Why are wasteyutes a ting?

This paper examines lexical enregisterment through TH/DH-stopping in Multicultural Toronto English (MTE), a multiethnolect emergent in the Greater Toronto Area. Sociolinguistic interview data from young MTE speakers reveals an overall ~10% rate of stopping, with teenage males being the primary stoppers. However, despite the presence of stopping in the vernacular of most speakers, certain terms referring to character archetypes - e.g. wasteyutes, mandem - have become sites of enregisterment of TH/DH-stopping in MTE rather than enregisterment of stopping in more frequent words or of stopping itself. We argue that this is because these lexical items implement reflexive tropes, as speakers thought to be stoppers are those who might be labeled wasteyutes or mandem: young, male, suburban, typically non-white, and typically low status. As such, performance of these stereotypical personae fosters indexical linking between sound (TH/DH-stopping) and culturally salient identities (wasteyutes, mandem), cementing enregisterment of these terms in MTE

The Mythical Divide Between Collateral and Direct Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Involuntary Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators

Thomas Steele pleaded guilty to rape and other charges in exchange for a sentence of twelve to thirty years in a Massa- chusetts state prison.\u27 Shortly before he became eligible for pa- role on this criminal conviction, the state classified Steele as a sexually dangerous person. Although Steele has completed his prison sentence, the state continues to confine him under a Massachusetts law that allows for the involuntary civil com- mitment of sexually dangerous persons. The order commit- ting him stated that he could be held for a period ranging from one day to life

The Mythical Divide Between Collateral and Direct Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Involuntary Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators

Thomas Steele pleaded guilty to rape and other charges in exchange for a sentence of twelve to thirty years in a Massa- chusetts state prison.\u27 Shortly before he became eligible for pa- role on this criminal conviction, the state classified Steele as a sexually dangerous person. Although Steele has completed his prison sentence, the state continues to confine him under a Massachusetts law that allows for the involuntary civil com- mitment of sexually dangerous persons. The order commit- ting him stated that he could be held for a period ranging from one day to life

The Dining Room (1994 program)

Performed April 28-29, 1994. Cast: Adams Brooks, Rachel Carter, Chad Gurlen, Beth Henderson, Ben Howe, and Jenny Moseshttps://scholarworks.harding.edu/theatre-history/1156/thumbnail.jp

Parental Depression Mediates the Relationship Between Parent-Adolescent Acculturative Stress and Parent-Adolescent Conflict Among Korean Immigrant Parents

For immigrant parents, acculturation processes may contribute to acculturative stress in parent-adolescent relationships. Acculturative stress has been associated with psychopathology risk (Hwang & Ting, 2008), and strained parent-child relationships (Heeseung & Dancy, 2009). Other findings link parental mental health with parent-adolescent conflict (Dekovic, 1999). Our study examined the relationships among parent-adolescent acculturative stress, parental depression, and parent-adolescent conflict among Korean immigrants. Mediation analyses indicated parental depression mediated the relationship between parent-adolescent acculturative stress and parent-adolescent conflict (β = .08, 95% CI [.00, .19]). Findings suggest parent-adolescent acculturative stress may negatively influence parental mental health, which may then influence parent-adolescent conflict

Sources of Unreliable Testimony from Children

We distilled research findings on sources of unreliable testimony from children into four principles that capture how the field of forensic developmental psychology conceptualizes this topic. The studies selected to illustrate these principles address three major questions: (a) how do young children perform in eyewitness studies, (b) why are some children less accurate than others, and (c) what phenomena generate unreliable testimony? Throughout our research, our focus is on factors other than lying that produce inaccurate or seemingly inconsistent autobiographical reports.Collectively, this research has shown that (a) children’s eyewitness accuracy is highly dependent on context, (b) neurological immaturity makes children vulnerable to errors under some circumstances, and (c) some children are more swayed by external influences than others. Finally, the diversity of factors that can influence the reliability of children’s testimony dictates that (d) analyzing children’s testimony as if they were adults (i.e., with adult abilities, sensibilities, and motivations) will lead to frequent misunderstandings. It takes considerable knowledge of development—including information about developmental psycholinguistics, memory development, and the gradual emergence of cognitive control—to work with child witnesses and to analyze cases as there are many sources of unreliable testimony

Spartan Daily, January 23, 2014

Volume 142, Issue 1https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/1461/thumbnail.jp