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Kikoxx

Oct 8, 2009

Research Papers / I need help finding a topic for my research paper (Intro to Linguistics class) [6]

What is it that you don't understand about the topic? The study of psycholinguistics? Or what my teacher is asking me what to do?

I just don't know how to make up a theory. (One of the reasons why I'm not a science major :P)
I wasn't taught in grade school how to make my own theory about anything. Just memorizing things for tests and essays.

She said that psycholinguistics is ok, I just have to come up with some resources and come up with a specific new theory. I don't see this assignment fair because we are just starting to learn linguistics and she is asking to write a big paper about something that I have very little knowledge about it.

How does one come up with theories? I'm so stuck on this. I really need to pass this course, I can't skip it. I have studied a little bit of linguistics before this class and I really enjoy it, but she is making it harder than it really is and making it less enjoyable. I can't drop the class for various reasons and she is the only one teaching this course at my university.

Btw, thanks for responding.

Kikoxx

Oct 8, 2009

Research Papers / I need help finding a topic for my research paper (Intro to Linguistics class) [6]

I don't know if this is the right place or not.

Ok, I am in an Intro to Linguistics class (undergraduate) and I have this paper that I have to come up with a topic real soon.

It's some type of research paper that I have to come up with my own theory about linguistics.

I need help real bad. My teacher won't help me at all with choosing a topic, no list, no suggestions. She only approves or disapproves the topic. I have given her 9 topics so far and she has shot all of them down. I need a help finding a topic by Monday or else the highest grade I will make in the paper is a "B".

I have never written a paper like this before. I usually just grab resources and try to write what the people from the resources with my own words. I never made my own theory and I am new to linguistics. I only know a little bit about this subject. (Hello, this is an INTRO class)

The paper has to be something about linguistics. (Not Language Acquisition) I have to write a 9-12 pages about it with 10 resources. I am not asking people to find resources, I just need help finding a topic for my paper/ help making a new theory.

PLEASE HELP!!!!! 70% of my final grade is this paper.

Thanks in advance!