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Slang and Social Context, 2003.
How "slang," a sociolinguistic phenomenon, can be correctly understood by English language learners.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper presents a discussion of how "slang," a sociolinguistic phenomenon, can be correctly understood by English language learners. It looks at the linguistic features of slang and the need for effective communication for new immigrants to the United States.
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"This research examines linguistic features of slang and ways in which it affects the language experience of English language learners ELL. The research will set forth the context in which slang becomes relevant to andre aches meaning with ..."
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Slang, 2001.
Results of brief research project to determine whether teen-age slang can be understood by non-adolescents. Key features of slang. How slang words & expressions change meanings over the years.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, $ 63.95
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"Slang is a term that refers to words and phrases that deviate dramatically from the style and uses of the standardized language. Because slang is an unconventional language that reverberates with irreverence and rebellion against mainstream perceptions, it has been appropriated by adolescents for many generations (?What is Slang,? pp. 1-2). In fact, teenagers have contributed significantly to slang by creating their own version, teenage slang, which prevents adults in their lives from understanding their communication with their adolescent counterparts.
The focus of the research project in this paper is to determine whether teenage slang is a distinctive language that cannot be understood by non-adolescents. Furthermore, the specific features of the changes in teenage slang throughout the years..."
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Slang, 2002.
A paper that defines the term slang.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper defines and explains the term slang, going on to give a few commonly used slang expressions spoken in the American culture. The paper in some detail defines the American slang, 'dude', giving its meaning, origin and usage.
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Slang,Youth Subcultures and Rock Music, 2001.
An in-depth look at slang, its origins and rock and roll.
22,900 words (approx. 91.6 pages), 16 sources, $ 249.95
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This is an intensive paper looking at both slang and rock music. The two have much in common and the author goes to great lengths to divulge their common threads. It's an 'All you need to know' paper looking at the history of slang, its many uses, youth subcultures and rock subcultures of the 20th - 21st century. The author includes a handy dictionary of slang terms.
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"Slang fills a necessary niche in all languages, occupying a middle ground between the standard and informal words accepted by the general public and the special words and expressions known only to comparatively small social subgroups. It can serve as a bridge or a barrier, either helping both old and new words that have been used as "insiders' " terms by a specific group of people to enter the language of the general public or, on the other hand, preventing them from doing so. Thus, for many words, slang is a testing ground that finally proves them to be generally useful, appealing, and acceptable enough to become standard or informal. For many other words, slang is a testing ground that shows them to be too restricted in use, not as appealing as standard synonyms, or unnecessary, frivolous, faddish, or unacceptable for standard or informal speech."
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Slang, 2007.
An overview of the language phenomenon known as slang.
2,353 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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The paper first tries to define slang and looks at its different characteristics such as level of informality. It discusses how it cannot be equated with words such as jargon and lingo. It also gives examples of certain types of slang such as French verlan and Cockney rhyming slang.
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"Nevertheless, the most prominent characteristic of slang seems to be its level of informality. This is actually the first connotation borne by the noun itself. I remember when I bought my very first English slang dictionary. The cover was depicting the 'ghetto' as it were, with a wall daubed with graffiti. The power of the image is such that it forces meaning - subjective connotations in fact - on you, thus depicting slang as the language of the street and making it an urban phenomenon, typical of 'bad' areas. But then, don't they use slang words in the countryside? Slang is actually a style category within the language, occupying an extreme position on the spectrum of formality: it is made up of highly informal words that constitute a deviation from standard language. As mentioned above, it seems to defy established forms and constituted authorities. "
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Historical Context of Writings, 2002.
A look at some writings in their historical contexts by Bernal Diaz, John Locke, Karl Marx/ Friedrich Engels, and Jules Verne.
1,540 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 50.95
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Writers such as Bernal Diaz, John Locke, Karl Marx/ Friedrich Engels, and Jules Verne wrote about some of the most important themes in world history such as colonialism, absolutism and industrial capitalism. This paper examines how their particular historical context (the 16th century, 17th century, and 19th century) influenced their ideas and how the historical context has changed over time. While doing so, the writers focuses largely on a single work of each of the above-mentioned writers, i.e., "The Conquest of New Spain" by Bernal Diaz; "The Second Treatise of Government" by John Locke; "The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels; and "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne.
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"Bernal Diaz del Castillo was a Spanish conquistador, chronicler and historian who sailed to the Americas and fought many battles under different Spanish adventurers including Hernan Cortes, the conqueror of Mexico. As a reward for his services Diaz was made the governor of a Guatemalan town where he took up residence until he died. In order to repudiate an over glorified account of Cortes? conquests written by his secretary Gomara (who had not even been to America), Diaz wrote The True History of the Conquest of New Spain when he was an old man of almost eighty. Although lacking a sophisticated literary style, the work is recognized as an important eyewitness account of the Spanish conquests in the Americas, and the subjugation of the native people by the Spanish colonists."
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Suicide: The Social Context, 2008.
This paper explores how suicide is viewed in the context of cultural boundary transgressions.
2,517 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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The paper discusses how suicide is imagined to be a transgression of cultural boundaries and the sanctity of life. The paper then questions if there can be a suicide that does not transgress cultural boundaries. The paper also considers how suicide is situated within the cultural definitions and constructions of death that dominate various cultural settings. The paper reviews the relevant literature and concludes that a suicide must always be a transgression of cultural boundaries since it has only as much cultural importance as is granted to the act by the norms and prescriptions of the larger social context.
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"Suicide speaks to the nature of our cultural boundaries and our implicitly agreed upon notions of death and dying. Implicitly, there seems to be a common thread that runs through diverse cultures condemning the practice of suicide. When openly discussed, few non-reflexive cultural texts consider suicide to be a laudable act. There are, of course, exceptions. Kelleher provides Biblical examples of military suicides that are presented in a positive light after the shame of defeat, and all but praises the use of suicide--via hunger strikes--for political purposes (Kelleher 9-11). But outside of fairly narrow exceptions, suicide is imagined to be a transgression of cultural boundaries and the sanctity of life."
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The Roles of Chinese Women in a Historical Context in the Novel "Disappearing Moon Caf?., 2002.
This paper addresses the historical context of the book Disappearing Moon Caf by the author Sky Lee. In this book, the lives of several generations of Chinese women living in Canada are torn apart by a refusal to accept the customs of their new country.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper addresses the historical context of the book Disappearing Moon Cat by the author Sky Lee. In this book, the lives of several generations of Chinese women living in Canada are torn apart by a refusal to accept the customs of their new country. While this book is Lee's demonstration of how separate cultures must blend together in order for those living within them to survive, this novel also demonstrates how this concept is not a clear- cut situation. The historical setting of Disappearing Moon Cat is found in the turmoil that was found among the peoples of Canada at the turn of the Twentieth Century.
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The Political Context of Educational Theory, 2002.
An analysis of alternative arguments of the political context of educational theory.
939 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This report highlights the issues and the related educational theories in the light of political context. Hence the paper provides a springboard for insight into some essential interconnections between educational approaches and movements, motivational goals of the researchers and the varied opinions of the educationists and experts, through presenting alternative arguments.
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"Where all believe in the significance of education for the development of personality and for the welfare of the nation, many support the various important and blatant theories and educational movements. However, there is still a decent number that presents alternative arguments in their effort to prove that educational research (and related public funding) world-over is being used not only as a tool to inculcate sense of discipline and responsibility but also to gain political ends."
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"Faust" in Context, 2002.
Examines von J.W. Goethe's play, "Faust" in the context of the Enlightenment.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play, "Faust" provides a valuable allegory of Geothe's beliefs and values in his historical context of Enlightenment. Written just after the French Revolution, there are parallels that can be drawn regarding the role of religion in society, suggesting Goethe was influenced by the anti-dogma writings of Voltaire and Rousseau.
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Governance Structures in a Health Context, 2006.
This paper briefly examines several different governance structures within the health care industry context.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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In this paper, several different governance models are compared and contrasted with the intent of providing a rough conception of each one of them, particularly their strengths and weaknesses. In addition, the writer examines one governance model, the synergistic model, in greater depth and detail in order to provide readers with a better understanding of this type of governance and its especial usefulness to managers within a health care context.
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"Establishing appropriate governance structures in any organization can be difficult. It seems that every few months another expert devises another new way that organizations can best be structured in order to maximize positive benefits, all the while reducing the negative consequences of previous models. Choosing among these governance structures can be a trying task, indeed. The difficulty is magnified, at least perceptually, when one attempts to weight the relative benefits of governance structures within the context of the health care industry. In a health context, lives can quite literally be at stake. Likewise, ballooning health care costs have forced many hospitals and health care providers to streamline their services. Selecting incorrectly can lead to further reductions in service or magnification of costs."
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"School Violence in Context", 2005.
This paper is a chapter by chapter report on the book "School Violence in Context" by Rami Benbenishty and Ron Avi Astor based on the Israeli schools.
2,875 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 85.95
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This paper explains that, in the first chapter, the authors present a heuristic model of school violence to demonstrate that victimization in schools is the result of a myriad of factors relating to the social environment of the student both at home and at school. The author points out that the shocking finding that the school environment is much more of a determinant of school violence than the individual's environment. The paper relates that, because the primary contributor of student safety and victimization comes from school related factors such as school climate, teacher abuse and other school related factors, reform must start with policy changes that affect the schools rather than on parenting and more indirect casual relationships.
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"The importance of this fourth chapter is to explore the patterns of victimization. This analysis has revealed some startling discoveries. It is shown that all forms of victimization whether verbal-social, threats, or physical violence follow an extremely similar rank order across gender, ethnicity, and school types as well as between different countries. This data is extremely important because it breaks established beliefs that victimization is extremely heterogeneous across different groups of people. This study suggests that there is a set social hierarchy organized in similar ways according to severity. The effect on policy is that educational reforms to decrease student victimization can now be applied uniformly across all students. This makes the job of the educator and the policy makers much easier because they do not need to isolate specific groups in their attempt to decrease school violence."
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Cultural Contexts, 1996.
Compares cultural contexts of two works, "Republic" ( Plato ) & "Second Treatise of Government" ( John Locke), views on states' structures, rule of law, ethics, property, legitimacy & purpose of govt.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, $ 63.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine issues surrounding the rule of law in relationship to the legitimacy of the state, as put forward in Plato's Republic and Locke's Second Treatise of Government. The plan of the research will be set forth the cultural context in which each theorist's views emerged, and then to focus on his treatment of the origins of how a state comes to be structured.
According to Cornford, Plato's Republic has to be considered in the context of the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War and the waning years of Greece's democratic golden age, proceeding toward the years of the Athenian empire (Cornford, 1945). John Locke developed his views in the context of the 1688 Revolution in England, which followed rule and abdication of the Catholic James II, who believed in divine right of kings and dissolved ..."
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Learning in the Post-modern Context, 2005.
This paper discusses the teaching or education profession in a post-modern context.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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As with all other professions, the teaching or education profession is defined by metaphors and structures of representation that serve the interests of both the institutions involved and the broader social forces that support the profession. This essay demonstrates, through a comparison and contrast of three distinct analyses of the profession of education and the communication of knowledge from a post-modern perspective, that while the tools of post-modernity, such as semiotic analysis, permit greater interrogation of these templates and their operations, this critique does not enable radical new visions.
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