96 research outputs found
An analysis on dictions and messages in song lyrics of Charmbracelet by Mariah Carey
No full textABSTRACT
Literature is a body of written (or oral) works, such as novels, poetry, or drama that use words to stimulate the imagination and confront the reader with a unique vision of life. When we start to read literature, we have to make an effort to accommodate to the writer's use of language, and to appreciate the ideas he is offering. Critics can help us make that transition, and can help fill out our understanding by telling us something about the social climate in which a work was written, or about the personal circumstances of the author while he was writing it
There are some advantages that can be taken by the writer in choosing this topic. By reading poems we may acquire knowledge about how to appreciate literature, know the background of the poem and messages included in the poems. Therefore, she was interested in analyzing the dictions and messages in Mariah Carey’s songs since she know that there are arresting dictions which are used in her lyrics and there are educational messages conveyed in them. The writer decided to give the title of this thesis “ An Analysis on Dictions and Messages in Song Lyrics of Charmbracelet by Mariah Carey”. The problems investigated in this study are; (1) what are the dictions used in Mariah Careys lyrics? and (2) what are the messages of Mariah Carey’s lyrics.
The objectives of this study are intended to find out the diction used in Mariah Carey’s lyrics and to analyze the messages of Mariah Carey’s lyrics. And here, she only limits her study on 12 lyrics, which has a theme that is nature.
On the basis of the research problems, the approach employed in this study is rhetorical criticism. While all the data analyzed in this study are the lyrics produced by the songwriter which are taken from her album Charmbracelet. She observes all of the data by reading the whole of lyrics, then select several of them that contain of dictions. Besides that, for collecting the valid data, the writer also accesses them from Internet.
After the data have been collected, they are analyzed in the following steps; categorizing the data into 12 categories in accordance with the number of the lyrics analyzed, presenting and discussing the lyrics, identifying the dictions and messages of each lyric and drawing conclusion, making final conclusion after presenting and discussing the whole lyrics.
In advance, the writer also presents the data obtain from the data sources. The data presentation is divided into 12 as the following: Through The Rain, Clown, I Only Wanted, My Saving Grace, You Had Your Chance, Lullaby, Subtle Invitation, Bringin’ On The Heartbreak, Sunflowers For Alfred Roy, Boy, You Got Me Yours.
The last, the writer makes conclusions and suggestions. She concludes that most dictions used in the lyrics of Mariah Carey are informal. Whether it is the use of colloquial language, idiomatic expression, slang, common words, contractions, vulgarity or even addressing readers by using first or second pronoun. In other hand, the lyrics of Mariah Carey also often contain of romantic languages and connotation of words. And most of her songs are talking about love and togetherness. The readers of Mariah Careys lyrics are suggested to know that life will never be able to be separated from love whether it is love among people or love for God. Finally, The writer hopes that other researchers can analyze the other parts of elements of literature
Reading ability and print exposure: item response theory analysis of the author recognition test
No full textIn the Author Recognition Test (ART) participants are presented with a series of names and foils and are asked to indicate which ones they recognize as authors. The test is a strong predictor of reading skill, with this predictive ability generally explained as occurring because author knowledge is likely acquired through reading or other forms of print exposure. This large-scale study (1012 college student participants) used Item Response Theory (IRT) to analyze item (author) characteristics to facilitate identification of the determinants of item difficulty, provide a basis for further test development, and to optimize scoring of the ART. Factor analysis suggests a potential two factor structure of the ART differentiating between literary vs. popular authors. Effective and ineffective author names were identified so as to facilitate future revisions of the ART. Analyses showed that the ART is a highly significant predictor of time spent encoding words as measured using eye-tracking during reading. The relationship between the ART and time spent reading provided a basis for implementing a higher penalty for selecting foils, rather than the standard method of ART scoring (names selected minus foils selected). The findings provide novel support for the view that the ART is a valid indicator of reading volume. Further, they show that frequency data can be used to select items of appropriate difficulty and that frequency data from corpora based on particular time periods and types of text may allow test adaptation for different populations
Dedicated: “Me. I Am Lambily… and the Elusive Chanteuse” (Podcast; Episode 1)
No full textIn this podcast, “DEDICATED,” music writer Vincent Anthony speaks with the most devoted fans of the most divine divas. This inaugural episode, “Me. I Am Lambily… and the Elusive Chanteuse,” is about Mariah Carey, her Lambs, and how they react to a flop album.
Carey\u27s album “Me. I Am Mariah … The Elusive Chanteuse,” turned in May 2024. A decade later, the Lambs, like Why Mariah Carey Matters author Andrew Chan, still listen to it. So, what do fans appreciate about these lesser-known albums that the masses couldn’t connect with?
Chan and three other Lambs, whom Vincent met at a Mariah Night event at a New York City gay bar, spoke with him about their fandom and The Elusive Chanteuse
Alterations in Circulating Steroid Hormones, Lipids, Hepatic Steroid Inactivation Enzymes, and Ovarian Cortex and Follicular Fluid Cytokines in Cows with Androgen Excess
No full textAbstract not available (author request).
Advisor: Andrea S. Cup
The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
No full textThe author offers her views and thoughts on Mazzetti’s book and its implications for the future of American foreign policy
<em>Mai</em> Elisabet <em>Zetterling</em> : 1925-05-24 — 1994-03-17. Film director, author
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Examining Barriers to Receiving Home Care in a MediCal Program
No full textIntroduction: In Home Supportive Services is a Medi-Cal program serving low-income seniors and adults with disabilities. IHSS clients, or “consumers” are responsible for finding, hiring and supervising their IHSS home care worker. IHSS workers provide services such as feeding, bathing, bowel and bladder care, meal preparation and clean-up, laundry, and paramedical care. This project was created to identify why a high number of IHSS clients have not been able to hire and retain an IHSS care worker. The aim of the study was to understand the consumers interactions with IHSS and identify points at which consumers experience challenges in navigating this system.
Methods: In Partnership with San Francisco’s IHSS program and San Francisco’s IHSS Public Authority (PA), data was collected through 1) a focus group with IHSS staff; 2) semi-structured interviews with IHSS consumers; 3) observations of home visits to IHSS consumers; and 4) survey calls to IHSS consumers on the verge of losing their IHSS services.
Results: Common characteristics of IHSS consumers that created challenges in hiring a provider included: no previous experience in hiring personnel; the fear of having a stranger in their house; an absence of motivation to hire someone; and not understanding their role as the employer of the care worker they hire. IHSS consumers also faced challenges utilizing the Registry list of available care maintained by the Pubic Authority.
Conclusions: Findings suggest that information and tips on hiring a provider created by the Public Authority should be given to IHSS recipients when they are approved for IHSS services. Additionally, conflict resolution trainings should be offered to IHSS consumers to resolve disputes with care workers before firing them and having to find a new care worker, and the PA should provide a mediator to help manage conflicts between case workers and consumers
Survey of New Hampshire amphibians for Chytrid fungus
No full textAre New Hampshire amphibians affected by Chytrid fungus? Chytrid fungus, is a fungus that can cause Chytridiomycosis amongst amphibians. This amphibian disease has devastated several amphibian populations in Central and South America. Chytridiomycosis causes a thickening of the keratin layer of the skin on amphibians. Amphibians breathe through their skin. The thickening of the keratin layer of their skin, reduces effective gas exchange between oxygen and carbon dioxide, resulting in death. Using PCR (polymerase chain reaction), and gel electrophoresis, several frog DNA samples were tested and produced some positive results. This warrants further research and testing in the New Hampshire amphibian population. (Author abstract)Song, Y. & O'Grady, L. (2021). Survey of New Hampshire amphibians for Chytrid fungus. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.ed
Empowering YOUth: The Contemporary Jewish Museum\u27s Social Justice Program for At-Risk Eighth Graders
No full textThis capstone project is a design for Empowering YOUth, a free-of-charge, foundation funded educational program for underserved eighth graders attending school in lower socioeconomic communities. The program theme is of social responsibility and unity, with an artistic, creative exploration component. I conceived this program for The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM), located in downtown San Francisco. The organization was founded in 1984, and moved to its current refurbished PG&E substation location in 2008. Inscribed upon a wall near the front door is the phrase from the Pirkei Avot (The Ethics of the Fathers): It is not incumbent upon you to complete the work, but neither are you at liberty to desist from it. This phrase is what lays at the heart of tikkun o/am, the Jewish belief that it is everyone\u27s duty to repair the world. Through this project, I hope to address the ramifications of social injustice by teaching students about global citizenship through the lens of tikkun olam
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