more likely to associate the label "daddy" with an authority figure while the label "mommy" was more likely to be associated with a nurturing figure. The authors found that these two terms were heavily saturated within information communicated to infants and children, such as nursery rhymes, and that the children absorbed these social labels without attaching any qualifying information to these terms."

Tags:language, values, linguistics, connotations

Abstract
An analysis of the article by Gloria Anzaldua, "How to Tame a Wild Tongue". It shows how this article explores the essence of Chicano culture in America through an analysis of language. The author speaks about gender, race, and identity as functions of language. It focuses on Tex-Mex, which is described as a language of rebellion, both against standard Spanish and standard English.

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"The reason why using more than one language at a time can be so important for immigrants or children of immigrants is that it enables us to preserve our cultural heritage while at the same time fitting into the dominant culture. Anzalda talks about assimilation as a negative act, but in many ways assimilation can be positive, as long as people make an effort to maintain some of their customs and their language. One of the reasons why Anzalda is proud of Tex-Mex "Spanglish" is because it reminds her of who she is. She remembers when she first discovered Chicano literature. "When I saw poetry written in Tex-Mex for the first time, a feeling of pure joy flashed through me. I felt like we really existed as a people," (29). The formation of Chicano culture happened largely through the use of language. "Something momentous happened to the Chicano soul we became aware of our reality and acquired a name and a language (Chicano Spanish) that reflected that reality," (33)."

Tags:spanish, english, rebellion, language, gloria, anzaldua

Abstract
This paper discusses how in Flannery O'Connor's story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" the reader finds themselves bombarded by a colloquial mannerism as portrayed by the grandmother figure in the story. In particular, the paper delves into the grandmother's perception and reaction the events around her and her personal view of certain situations. An analysis of the plot is dissected as well as the impetus for specific characters in the story.

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"The colloquial use of such words as pickininny, rigger and the reference to country riggers not having pants on in the country all point to a social commentary on racism. The item that is extremely alarming in this symbolism is the calm reaction the rest of the family has to grandmother's comments. The reference to plantations and Gone with the Wind are all symbols in the story to allow the reader to traverse past the family on vacation and to take a cerebral road trip to the past, the aggressions of the country during the war and the common day sentiment on slaves as McPherson (1965) writes, "Freedom has been your legacy from birth; by some of us it has been achieved. We know what oppression is..." (McPherson The Negro's civil War 15). Thus, the grandmother does not know in the story yet, what oppression is so then she most assuredly does not know what freedom is."

Tags:colloquial, mannerism, pickininny, plantations

Abstract
This paper explores the theory of Alfred Tarski, which he published in 1936 called "Wahrheitsbegriff". It explains how he investigates the schema of colloquial language and formal language to prove whether such language usage is true in its context and logic or not. It discusses how theorists challenged Tarski's controversial equation, which he presents as his T schema for proving statements/ sentences true. It also states that most theorists disagree with this T schema "p" is true if p.

From the Paper
"Tarski presumes that the rule for this equation is true if p is proven false. To achieve the desired result, he put forward the condition that in the T schema if a sentence is S then p is a replica or in another word S= p. However p will have to be untrue for S to be true. In formal language he perceives that correctness means that there is no ambiguity of truthfulness or untruthfulness of the existence of a sentence/phrase. Inconsistency according to him exists when the parts of the sentence does not conform to the object of the sentence (Tarski 1944)."

Tags:statement, segment, colloquial, formal

Abstract
The paper explains that the author's university degree thesis focused on technical and scientific matters and utilized a wide vocabulary from the medical and biological disciplines, which enabled the applicant to gain a strong grounding and preparation for technical vocabulary and an understanding medical and scientific matters. The author points out that her work for a company translating agricultural, scientific, and medical texts highlighted the delicate balance between subjectivity and objectivity in the art of translating another's words and thoughts into another language and cultural system of ideas. The paper stresses that medical and scientific words often have a different meaning in the technical lexicon of the profession or a discipline than they do in more colloquial usage; therefore, the most gratifying aspect of her work was having a part in making the often difficult and frightening world of medicine and the sciences comprehensible.

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"I obtained my university degree this summer, in July of 2004. I received a degree in translation and interpreting, the "Mediazione Linguistica" (Final Mark 105/110) from la Scuola Superiore per Mediatori Linguistici Gregorio VII, Rome. Previously, in July 2000 I received my Diploma di Liceo Linguistico (95/100), Liceo Linguistico N.S. della Mercede in Rome as well. Thus, my education has revolved around this diverse and exciting European city, filled with the languages of many foreign-speaking individuals, tourists and professionals."

Tags:vocabulary, english, spanish, italian, preparation

Abstract
This paper explains that Langston Hughes employs the techniques of humor, imagery and rhythm to emphasize his points, proving himself to be a master at identifying with his African-American heritage. The author points out that Hughes often used jazz as an inspiration for his literary works by utilizing colloquial African-American dialects in a rhythmic pattern that echoes jazz as seen in his poem "The Weary Blues", which earned Hughes a first prize for poetry in 1925. The paper analyzes several of his poem---"The Weary Blues", "Song for a Dark Girl", "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", "Freedom Train" and "The Negro Artist" and "The Racial Mountain" and essays---"Temptation", "There Ought to be a Law" and "The Fun of Being Black".

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"In contrast to the serious nature of the African American plight, Jesse B. Simple allows Hughes to express his affirmation of the African American experience through humor. Maya Angelou states that Hughes' essays "helped us poke fun at the unjust, thereby weakening the power of injustice." Through humorous conversations with a fictional man, Hughes was able to comment on serious racial issues with a certain amount of ease. For instance, in his essay, "Temptation," Simple discusses the probability of Adam and Eve being black instead of white. He says, "If they had started out black, this world might not be in the fix it is today. Eve might not have paid that serpent no attention. I never did know a Negro yet that liked a snake" (Hughes 177). Through his unique sense of humor, Hughes proves his point that African Americans are just as capable as--even more capable than anyone else--of making a decision regarding their own fate."

Tags:harlem, negro-renaissance, critics, jazz, dialects

Abstract
This essay analyzes the diction of "Katherine" by Anya Seton in terms of whether the language is concrete or abstract, whether the words have interesting connotations, whether the diction is formal or colloquial and what inferences can be drawn about the speaker from the word choice of the speaker.

Tags:katherine, diction

Abstract
In this paper the author closely examines Falkners, "The Bear." He suggests that it exhibits such values as the importance of nature in an individual's proving of him or herself and the importance of individual self-realization. The author contends that the book has a characteristic narrative style of a sparse and colloquial tone, meant to convey a reality of thought and expression, and consequently is the progeny of all the previous authors in the American Romantic tradition.

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"How could a story about a bear be a romantic tale, a reader might be tempted to ask upon hearing William Faulkner's short story "The Bear" characterized as a work of classic American Romantic fiction. Perhaps it is, a kind of romance between a boy and the woods, between man and nature in man's determination to prove himself both worthy of the natural world, part of the natural world, and also master of it."

Tags::, Ralph, Waldo, Emerson, Nature, Henry, David, romance, Thoreau, Walden, Emily, Dickinson, Boon

Abstract
A discussion between family members that gives a lesson in biology and defines several aspects of biology such as vegetarianism, protein, vitamin B12, cladistics, tetrapods, and antisense technology. Because this colloquial paper is written in the style of a story being told to the lay person, the reader is able to easily understand the biological concepts.

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""I'm being more efficient," Sadie said. "The 10% rule of ecology says that only 10% of the available energy stored in a food can be used by the next level of the ecosystem. So plants can use only 10% of the energy sent by the sun, and we can use only 10% of the energy stored by plants when we eat them, or 1% of what comes from the sun. Eating meat cuts the percentage to one-tenth of 1%. Too inefficient. That's why I eat only plants" ("Vegetarianism"). Sadie nodded her head wisely.
"She's right, you know." David was a graduate student in molecular biology. He knew that sort of stuff backward and forward. Uncle Eldridge looked a little startled.
"I learned that in class, too," I added.
"But what about protein? How do you get enough protein?" Aunt Sally looked worried.
"There are a lot of sources of protein besides meat. The need for protein is based on getting both essential and non-essential amino acids from your food," Sadie explained. "It can be from complete protein foods, like meat or fish or chicken, that include all the amino acids. But non-complete protein foods are just called that because they don't include every amino acid. So you just have to combine them to get all the amino acids you need."
"Will you be able to get all your amino acids today without the turkey?" Mom asked.
"Probably," Sadie said. "The beans, the potatoes, the walnuts, and the corn in the cornbread probably include all the essential amino acids between them." ("Protein")."

Tags:dialogue, short, story, vegetarianism, protein, B12, cladistics, tetrapods, antisense

Abstract
This paper discusses how granny flats, a colloquial term often used for accessory second dwelling units, are best described as the converted use of space in a residential home into a small apartment. It examines how in California most often this means converting part or all of a garage into an apartment or flat and how the advantages of converting the extra space into living units is often in providing a source of income for the owners of the house. It evaluates how the State of California requires that local governments allow second dwelling units in single-family districts. It looks at how granny flats mostly meet the same housing construction and safety codes of more traditional housing. It shows how they offer low-cost alternatives to apartments for those on a fixed income such as the elderly or those with disabilities who are receiving assistance. In addition they are an alternative to warehousing older generation Americans who cannot afford to live independently.

From the Paper
"Ordinances vary widely from city to city in the state. Many municipalities have tried in the past to severely regulate the use of granny flats by their residents. California Court of Appeal struck down just such an attempt in Santa Monica, which had an ordinance on the books that restricted, who can live in second units in single family residential zones. The court found that the ordinance it violated both privacy and equal protection rights. The ordinance restricted occupancy to dependents and caretakers. It was approved by the City Council at the urging of residents, in spite of legal warnings from attorneys as well as City staff."

Tags:housing, construction, apartments, ordinances