Of particular interest was the vocabulary employed by the participants in defining their motives. ... This is clearly a symbolic interactionist perspective as the vocabulary adopted for motive is consistent with the social meaning, which derives from a constant process of symbolic communication between actors. ... That is, the vocabulary perceived as a motive for one group may not be for another. ... Through a series of adopting roles and internal dialogue, the motives employed and the vocabulary used illustrate a constant and formative process. ...

• Word Count: 956
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'Children aged three and coming from families that had a high annual income have a 50% greater span of vocabulary than children coming from the poorest families. By age 5, the vocabulary span of children from the richest families had increased by 3% in the test (from 58% to 61%) while the vocabulary span of children from the poorest families had remained the same as when they were three, with 38% scored on the tests taken' (Hill, 2015). This can be attributed to the parents' use of restricted language and vocabulary, as well as their subsequent poor attitude to academic learnin...

• Word Count: 1664
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For instance, by as a result of efficient familiar words processing, children aged as low as 2 years who fall under high SES tend to have superior expressive vocabularies than their counterparts who fall under low SES. ... Lastly, the interrelation between language and the society can also be looked at by exploring how various language vocabularies varies by societies. According to Lado (2009) for instance, lost bread expression to mean French toast is a translation of pain perdu in France, part of Southern Luciana vocabulary. ...

• Word Count: 1334
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Men and women also differ from one another in the choice and use of the vocabulary. In general, the vocabulary of women are much richer and more detailed than men, appropriately exposing their sensitive feelings. ...

• Word Count: 853
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The need to supplant the term race with something less volatile and more scientifically accurate is crucial in fostering a more advanced biological picture of reality as well as a more cohesive social vocabulary. ... By incorporating such habits in our social vocabulary we have come to generalize by race a person's ethical character, psychological tendencies, intellectual aims, and so forth. ...

• Word Count: 1166
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Her ideas are somewhat hidden, complex, and presented through language and language only; incorporating sophisticated ideas that are both theoretical and factual, as well as using complex vocabulary to paint the portrait of her ethical approach to societal norms. ... Throughout her essay it seems as though she is beating around the bush with sophisticated vocabulary and even rhetorical questions. ...

• Word Count: 1465
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The analysis by Paul Boghossian is about the contradictions in an article submitted by a theoretical physicist, Alan Sokal. This author first had to discover the meaning of "postmodern relativism." According to Professor Richard Evans of Cambridge University: "postmodernism is a convenient label cov...

• Word Count: 788
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Limited imagery was used at first, as Charlie was somebody with a challenged vocabulary; "soft like a ball of cotton. ... "I want to be smart... but I'm a slow reeder- (Mar 5/6-p131), created a visual representation of Charlie's vocabulary at first. ...

• Word Count: 2011
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Less Developed Nation: A country with a large rate of population growth, coupled with low national income, along with substantial unemployment and dependence on other countries for commodities Mixed Economy: An economy with characteristics of multiple types of other economies, where both public and private enterprises own pieces of each aspect Nationalization: To bring to a national level; to unify a country or to bring under the control of a nation, specifically industries or land Neoliberalism: "New liberalism ", a combination of liberal political views with an interest in economic growth...

• Word Count: 509
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Intercultural Communication History teaches us that culture always changes because of internal and external influences. Communication is the most important quality for anyone to work on if they want to work or be part of an intercultural society. Communication between different cultures is a maj...

• Word Count: 1464
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Michel Foucault's "The Will to Knowledge: The History of Sexuality, Volume 1," is part one of a trilogy of works, which examines the evolution of discourse about sex and sexuality from the seventeenth century onwards. It explores the way in which theological, pedagogical, social, economic and politi...

• Word Count: 1045
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Hands-on manipulatives, cooperative group learning activities, learning to use the vocabulary by discovering the meanings during discover-a-relationship exercises, overhead displays to help visualize concepts, and the use of computers are some of the ways that the Flatland unit helps students of all backgrounds to be able to have equal opportunity to learn and use the information. ...

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First, the restricted; vocabulary often constructed using simple and limiting language that relies on an already built foundation of understanding for the recipient of conversation and for them to make assumptions on what is not being explicitly verbalized. ...

• Word Count: 1559
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I am just a poor boy, Though my story's seldom told, I have squandered my resistance For a pocketful of mumbles, Such are promises. All lies and jest. Still, a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest. - Simon & Garfunkel, The Boxer, 1970 Pudd'nhead Wilson & Those Extraordinary Sins Interpreting Mark Twain's work within our distinctly American cultural heritage has absorbed the careers of countless literary scholars. ...

• Word Count: 3141
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