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    through written language; but phonemic awareness is the understanding that the sounds of spoken language work together to make words (Phonemic Awareness, 2015). Phonemic Awareness plays a part in the broader spectrum of phonological awareness; and just like phonics, phonological awareness can be mistaken for phonemic awareness as well. However, they are not the same because phonemic awareness is a smaller component to the much broader

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    Reality is know to most people by its definition: “the world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.” This definition serves its purpose in explaining what reality it, but to uncover how humans create reality one must look a little deeper. Articles, such as The Social Foundations of Human Experience, Islands of Meaning, Smell, Odor, and Somatic Work, and Symbols and the Creation of Reality help us to better understand how humanity has crafted

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    When an artist claims to be using the “aesthetic alibi”, they justify their usage of “politically incorrect” or “offensive” language as a means to make an artistic statement. (Jay, 1972, p.14). This artist then has the ability to manipulate language in a variety of different ways, with the capacity to both empower and oppress. Because art is subjective, it is difficult to specify the point where an artistic statement or perspective becomes oppressive or hate speech. This can be attributed to the

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    Introduction: All sounds can be broken down into two different components. These components are referred to as an envelope and a fine-structure. The outline of the overall shape of the waveform is referred to as the envelope. The fine-structure is more specific and detailed representation of the sound wave. It is found inside of the wave, and moves much quicker than the envelope. “Listening tests with speech-noise chimeras showed that speech reception is highly dependent on the number of frequency

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    Language and Woman’s Place is by Robin Lakoff which is accompanied by several commentaries. She was one of the earlier innovative writers that attempted to propel women far enough to gain equality during the woman’s rights movement specifically in the 2nd wave of feminism. She made several interesting on society and the importance of language because the selection of language that is used could effectively make society unilaterally unequal. This is because certain words belittle and often seize power

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    How do you describe the taste of something using words alone? If some asked us to describe the taste of something we would probably just say sour or sweet. We would be able to explain how it felt for us to taste it. Using words to describe what we are tasting would be challenging, unless it is an awful taste and we think of something disgusting to relate the taste to. Do the words we use really shape our thoughts? Yes, I do believe that words shape our thoughts. The more words we know the more thoughts

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    References Brice, A. E., Shaunessy, E., Hughes, C., McHatton, P. A., & Ratliff, M. A. (2008). What Language Discourse Tells Us About Bilingual Adolescents: A Study of Students in Gifted Programs and Students in General Education Programs. Journal For The Education Of The Gifted, 32(1), 7-33. National Center for Education Statistics. (2003). Table 55. Number of gifted and talented students in public elementary and secondary schools, by sex and state:2000 data[data set]. Retrieved from https://nces

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    Name____________________________ Date_______________ HR_______ #____ 6th Grade – Social Studies – Take Home Test – Chapter 12 Sections 1 and 2 Directions: Answer each question completely. Please be sure to answer the question at hand and answer it completely. This is an independent test. While you may use your textbooks and notes every written answer should be in your own words. Cheating will not be tolerated. If you have messy handwriting you should either skip lines (on looseleaf) or type up

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    two superordinate constructs: phonological awareness and meta linguistics. Phonemic awareness is a sub skill of the word phonological awareness, which refers to the ability to control each phoneme. Meta linguistic refers to the thinking of one's language and “phonological awareness refers to a sensitivity to any size unit of sound.” Examples of phonological awareness are the ability to recognize rhyming words, identify each phoneme in a word, count syllables, and separate the beginning of a word

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    We worked with 50 research participants in our study. These participants were other students who attend Binghamton University, which is considered a convenience sample because it allows us to easily recruit participants for our study. For this reason, our participants will be young adults who are similar in age. These participants were recruited both in our Psychology class’ discussion section and outside of class by the experimenters. Materials and Design The materials that each participant

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