任课老师 ：莫爱屏教授 论文提交日期 ： 2008/01/08 Abstract: This paper aims to probe into the study of language and dialect in the field of sociolinguistics. Part 1 is a general introduction to the issues being covered in the paper. Part 2 centers on the analysis of certain criteria that probably could be applied as to differentiate a language from a dialect. Part 3 and Part 4 introduce two distinguished kinds of dialects‚ namely‚ regional dialect and social dialect respectively through
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Food Processing Throughout the history of mankind science has searched into the realms of the unknown. Along with it bringing new discoveries‚ allowing for our lives to become healthier‚ more efficient‚ safer‚ and at the same time‚ possibly more dangerous. Among the forces driving scientists into these many experiments‚ is the desire to preserve the one fuel that keeps our lives going; FOOD. As early as the beginning of the 19th century‚ major breakthroughs in food preservation had begun. Soldiers
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2-8 The Wendt Corporation had $10.5 million of taxable income‚ a) What is the company’s federal income tax bill for the year? Answer: $3‚575‚000 50‚000*.15=7500 (75000-50000)*.25=6250 (100000-75000)*.34=8500 (335000-100000)*.39=91650 (10000000-335000)*.34=3286100 (10500000-10000000)*.35=175000 b) Assume the firm receives an additional $1 milion of interest income from some bonds it owns. What is the tax on this interest income? Answer: Tax on just the extra million taxed as ordinary
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General Computer Questions [pic] General Computer Question 1: What is a computer? Answer: A common‚ somewhat simplified‚ definition is that the computer is an electronic device that can be used to process information. Today‚ computers are not only used for calculations‚ but also for creating and manipulating text and pictures. They are used to design bridges and spacecraft‚ to record a company’s sales and to keep track of customers‚ to create a school newspaper‚ or to estimate the cost
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“One Brain or Two?” Who did the original study? The original study was conducted by Roger W. Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga at the California Institute of Technology. What are the reasons the researcher carried out the study? One of the main reasons Sperry and Gazzaniga conducted the study because they wanted to see if the brain‚ when split into two hemispheres by severing the corpus callosum‚ could act as separate mental systems and act independently. Another reason was to see if the two brain halves
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“Do you agree with the view suggested in source 5 that the main factor preventing the press from publishing ‘bad news’ during the Boer war was censorship by the military authorities?” Bad news during the Boer war was events such as the mass death which occurred in the concentration camps. Source 5 says that “some journalists tried to report bad news as well as good‚ but in the face of military cenecorship‚ they did not persist”. I do agree with the view suggested by Source 5 because the Boer war
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WHY A COMPUTER IS BETTER THAN YOUR BRAIN The computer - Computers are getting smarter by the day. Computer programs at research labs are constantly learning anything that the programmers are feeding them with. Voice recognition engines are developed but feeding the program with thousands of different voices from entire towns so that it could pick up patterns in speech‚ accents and slangs and learn to reconigse them. OCR (optical character recognition) programs are picking up new tips and patterns
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Vancouver‚ British Columbia) Research consistently shows different scents impact the human brain and an individual’s emotions. Studies looked at numerous things‚ including the effect of essential oils on a person’s level of alertness‚ their mental stress and their odd. In addition‚ research has been conducted to determine if individuals who are suffering from a medical condition‚ such as cancer‚ may benefit from use of these oils. This research suggests the oils may be of benefit
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Part I What are the primary differences between Mitigation and Preparedness? Research and describe three examples of each. The United States experiences a variety of natural disasters throughout the year. Because of hurricanes on the Pacific‚ Atlantic‚ and Gulf of Mexico coasts‚ earthquakes near the San Andreas and other fault lines‚ volcanic eruptions‚ tornadoes in the plains‚ and floods throughout the Midwest‚ the United States suffers approximately $1 billion in losses each week. From 1990-93
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Evolution of Management After watching the video “Evolution of Management” one will know that there are four major approaches and time periods. The first one starts in the late 1800’s which is known has the classical approach. Next‚ it is the behavioral approach which started in the early 1900’s. Then in the 1930’s and 1940’s we moved into the systems approach. Now we are currently in the contingency approach‚ which first started in the 1960’s. In this paper we will discuss each approach
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