In this thesis I explore the possibility, and practicality, of revival of Kanza, a dead Siouan language from Oklahoma. In particular, I examine the pedagogical language materials that have been created via existing ...

Art is like a person—organic, complex, and emotional. Art’s differences cannot be defined by intellectual labels that only loosely describe what a viewer sees or feels in a piece of art. Only the artist has a full understanding ...

The purpose of this study is to chart the history of nominal classifiers in Sinitic (Chinese) languages. The particular focus is the forms in which classifiers appear throughout the written record, and to aid this analysis ...

I recognize a certain irony in illustration as an art form because its existence and inspiration are predicated on the written word. Though I believe art points to beauty and must stand on its own, my work strives to analyze ...

This paper argues that Kierkegaard can make a positive contribution to contemporary debates concerning the possibility of supererogation within a virtue ethics conception of ethics. It uses Kierkegaard’s theories on the ...