The Features of Human Language Hockett argues that there are 13 features that characterize human language: 1. Vocal-auditory channel The majority of human languages are transmitted by the vocal-auditory channel as their basic mode of expression. Obviously‚ there are some exceptions as for example writing and sign language (manual-visual channel). 2. Broadcast transmission and directional reception It has to do with the fact that people that are near us can hear us (broadcast transmission) since
Premium Language Linguistics Natural language
Features of Health Plans HCR/220 September 24‚ 2013 All health plans are not built identical and there is no rule of thumb for which ones are good or not so good. The best plan for one person may not work the same for another. The best plan for you may depend on the type of health care coverage you need‚ whether you have family members and what their needs may be‚ as well as other personal considerations. Features and options
Premium Health insurance Health care Health economics
From Charles Hockett (1966)‚ "The Problem of Universals in Language" The Search for Universals Through Comparison with Animal Systems "The design-features listed below are found in every language on which we have reliable information‚ and each seems to be lacking in at least one known animal communicative system. They are not all logically independent‚ and do not necessarily all belong to our defining list for language--a point to be taken up separately..." 1. Mode of communication-vocal-auditory
Premium Communication Semantics Logic
Corporate Governance in India: Disciplining the Dominant Shareholder Abstract The nascent debate on corporate governance in India has tended to draw heavily on the large Anglo-American literature on the subject. This paper argues however that the corporate governance problems in India are very different. The governance issue in the US or the UK is essentially that of disciplining the management who have ceased to be effectively accountable to the owners. The problem in the Indian corporate sector
Premium Stock Stock market Corporate governance
FEATURES OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP Introduction Transformational leadership is defined as a leadership approach that creates valuable and positive change in the followers with the end goal of developing followers into leaders. A transformational leader focuses on "transforming" others to help each other‚ to look out for each other‚ to be encouraging and harmonious‚ and to look out for the organization as a whole. With this leadership‚ the leader enhances the motivation‚ morale and performance
Premium Leadership Motivation Situational leadership theory
man‚ Marbuck‚ were with the silvertails upstairs from where they looked down on the seating known as "the blacks". Determined to tell a story that could be told only in Australia by Australians‚ Charles Chauvel made Jedda—-the first Australian feature film to use Aboriginal actors in the lead roles and the first to be filmed in colour. Set in the Northern Territory‚ it is the tragic story of a young Aboriginal girl of the Arunte tribe‚ adopted by a white woman‚ Sarah McCann‚ as a surrogate for
Premium Indigenous Australians Film
Alcoholic beverages are a staple in many people’s diets. Throughout human history people have drank for different reasons. Judith Bennett tells the story of the English brewing industry in Ale‚ Beer‚ and Brewsters in England. In her book‚ Bennett argues that women’s work in brewing changed during the period of 1300 to 1600 as males gradually took over the production‚ but the low status interpretation of “women’s work” continued throughout this period up until the present.1 The perception and realities
Premium Beer Brewing
1. Distinguish between Micro economics and Macro economics. Microeconomics may be defined as that branch of economic analysis‚ which studies the economic behavior of the individual unit‚ maybe a person‚ a particular household‚ or a particular firm. It is a study of one particular unit rather than all the units combined together. In microeconomics‚ we study the various units of the economy‚ how they function and how they reach their equilibrium. An important tool used in that of microeconomics is
Premium Economics
ECONOMICS ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS UNIT – 1 1. What is Economics? Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scare means which have alternative uses. 2. Definition of economics According to “Adamsmith” Economic is a social science the deals with human behaviour pertaining to production‚ Exchange and consumption of goods and services. 3. What are basic concept of economic? * Resource allocation * Opportunity cost * Diminishing marginal
Free Economics
Consumer Movement. Definition of Consumer Movement: According to Philip Kotler and G. Amstrong‚ "Consumerism is an organized movement of citizens and government to impose the rights and powers of buyers in relation to sellers." Features of Consumer Movement The features of consumer movement can be
Premium Consumer protection Human rights Law