This paper briefly reviews the history of the quest to preserve declarative knowledge--from oral transmission in ancient times to the World Wide Web today. It follows with a discussion of Wikipedia's valuable contribution to education in general, and language education in particular, then argues that efforts to provide the Internet community with a high-quality reservoir of knowledge deserve institutional financial support.

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This paper reviews the background and events of a pivotal moment in the history of the movement for Indian (Pakistan and Bengladesh included) independence from colonial Britain--April 1919. It seems a timely topic in light of the current clash of Islamic and western cultures.

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This article reviews some theories and predictions about population, then suggests some simplified mathematical models that demonstrate that fertility rates, rather than longevity or the timing of parenthood, drive population growth. These models show why a total fertility rate close to the replacement value of 2 children per couple would minimize the burden on the tax-paying, child-raising generation. The paper goes on to discuss the dangers of a Malthusian catastrophe.

幾つかの人口理論を見直して、人口増加を予測した。

The Internet is a collaborative tool that allows people to share computer resources. The World Wide Web in particular is a vast repository of text, images, and other digital files attached to a global copy machine which can be navigated by hyperlinks. This paper discusses some issues concerning the linking and distribution of digital images and the role of person-to-person communication in mediating that process

インターネット上でデジタル画像をリンクする事と分配する事に関する諸問題について言及した。

While America's two major political parties share responsibilites, benefits, and values with each other, they do everything in their power to withhold recognition from ''third'' parties and their candidates. This attitude of exclusion combined with a simple plurality voting system creates the phenomenon of the Third Party Spoiler and helps foster apathy among those who fall outside of the so-called Two-Party System.

アメリカの２大政党制とその排他的権力構造が第３政党からの立候補者を生み出すことを記述、議論した。

Blair, J. (2006b). Approval voting: A Simple Solution to the Third Party Spoiler Effect. The Faculty Journal of the Junior College Division of Aichi Gakuin University [愛知学院大学短期大学部研究紀要], 14, pp. 29-40.

An earlier paper (Blair, 2005) explains how the two major political parties in the United States perpetuate the two-party myth, use the spoiler effect to keep power for themselves, but shift blame for distorted elections to third party candidates. This paper follows up to suggest a simple and easy solution to (1) eliminate this distortion, (2) make every person's vote count, (3) provide a more equitable distribution of political power, and (4) thereby help alleviate political apathy among potential new voters.

アメリカの２大政党制と、それに異を唱える第３政党からの立候補者について記述し、その指示的効果と諸問題を論じて、いくつかの提言を行った。

This paper explores the distinction between weight and mass in the Scientific Discourse Community (SDC) and relates those scientific terms to the way they are used in the General Discourse Community (GDC). In the process it describes the linguistic complexity of normal word use, tries to discover why high school physics students might find the scientific distinction confusing, and suggests a linguistic solution.

重量と質量について説明する際、科学的な英語を使う場合と一般的な英語を使う場合との言語的複雑さの差異について議論した。

Asao (1997) lauds use of the Internet in teaching English as "a new paradigm of language learning." The Internet can be used in two ways. It can be used as a research tool to help students locate and synthesize knowledge and also as a means to communicate their findings and ideas to a world-wide audience (see Rule, 1997). This paper will briefly describe a research seminar that makes use of the Internet in these two ways and discuss some of the basic issues in (a) teaching Internet research and writing as a process, (b) designing attractive but simple webpages , and (c) managing a website that will effectively display student research papers.

短期大学部で開講している英語セミナーを事例として、インターネットをライティングの授業でどのように活用するべきかを論じた。

Blair, J. (2003b). Internet Research in the EFL Classroom. Paper presented to Japan Association for Language Teachers (JALT '03) November 23, Shizuoka Prefectural Convention Center, Japan.

Blair, J. (2004c). Internet Research in the EFL Classroom. On JALT 2003, Conference Proceedings, pp. 638-644.

Blair, J. (2001a). Repressive Laws, Language Crimes, and Other Linguistic Misbehavior. The Faculty Journal of the Junior College Division of Aichi Gakuin University [愛知学院大学短期大学部研究紀要], 9, pp. 204-220.

America's traditional language policy has been one of laissez-faire rather than intervention. Yet the recent political debate between advocates of English Only and English Plus has made such a hands off policy less and less tenable. As members of the public have become increasingly aware of and sensitive to their legal rights, the courts have been finding it necessary to step in and provide some legal structure. This paper focuses on de jure national language policy: the statutes that define federal policy and the judicial decisions that interpret it and restrict state and local policies. The paper explores both (a) their relation to constitutional principles of due process, equal protection, and free speech and (b) the judicial process that mediates this relationship.

アメリカの言語政策を定義する連邦法令と政策を解釈する裁判所の判決について概説し、評価した。

Blair, J. (2001b). Language Crimes and Other Linguistic Misbehavior. Guided discussion at 3rd Pan-Asian Conference on English as an Asian Language (JALT, ThaiTESOL, KoreaTESOL, and ETA-ROC with FEELTA, TESOL, and IATEFL) November 23, Kitakyushu International Conference Center, Japan.

In this guided discussion we will examine three cases from the U.S. dealing with choice of language. After the presenter outlines the background of each case, participants will be invited to consider in small groups how they would rule if they were the judges. This will be followed by a discussion of the issues raised and how they relate to (a) the laws that define language policy and (b) the judicial process.

アメリカの３事例を挙げながら、言語選択に関わる法的問題、および言語政策について議論した。

Blair, J. (2002a). Linguistic Crimes: Asian Language in the Docket. On PAC3 at JALT 2001, Conference Proceedings, pp. 571-578.

This paper describes two American court cases concerning attempts to restrict the use of Asian languages in the Philippines and in Pomona, California. It examines language conflict, policy, rights, and diversity from a legal point of view.

アメリカの２事例を挙げながら、言語選択に関わる法的問題、および言語政策について議論した。

Blair, J. (2002b). The Burden of Babel in Government. The Faculty Journal of the Junior College Division of Aichi Gakuin University [愛知学院大学短期大学部研究紀要], 10, pp. 100-117.

An earlier paper (Blair, 2001) describes the reactions of American federal courts to attempts by legislative bodies in the United States (including territories) to mandate the use of English and restrict the use of other languages. This paper focuses on court decisions concerning private citizens who have petitioned federal courts in order to require greater accommodation to residents with limited English proficiency who seek meaningful access to government services and employment opportunities.

アメリカ在住の英語不自由者がアメリカ政府へのアクセスを求めた裁判の判決について議論した。

This paper reviews the background of the Japanese in America and the U.S. Government's wartime decision to evacuate them from the West Coast. It then describes the American Civil Liberties Union's efforts outside of court to formulate its own policy and oppose that of the government. A future paper will deal with the ACLU's efforts in the courtroom to litigate against the injustice of evacuation and internment.

第二次大戦中、強制収容された日系アメリカ人と政府の対応、そしてその政府の政策に反対したアメリカ自由人権協会（ACLU）について記述した。

Blair, J. (2000). Fighting the Japanese Internment in Federal Court: The A.C.L.U. During World War II. The Faculty Journal of the Junior College Division of Aichi Gakuin University [愛知学院大学短期大学部研究紀要], 8, pp. 84-105.

An earlier paper (Blair, 1999) describes the background of the Japanese Internment and the efforts of the American Civil Liberties Union to lobby against it before legislatures and the public. This paper describes the organization's efforts to litigate in the courts against curfews imposed on the West Coast Japanese, their evacuation, and their internment in camps.

第二次大戦中アメリカで起こった日系アメリカ人の強制収容に対するアメリカ自由人権協会の法廷闘争について論じた。

This paper attempts to affirm the importance of sentential constituents and the parsing process itself to English language competence. It includes a brief review of various concepts of parsing and explores some of the most prominent theories of psycholinguistic parsing to arrive at a general framework that generates some interesting hypotheses to be investigated. It further proposes the investigation not only of the parsing system of native English speakers, but also the role of parsing in learners' Interlanguage systems. Finally two specific, concrete research tasks are presented.

ネテイブスピーカーの英語と非ネテイブスピーカーの中間言語における、「構文解析」（parsing）の重要性について言及した。

This paper discusses the role of foreign languages, especially English, in Japanese society. The discussion touches on a broad range of topics including language contact , planning, and attitudes. All are examined in the context of modern Japanese culture.

日本社会の中外国語、特に英語の役割について論じた。