The Effect of Tonal Language Experience on the Acquisition of Mandarin Tones - 2008 Aug 17
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Visa Games - 2008 Jul 03
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Eve of the Defense - 2008 May 23
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Easter Events - 2008 Mar 23
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YouTube and Flickr: DENIED! - 2008 Mar 09
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Thesis Crunch and a note on Pinyin Tooltips - 2008 Feb 18
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Plan G - 2007 Dec 15
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Chinese Learners Wanted - 2007 Nov 08
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Thesis Proposal in China - 2007 Jun 21
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Grammaticalization: Articles for Chinese? - 2007 May 16
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Semantic Flavors of “My” in Chinese and English - 2007 Mar 26
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Homework Excuse Note - 2007 Mar 13
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Forced Break - 2007 Mar 09
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Metrosexual: 9 Chinese Translations - 2006 Oct 22
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Homosexual Discourse for China - 2006 Oct 09
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Critical Discourse Analysis in China - 2006 Sep 21
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Papers, New Classes, and Friends - 2006 Sep 11
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What is Liangfen? - 2006 Aug 28
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Chinese Exams Are Not Fun - 2006 Jul 04
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End of Semester Vacuum - 2006 Jun 19
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Pepe - 2006 Jun 05
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History as the Final Judge - 2006 May 01
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Speech Act Rules and the Weak - 2006 Apr 28
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Confucius and Speech Acts - 2006 Apr 26
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Visual Learners in China - 2006 Apr 21
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Like Syntax from Takeshi - 2006 Apr 05
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Chinese Parts of Speech - 2006 Mar 20
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My Professors’ Impossible Lists - 2006 Mar 13
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Vocabulary Lists Are Back! - 2006 Mar 03
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Spring 2006 Class Schedule - 2006 Feb 27
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Classes in Brief - 2005 Sep 29
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Grades, finally - 2005 Jul 21
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DONE with exams!!! - 2005 Jun 04
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John has lived in China for 8 years. He is a linguist focused on SLA and Asia.