My second research

Source: How does language affect culture?
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_does_language_affect_culture

My Topic:
Language has a profound influence on culture.

What I hope to learn from this source:
Some professional reasons for the idea.

Notes:

1. Language is never the entity which has been invented or scripted in isolation. It certainly has evolved gradually with the continuous development of a culture.
2. A culture being a building made of social behaviors, human emotions, or way of expressing feelings, the language has continually adapted accordingly to accommodate these identified notion and gesture of human activity.
3. Culture is learned. We teach through language. Language's effect on culture can be extremely subtle.
4. A language has always been a weapon to express one's ideas and feelings. And the reason enough to make this weapon more efficient to handle one's need of expressing things with intended accuracy.

Final Thoughts:

yeahhhh this is what I wanted. This research will make me write outlines far easier.

My research

Source:Understanding How Culture Influences Language
http://www.brighthubeducation.com/social-studies-help/15463-how-culture-influences-language/

My Topic:
Language has a profound influence on culture.

What I hope to learn from this source:
Some professional reasons for the idea.

Notes:

1. Culture, on the other hand, is defined by the activities of people, sometimes governed by a geographical boundary. Every culture is unique in itself. It includes language, art, music, mannerisms, religion, games, dress, rituals, law and belief.
2. Man started to communicate with his few kinsmen through symbols. Mutually understood grunts became spoken communication.
3. Each of the above families has had its own cultural traits. The peculiarity of each family shaped the way the language was spoken and understood amongst them.
4. Social traits, which are culture dependent, also influenced language in the way different genders or classes within the same tribe or race spoke to one another.
5. Over time, languages borrowed sounds, grammar and vocabulary from one another. This doesn’t necessarily mean they originated from the same region.
6. As a result, different languages from their respective cultures help to understand and appreciate the evolution of the world and its people as it is today, for when man started out, language was solely meant to be the means that bridged the gap between him and his fellowmen.

Final Thoughts:

I need to find more eaiser research. It can be difficult for some readers. I have to make these things more clear.

Articulation

1) My argument Write your argument in one sentence. Then, spend some time explaining it.
I want to argue that Language has a profound influence on culture. Although this idea is a common belief that most people know, I have thought that people are unconscious about this. This idea includes the reasons why language affects culture.

2) How I found my argument Explain how your research helped you find your argument. Or, in other words, how did your research evolve into your argument? Start with your research question.
Actually I already had some knowledges or interest in this topic. So I would like to find more specific and professional researches or reasons. My former researches helped me to think more about relation between society, culture and language and to determine this topic. My researches will lead me to think my own reasons.

3) New research questions What do you still need to know? What is your research plan?
I have several questions that need to be resolved.
a) How does language affect culture?
b) Should I mention society or social relations for this topic?
c) Are there some examples to make readers understand more clearly?
I'll continue to think about these questions. However, I don't need specific researches because those are not that helpful to readers (they already know. The argument is already a common belief). I'll start to make my own reasons with some examples. Of course I should find these examples on the Internet.

4) Connections to the Harvard Sampler How is your argument connected to the Harvard Sampler? ANY CONNECTION IS VALID. Please focus on choosing a good argument first, then think about how it is related to the Harvard Sampler. I will help you think of the connection if necessary.
This argument has a connection to the Harvard Sampler. It obviously is directly related to the human mind. Culture is formed by people in society, and those people always use languages. Also culture is made of social behaviors, human emotions, or the way of expressing feeling, and these factors need a language which leads thinking, speaking, listening, etc. Language will be a base for human mind and behavior and it finally forms one particular culture.

Research Proposal

What is my current topic?
language, society, culture

What are my guiding questions?
impacts of language on society, culture or individuals
language affects individual by some ways

What are my current thoughts?
lanuage affects people, society and culture

What is the opposition?
it is a common belief already

Brainstorming

The internet is a crucial medium through which people can express themselves and share ideas and has become an increasingly important tool through which democracy and human rights activists mobilize and advocate for political, social, and economic reform. Fearing the power of the new technologies, authoritarian states have devised subtle and not-so-subtle ways to filter, monitor, and otherwise obstruct or manipulate the openness of the internet. Even a number of democratic states have considered or implemented various restrictions in response to the potential legal, economic, and security challenges raised by new media. Responding to these challenges, Freedom House conducts research and produces analysis on levels of internet freedom, conducts advocacy domestically and internationally to protect internet freedom, and conducts an array of programs designed to assist human rights and democracy activists safely use the internet for mobilizing their constituents and communicating their ideas. (http://www.freedomhouse.org/issues/internet-freedom)

Freedom of speech is one of the principles the United States of America was built upon. It is a right that everyone who is born here or steps foot on this land is given. However, many argue that freedom of speech can go too far. My only question: How far is too far?
Everybody is different. Everybody has their own opinions, thoughts and beliefs that do not necessarily coincide with the next person’s. Should one person’s beliefs be discounted or prohibited because it offends someone else? I do not believe so. That goes against what the First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees.

There have been several reports of people all over the country being fired over reported posts on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Being terminated, suspended or punished for speaking your mind should not be a crime in a country where the First Amendment guarantees free speech.
People are expected to act professionally when they are in the workplace. Many places even have a certain workplace etiquette that employees must follow. However, when that employee goes home or is on personal time, his or her words should not be used as grounds for punishment.
This did not stop the Philadelphia Eagles team management from firing a gate chief last year for expressing his frustrations about the team’s personnel decisions on Facebook. Even after deleting the post, he received phone calls days later and was terminated.
This goes against every principle of freedom this country is built upon. We as a people should not be subjected to termination because we disagree privately with a superior’s decision. If we are not free to express our individual feelings, then what makes our working conditions that much different than a slave who must adhere to his or her master’s feelings.
However, despite having to theoretically walk on egg shells at work, many people do indeed feel that freedom of speech can go too far when it compromises another person’s rights or beliefs. But people who cross the proverbial line are often met with people who demand consequences and repercussions.
Earlier this year, Dr. Laura Schlessinger on her radio show uttered several racial slurs while trying to make her point during a debate with an incoming caller. This caused a ferocious backlash in which people called for her firing. With all the controversy surrounding the incident, Schlessinger resigned, stating she wanted to “regain” her First Amendment rights.
These are the sensitive topics of discussion that many feel allow people to abuse their right, but they are usually met with public discontent anyhow.
Several “shock jocks” have been suspended, fined or subsequently fired because of racial or sexual comments made while they were on the air, including Don Imus and Tony Kornheiser. Some people would say their comments were racist or sexist. Even if they are, the U.S. Constitution guarantees Americans the right to say them.
Yes, the n-word can be offensive. My questions are: Wouldn’t any self-respecting person also be offended if their boss called them lazy? Should we ban the word lazy?
Words are just words until they are put in a certain context. However, even words taken out of context are just words and cannot be subjected to a banning every time it offends someone. The First Amendment doesn’t take sides. Putting limits on freedom of speech only creates a slippery slope where more and more beliefs and stances become censored, edited or never heard. (http://www.thesouthend.wayne.edu/perspectives/article_cd17e232-9267-573d-9705-181a467c1714.html)