Research Topic and Citations

Tsomo Dasel

Research Topic: “Sign Language Helps Hearing Baby’s Verbal Language Development.”

 Bibliography

Sprague, Elizabeth. “Why Teach a Hearing Baby a Sign Language?” Articlesbase. 23 March 2009.  Web. 25 November 2011.

http://www.articlesbase.com/babies

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Hoecker, Jay M.D. “Is Baby sign Language Worthwhile?” Mayo Clinic. Web. 26 November 2011.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/baby-sign-language/AN02127

Berke, Jaime. “Using Baby Sign Language With Your Baby.” About.com. 29 March 2011. Web. 25 November 2011.

http://deafness.about.com/cs/signfeats1/a/babysigning.htm

Ryan, Diane. “Extraordinary Benefits Result when you Teach Sign Language To Your Hearing Baby.” Parent Site.com. Web. 26 November 2011.

http://theparentsite.com/parenting/signbaby.asp

Google  Scholar-

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CG0QFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deafchildren.org%2Fresources%2F49_Sign%2520Language%2520Use.pdf&ei=LQHTTpflFabL0QGQi7xs&usg=AFQjCNGjyVwgNfuI0zcuGbvtqZBs3dDcSQ&sig2=yzAiFXVeSA8wRFEsXy2s-Q

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=KD9_Pa8pgG0C&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=sign+language+good+for+babies+who+can+hear&ots=LZopKBLo4Z&sig=jTIlWpU3y9GXIeseQksY76DLg9o#v=onepage&q=sign%20language%20good%20for%20babies%20who%20can%20hear&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=-MxLpcOLhSEC&oi=fnd&pg=PR1&dq=sign+language+good+for+babies+who+can+hear&ots=NOPgD2hFam&sig=SB0OwXYixbTrGnX5icLUFU4dBl4#v=onepage&q=sign%20language%20good%20for%20babies%20who%20can%20hear&f=false

BP #5

Word : Manslaughter

Manslaughter:   1250–1300; Middle Englishfrom O.E. mannslæht (Anglian), mannslieht (W.Saxon), from man (q.v.) + slæht, slieht "act of killing." 


Word Formation: this word is a blend of two words  ("man" and "slaughter")


Morphemes: Man               Slaughter
                 (Stem)            (Stem)
                 free/lexical       free/lexical





                 

BP # 4

Social Networking such as "FaceBook" has completely changed the way of communication and the language. One can express an emotion by just typing " :) " meaning happy.  The one who reads will have no difficulty understanding what the person meant. Other abbreviations such as "brb"- be right back, "ttyl"-talk to you later  and the most used word would be "lol" laugh out loud. 

I think FB is a great platform for people to meet other people from a place that one did not even know exists  but the norm of using the abbreviations and the kind of language used on this site makes us wonder if it is good for the youths. I think it gives a bad example of unimportance of language  and grammer in our society.  The spread of the Internet and other technologies definitely creates a larger need for English knowledge but the problem it creates is the quality of the language. 

BP #2

1. My name is Tsomo / so muh/

2. The first syllable of "Tsomo" has the onset of a voiceless alveolar fricative and a back mid vowel, "so" The second syllable in my name has an onset of a voiced, biblabial Nasal with mid central vowel,"muh".

3. To pronounce my name, you have to put your front of the tongue onthe alveolar ridge to create an "s" sound, follwed by "o" sound. Then you have to use both upper and lower lips follwed by short "schwa".
 "So-Muh)

BP #1

My name is Tsomo and I was born in India. My parents are from Tibet and I have never been there. I lived in Darjeeling, a small town in India, which is very close to the border of Nepal.  I lived in Darjeeling for about 15 years and growing up I learned Tibetan (Native), Hindi, English and Nepali simultaniously. I spoke Tibetan with my parents, Hindi with my Indian friends, Nepali with my Nepali friends and English speaking was compulsory at school. 


I have been in United States for about 10 years now and I am more fluent in English. Since I speak so many languages and all are different from one another, sometimes I wonder which language I am most comfortable in or which language I think in. 


I learned all the languages mentioned above, when I was young and now I speak them fluently but when I tried to learn Spanish in high school, I found it very difficult. I really struggled with the grammer and now I am taking Spanish again.  Learning a foreign language is very difficult, young children may be able to learn and pick up a new language but once one grows older, it becomes even more difficult. I think that learning others languages are very important and also useful in not only to have conversations but also to know their culture. 

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