The Possibility of Computer Modeling Language Change

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Jonathan McCollum and Dr. David Bowie, Linguistics Language is an ever changing method of communication. Linguists, in their systematic studies of languages, attempt to explain the changes that modify and sometimes eliminate languages altogether. Much research has been employed to discover the methods that keep language continually evolving. Mary S. MacKeracher, at the University of […]

Fundamentals of Modern Belarusian

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Christian Marchant and Dr. Michael Kelly, Germanic and Slavic Languages The Republic of Belarus, located in the very heart of Europe, is a relatively unknown country to many westerners. Belarus has an important role in the political future of Europe. Belarus is located in the geographic center of Europe and is a major corridor for […]

Memoir on a LDS Family of Sisters

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Margaret Holsinger Manchak and Dr. Louise Plummer, English Creative nonfiction has recently become a popular genre of serious literary merit. What exactly is it? True stories using scenes, dialogue, close, detailed descriptions and other techniques usually employed by poets and fiction writers on any subject. This gives the writer great flexibility and power, especially in […]

Arguments Concerning Photon Concepts

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John Byron Manchak and Dr. David Grandy, Philosophy G. N. Lewis coined the word ‘photon’ in 1926 to describe what he thought was a particle that transmitted radiation from one atom to another.1 The word ‘photon’ caught on and eventually became the name for the smallest measurable bit of light. Developments in physics since that […]

Pioneer Journals of Rhoda Ann Dykes Burgess: A Project in Documentary Editing

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Amy Lindsey and Dr. Leslee Thorne-Murphy, English The published journals of Mormon pioneers have served as a great asset to our understanding of American history, but these have largely been the journals of prominent pioneer men. Surprisingly, most of the journals of common pioneer women have not been published, and so, are not accessible to […]

The Marginal Utility of Student Writing

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Seth Andrew Killingbeck and Dr. Kristine Hansen, Undergraduate Education—University Writing Because of a widespread concern that students fail to genuinely comprehend the subject material they study, during the 1980s many American academics began to advocate simple British instructional tools emphasizing writing. Contemporary literature and conversations refer to these tools as Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), […]

Does Unification of a Language Mean Unification of a Nation? A Look at Education under an Official Language

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Meredith Kearsley and Dr. Michael Bush, French and Italian It has long been asserted that language is an integral and inseparable part of culture, and therefore identity. As such, language plays a powerful role in the political, educational, business, and leisure affairs of a nation. Language can aid in unification and it can also cause […]

Vocabulary Learning of Kanji and Kana Words in Japanese

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Rachel (R’el) Johnston and Dr. Masakazu Watabe, Asian and Near Eastern Languages Japanese has two types of writing: kana, which is essentially phonetic, and kanji, which is primarily logographic. I hypothesized that although they are not phonetic and orthographically more complex, learning kanji actually improves vocabulary learning. In order to test this hypothesis, I created […]

It’s a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird: The Depiction of Law and Lawyers in Adolescent Literature

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Shannon Johnson and Dr. Jesse Crisler, English Until a few years ago, scholars had done little research on legal themes in fiction, especially adolescent fiction. Lately, however, interest in the relationship between law and literature has increased. Law professors are starting to use works of literature in their teaching. English professors are sponsoring courses on […]