verdicitves: can be descriptive merely of a state of mind Classes: 1. Locution act is the performance of an utterance‚ and hence of a speech act. a. Phonetic Act the act of making a sound‚ uttering certain noises b. Phatic Act uttering certain words or vocables‚ noises that belong to a certain vocabulary c. Rhetic Act performing an act with the vocables with a certain more or less definite sense and reference 2. Illocution term created by Austin. informing‚ ordering‚ warning‚ undertaking
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Technology we may see in the next 50 years... Technology | Positive effect of individual and society | Negative effect of individual and society | Self-driving cars | The positive effect of self-driving cars on an individual would be that the driver is less stressed and tired by driving and an individual could multi-task whilst the car drives. The impact of society would be fewer accidents as the system would control itself therefore drivers would not cause accidents on the roads. | The negative
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The Volt Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Gerolamo Umberto Volta was the father of the volt. He was born in Italy. He made the first cell in the 1800s. The cell that he made was not really a battery‚ but it was the most advanced attempt of making a battery in his time‚ it produced a steady electrical current‚ but did not work well over time; it was called the Voltaic pile. The voltaic pile was made of two electrodes of zinc and copper and sulphuric acid as the electrolyte. His name
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1. One of your inmates is a murderer. When he was 18 years old‚ he killed his girlfriend. He received a sentence of life with the possibility of parole. He is now 58 years old and you have come to realize that he is a model prisoner. He has shown impeccable behavior‚ has a job within the prison‚ has been around the community during furloughs and has become a positive influence and a great role model for other prisoners. Also‚ he has formed a bond with the victim’s family‚ who has forgiven him for
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startling‚ large-scale security failures. The document was reported by New Jersey’s Star Ledger. However‚ the TSA official referred ABC News to another Star Ledger story‚ which said the proposed firings had nothing to do with the recent TSA internal report‚ but were the culmination of a year-long internal investigation sparked by an alleged theft by a TSA officer. The TSA said in a statement that it "has a zero tolerance for misconduct in the workplace" and the agency "takes prompt and appropriate action
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short stories "Good Country People" and "Where are you going‚ Where have you been?"‚ most notably their characters. Both stories contain a female protagonist‚ and a male antagonist‚ whose confrontations start out relatively normal‚ and progress to more and more surreal and twisted endings. Their main characters‚ Hulga and Connie‚ are shockingly similar‚ and yet strangely different‚ one a 15 year old wishing to be older and beautiful‚ the other a bitter 32 year old‚ wishing to be younger and ugly. These
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Do You Believe in Magic? It was the night we had all waited for‚ the night that was to bring 15 years of a magical journey to an end. As my friends and I walked into the movie theater‚ we were immediately surrounded by people dressed as witches and wizards‚ snitches and half-giants. We continued to retrieve our tickets and walk toward our respective theater‚ passing movie posters declaring‚ “It all ends here”. For the generation that has grown up with Harry‚ Ron and Hermione‚ the premiere of
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"Cigarettes kill you" that was the warning provided in the box – cigarette packs at this time. The sentence is very simple. However‚ if the note its meaning‚ this sentence is very terrible. Not even just that sentence‚ the Government has also provided the picture – a terrible picture of the consequences of smoking on the packaging. If we humans are smart and think‚ of course we are aware of the meaning of sentences and horrifying pictures. However‚ still there are people – people who are not acknowledged
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Ami Denman Dr. Anderson Phil 1043 4/26/13 Do You Believe In Miracles? Do you believe in miracles? I find it rather intriguing that some people still try to use science or any number of other disciplines as a way of explaining‚ give meaning or rationalizing the question of miracles or the existence of a higher power. I find it hard to understand why humans deny at least the possibility that everyday life presents us with mysteries that cannot simply be explained by human reasoning‚ rational
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school with my friends ‚ not knowing these would be the most drama filled ‚ fatiguing ‚ happiest and saddest 4 years of my life . I had no idea what being a teenager would actually be like ‚ all I knew was that I was finally going to be in high school and I felt grown and independent. I thought I could handle any and everything ‚ but I was completely wrong . Freshman and Sophomore year I was all about my friends and my social life. I was always hanging out with my old friends and building relationships
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