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Speaking and Mourning: Working Through Identity and Language in Chang-rae Leeâs Native Speaker
In my essay entitled âSpeaking and Mourning: Working Through Identity and Language in Chang-rae Leeâs Native Speaker,â I argue that the novelâs protagonist Henry Park finds himself at a critical juncture in his life at the novelâs beginning. I analyze the protagonistâs relationship to language acquisition and identity, which have been developed by Lee to be associated as traumas. Furthermore, these topics are complicated by the death of his son, Mitt. This loss is a trauma of the heart and of the self for the main character who sees a successful navigation of language and immigration lost by his sonâs accidental passing. Lelia and Dr. Luzan are characters that help to promote Henryâs change and working through of the traumas he has encountered. By the novelâs conclusion, Henry has begun to work through his psychological insecurities with language and identity and begins to mourn his sonâs death. I find that Lee leaves the reader with a hopeful outlook for the protagonistâs future. This essay theoretically frames Asian American identity and the concept of âworking through.
Investigating behavioural and computational approaches for defining imprecise regions
People often communicate with reference to informally agreedplaces, such as âthe city centreâ. However, views of the spatial extent of such areas may vary, resulting in imprecise regions. We compare perceptions of Sheffieldâs City Centre from a street survey to extents derived from various web-based sources. Such automated approaches have advantages of speed, cost and repeatability. We show that footprints from web sources are often in concordance with models derived from more labour-intensive methods. Notable exceptions however were found with sources advertising or selling residential property. Agreement between sources was measured by aggregating them to identify locations of consensus
Diachronic and/or synchronic variation? The acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in L2 French.
A majority of the early research in Second Language Acquisition focused on diachronic variation in the learnersâ interlanguage (IL), that is, differences in the IL linked to a supposed increase in knowledge between two points in time (cf. Tarone 1988). The last decade has seen an increase in studies combining a diachronic perspective with a synchronic one, that is, where variation in production is seen as the consequence of individual differences among learners (gender, extraversion, learning strategies, attitudes, motivation, sociobiographical variables linked to the language learning experience and the use of the target language (TL)). In this perspective, non-native-like patterns are not automatically assumed to be the result of incomplete knowledge, but other possible causes are taken into consideration such as temporary inaccessibility of information in stressful situations or even a conscious decision by the L2 user to deviate from the TL norm
The Effects of Task, Time, and Rule Knowledge of Grammar Performance for Three English Structures
This paper reports on a task variation experiment repeated measures design to investigate the effects
using a of time, task, and rule knowledge on the performance of three English structures by non-native speakers of English. The design and procedures used are similar to studies by Hulstijn and Hulstijn (1984), Tarone (1985b, 1982), and Bialystok (1982).
MANOVA and ANOVA analyses indicate time had a significant effect on performance for two oral production tasks. Four tasks (2 oral and 2 written) ranged from more "automatic" to less automatic or "controlled" (see Chaudron, 1985 for a discussion of task types). Tasks 1 - 4 elicited significantly different performance levels. Task 5, rule knowledge (full, partial, or none at all), had a significant correlation with only one of the four other tasks
DlĂčth is Inneach: Linguistic and Institutional Foundations for Gaelic Corpus Planning
This report presents the results of a one-year research project, commissioned by BĂČrd na GĂ idhlig BnG) and carried out by a Soillse Research team, whose goal was to answer the following question:
What corpus planning principles are appropriate for the strengthening and promotion of Scottish Gaelic, and what effective coordination would result in their implementation?
This report contains the following agreed outcomes:
a clear and consistent linguistic foundation for Gaelic corpus planning, according with BĂČrd na GĂ idhligâs acquisition, usage and status planning initiatives, and most likely to be supported by Gaelic users.
a programme of priorities to be addressed by Gaelic corpus planning.
recommendations on a means of coordination that will be effective in terms of cost and management (i.e. an institutional framework
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