The Speech Community Peter L. Patrick Dept. of Language and Linguistics University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ United Kingdom Email: patrickp@essex.ac.uk http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp/ This article will appear in JK Chambers‚ P Trudgill & N Schilling-Estes (eds.)‚ Handbook of language variation and change. Oxford: Blackwell. ABSTRACT: empirical linguistics‚ is at the intersection of many principal problems in sociolinguistic theory and method. This paper traces its history
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In the “Proposals Relation to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania‚ Philadelphia‚” 1749‚ Benjamin Franklin reconciled public service‚ the benefits of classical learning‚ and the necessity of practical training for young people in the colony. Mr. Franklin discussed that knowledge helps to give honor. Not just honor to yourself for knowing what you are doing and talking about but‚ also an honor for your country to represent them if you were to become a part of office and have to communicate with
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Time: 11:00am to 2:00pm UNBELIEVE SPEECH CRITIQUE This speech took place on March 10‚ 2013 ‚ children‚ adults and adolescents attended while hundred’s watched on TV as a Christian Preacher ‚a Oklahoma University Graduate Dr. Guillermo Maldonado stood behind a podium. The central Idea or purpose of his speech was and is to still educate‚ motivate‚ and persuade everyone engaging the audience on the topic ‚ This speech was about unbelieve this is a topic needed
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population officially doubled the number of people in Australia (“Experts”).The Mascot Hall of Fame is now being built in Whiting‚ Indiana‚ and is meant to be a fun place for families and children ("Mascot Hall"). Even though some may argue that Zippy the Zip is not a mascot that should be inducted into the hall of fame because kangaroos do not natively live in Ohio‚ Zippy the Zip should be in The Mascot Hall of Fame because she impacts the sport‚ is kid-friendly‚ has ground-breaking performances
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Everyone is the crowd went from feeling proud to sorrowful in an instant. In his speech‚ Donleavy went on and stated how there were going to be some “wonderful” changes the children had coming. The Central School‚ the white school‚ had many improvements in store for them. Famous artists from Little Rock to teach them‚ getting new equipment
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Steroids‚ and the Hall of Fame Kesley D. Fleming Due March 1st‚ 2013 English 112: 11:00-11:50 Professor Welsh Baseball‚ Steroids‚ and the Hall of Fame Baseball has always been known as America’s Favorite Pastime. However‚ just recently the validity of the sport has started to come into question of the minds of MLB fans because of the significant use of steroids. Just recently‚ the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) voted and nobody on the Hall of Fame ballot received
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BAHUROOPEE GANDHI Written By Anu Bandopadhyaya Forwarded By Jawaharlal Nehru Forward This book is for children. But I am sure that many grown-ups will read it with pleasure and profit. Already Gandhiji has become a legend. Those who have not seen him‚ especially the children of today‚ must think of him as a very unusual person‚ a superman who performed great deeds. It is desirable‚ therefore‚ for the common aspects of his life to be placed before them‚ as is done by this book
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You’re in the car driving to your destination and the next thing you know that your cell phone received a message or a phone call. You decided to look at the text message or answer the phone. You’re on the phone texting back or talking and you started to pay more attention to your phone instead the road‚ and then BANG! You’re on the side of the road with a broken back‚ neck with a concussion or worse dead. This could easily be avoided if the person ignored the cell phone and pay attention to the
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The Born Free Generation. –Dani Beleli Good afternoon Mr Tennant and fellow students. We live in an age of worshiping the newest apps‚ following the latest tweets and checking the most recent social media crazes‚ where E and MTV is more important than the daily news. Our ‘Born Free’s’ or otherwise known as “The Me Me Me Generation”‚ are driven by their own self wealth and material well being. Apparently‚ this is a generation that is representing the free adolescence. The youth has not yet been
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Never Give Up On Your Dreams There is nothing more beautiful or valuable to humanity than the god instilled inbred passion that inhabits the very depths of who we are. That passion is a dream‚ Your dream can either take you to heights you never could imagine or you can choose to let it die and be buried in the complacent tomb of fear. You have time to fulfill your dreams. There was a guy who wanted to become a doctor‚ but was unwilling to go back to school for
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