289 research outputs found
Stella Johnson
No full textStella Johnson is pictured her senior year at Alterra High School. She is the daughter of Quince D. and Chloe Mariah Johnson. She married James. E. Harmston. She was born September 24, 1920 and died April 23, 1975
Stella Johnson
No full textStella Johnson is pictured her junior year at Alterra High School. She is the daughter of Quince D. and Chloe Mariah Johnson. She married James. E. Harmston. She was born September 24, 1920 and died April 23, 1975
Larry Johnson
No full textLarry Marion Johnson is pictured his school year at Lapoint Elementary. He is the son of Quince and Chloe Mariah Hall Johnson. He served in the Army during the Korean War. He married Judy McConkie. He was the owner of Triangle Parts in Vernal. He was born October 21, 1934 and died Januasry 25, 2022
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
Satirical Perspectives: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
No full textThis paper proposes a cross-cultural examination of the societal satire of the countries of America and Soviet Russia by way of comparison of two satiric novels. Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt satirizes the business values of capitalist America and the materialism perceived in an economic system based on the mass production and mass consumption of goods. Yurii Olesha’s Envy uses Babbitt in intertextual conversation to perform a similar critique of the Soviet Russian society and values of the same time period. Satiric theory provides a framework for understanding and relaying how each novel performs its parody of the respective society, while historical and sociological information concerning the development of the two nations in the time of these novels contextualizes the satires in their respective societal environments. The ultimate outcome of this intertextual and cross-cultural comparison is an understanding of what issues each culture considers worrisome in its socioeconomic climate, as well as an understanding of how social critique is performed in both nations through the similarities and differences of each author’s satirical techniques related to satire. The sociological framework in which these works are contextualized also demonstrates the ongoing relevance of the concerns of each author to their respective nations today and the importance of continued societal critique as a way to bring to the attention of the general populace recurring trends, both governmental and economical
Old Folks Party, Bunkerville
No full textPhotograph is a close up of an Old Folks party at the Old Rock Church at Bunkerville sometime before 1908. Many of the participants were Leavitts. Identified from left to right: Nephi Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, Mariah L eavitt, Mary Leavitt, Dudley Leavitt, Thirza Leavitt, Janet Leavitt, Martha Hughes Leavitt, Ithamar Srague, and Annie L eavitt Sprague. Complete photograph included in Juanita Brooks\u27 publication, On Ragged Edge: The Life and Times of Dudley Leavitt
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
Postpartum Depression and Social Networks in the Era of COVID-19
No full textEvolutionary scholars have posited that postnatal depression may function as a response to cues of insufficient maternal resources, or as a strategy for compelling additional investment from alloparents. Social support functions as a vital resource in demand throughout the gestational and postpartum periods, as mothers depend upon a network of alloparents to aid in childrearing and stress reduction. During the COVID-19 pandemic, as social organization underwent mass reconstruction following the implementation of quarantine mandates, mothers' accessibility to their alloparents and network members providing social support was dramatically altered, thus potentially increasing their risk for postpartum depression. Quantitative data in this research found childcare to be significantly associated with participant's self-reported PPD scores measured by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, consistent with literature which cites stress associated with childcare as a strong predictor of postpartum depression both before and during the onset of the pandemic
China and the U.S. in Africa: Comparing their Impacts on Development
No full textThis study aims to assess the impact of American and Chinese economic influence on development in Africa. With its status as the least developed region in the world, Africa can potentially benefit from external development assistance. Whose strategies are the most effective in creating sustainable development? The two largest economies in the world are seen as having fundamentally different political-economic systems that in turn influence their strategies towards international development. Since the 1970's, China has resembled a highly-centralized developmental state whereas the U.S embodies the characteristics of a neoliberal state (So, 2011). The development models of China and the U.S. in Africa reflect the inherent ideological differences between them and have real implications for Africa's development. This study utilizes American and Chinese investment, aid, and trade data along with social, economic, and political development indicators from a non-random sample of African countries (N=53) to empirically examine the nature of these relationships and evaluate the potential costs/benefits for Africans. The findings show that while Chinese investment is more effective in promoting economic development in Africa, U.S. investment is associated with increased human development and decreased infant mortality
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