This paper examines definitions of the lived experience through a literature review that focusses the lens on both Vygotsky's and Stanislavski's considerations of the lived experience, or in the original Russian perezhivanie. This literature review seeks to establish both the distinction between the use of the term by the practitioners in the…

The purpose of thie paper is to present the use of some onomastics forms in the work "Juvenilia" by Ndre Mjeda. Thus, this paper aims to reflect the anthroponyms, toponyms, hydronyms, and ethnonyms used in Mjeda's work. In this way, the findings and uses that emerge the to Mjeda, will be discussed, and the number of their uses will be…

A theory of the origin of the Chinese copula "shi," originally introduced into the language as a particle of affirmation, is presented. This theory also accounts for the contrastive and assertive use of the word when introduced into the language during the same period. (Author/CB)

The 22 entries in this annotated bibliography represent articles that have lesbian women or gay men as subjects and that deal with a specific verbal or nonverbal communication factor. Topics covered in the entries include patterns of self-disclosure in homosexual and heterosexual college students, interpersonal conflict in homosexual relations,…

A discussion of what functional linguistic research can offer teachers of composition and English is presented in this paper, which provides examples of different levels of analysis (phonology, morphology, and syntax) for the language of a variety of populations (including traditional freshmen, basic writers, English as a second language (ESL)…

Sexism is a social issue in the U.S. which is suggested both by the popular press and the scholarly world. Teachers of English, psychologists, publishers, the U.S. government, the legal field, dictionaries, and especially the women's movement have commented upon and have been involved in the study of sexism, and in the advocacy of change toward…