James M. Hales and Dr. R. Brent Adams, Industrial Design Maya Embedded Language (MEL) is a powerful programming tool for Maya, the leading 3D modeling and animation software produced by AliasWavefront. It has been used by the top motion picture companies in the makings of major blockbuster films such as How the Grinch Stole Christmas, […]
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Communication for Community: Creative Activities for Bridging Language Barriers
Haley Wiggins and Dr. Legrand Richards, Educational Leadership and Foundations There is a great need in our community to unite different religious, ethnic and racial groups. In 2001 an “Alliance for Unity” was formed in Utah. Its Statement of Purpose and Mission Statement were read to LDS wards throughout the State. It reads “our Alliance […]
Emotional Competence in Children with Specific Language Impairment
Jennifer George, Jessica Berg and Dr. Martin Fujiki, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Children with SLI (Speech Language Impairment) have difficulty with the comprehension and expression of language. SLI is distinct and separate from intellectual ability and children with SLI have non-verbal IQs within the normal range. Many children with SLI have not only language deficits, […]
Audio Sampling of the Aymara Language
Aaron M. Waldrip and Dr. Cynthia Hallen, Linguistics Upon arriving in the city I couldn’t help but notice the barrenness of my surroundings. Sitting at approximately 12,500 feet above sea level, the city of El Alto in La Paz, Bolivia leaves a distinct impression upon your eyes, nose, and particularly your lungs. Your eyes see […]
Beginners Welsh Language Program
Emily Stout and Dr. Ronald Dennis, Spanish and Portuguese The purpose of my project was to help create a website which could aid people in learning the Welsh language. Language resources for Welsh are difficult to find in most places, and generally restricted to a book and tape set. These sets have some positive effect, […]
An Approach to Automatic Spoken Language Identification Using Analogical Modeling
Nicholas A. Stetich and Dr. Deryle Lonsdale, Linguistics and English Language Although it is often repeated, perhaps to the point of becoming cliché, we live in an age of information. Information is readily available, and in a variety of formats, especially electronic formats. Our ability to digitize data, or make it available for computer access, […]
Teaching Through Comparison, A Study Manual Focusing on French, German, and Italian Language Acquisition
Coogan S. Rencz and Dr. Mentor-Cynthia Hallen, Linguistics Informing ourselves through comparison is a natural process. We seldom make decisions without comparing a few options. We evaluate the quality of everything from artistic techniques, to computers, to pets based on comparisons. Through the humbling process of trial and error we learn from our mistakes. We […]
The Possibility of Computer Modeling Language Change
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 […]
Does Unification of a Language Mean Unification of a Nation? A Look at Education under an Official Language
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 […]
Identifying the Specific Needs of English Language Learners
Jessica Gibson and Professor Lynn Henrichsen, Linguistics The Problem: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a growing, worldwide church. Thus, the members speak a variety of languages and not just English. Consequently, problems in communication arise such as, contact with church administrators, LDS publications, and unity among church members within a ward. There […]
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