General information about Japanese * Although Japanese is spoken almost exclusively in Japan‚ it has been spoken outside. * Before and during World War II‚ when Japan occupied Korea‚ Taiwan‚ parts of China‚ the Philippines‚ and various Pacific islands‚ locals in those countries learned Japanese as the language of the empire. * As a result‚ many elderly people in these countries can still speak Japanese. * More than the 1.2 million of the United States sometimes employ Japanese as
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LECTURE 4 Word stress in English 1. Nature of word stress 2. Place of word stress in English. Degrees of stress 3. Functions of the English stress 4. Tendencies of the English stress 5. Typology of accentual structures 1. The sequence of syllables in the word is not pronounced identically. The syllable or syllables which are uttered with more prominence than the other syllables of the word are said to be stressed or accented. Stress in the isolated word
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ways. Instead of aiding the Indian economy‚ all profits from Indian raw materials were delivered to Britain. Textile mills that were built by the British decreased the need for local textile businesses‚ which were often run by women. Furthermore‚ British tax laws declared that local authorizes could confiscate unpaid land from peasants. Because of British colonial rule‚ India’s economy suffered‚ which caused misfortunes for the population. In comparison‚ the consequences of European imperialism in
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Introduction 1. To show how the British Navy built our modern global system. Chpt. 1 - "Incident at San Juan de Ulloa" 1. Slavery was the largest form of commerce in the sixteenth century. 2. The flota is a treasure fleet with heavily armed galleons that were coming from Seville‚ Spain. Fireships are empty ships set on fire and sailed into the enemy‚ a kamikaze-like act‚ in hopes to set their ships on fire as well. Chpt. 2 - “Beginnings”
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Introduction India was a colony of the British Empire when Britain and the allies declared war on Germany on August 4th and by doing this‚ India was automatically pushed into World War I (WW I). Although the Indians had no part in the traditional rivalries between the European powers that led to WWI yet the soldiers‚ or “sepoys” of the Indian Army fought and died for the British Empire in places such as France‚ Belgium‚ Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ Gallipoli and Palestine and East and West Africa. About 1
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How Locals Responded To British Rule After WW II British Return * Conditions were bad * Many strikes occurred; 1947 known as ‘year of strikes’ * Malayan Communist Party (MCP) gained support from people and started campaign of forcing the British out of Malaya * MCP slowly took control over many trade unions in Malaya Change in mindset * Felt that British has failed to defend Singapore * Many of them had helped and some died to defend Singapore and thus now feels that it
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How did Trade and Commerce Contribute to the Development of the British Empire 1680-1763? The role of trade and commerce in the initial establishment of the British Empire bore huge weight. With a financial agreement with another country comes natural relations‚ and from that blooms a possibility to extend those relations into the foundations of an impending empire. Both the East India and Royal African Companies acted as a stem for lasting European presence in native land and so are both significant
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of all British women. The huge scale of the war resulted in the enormous participation of almost six million men and subsequently an extensive demand for female labour in the manufacturing and services industries. The war resulted in massive social upheaval particularly on the lives women who attained greater freedom despite tighter Government controls. Women’s lives were upturned as they were thrust into the labour‚ social and economic spotlight‚ something never previously seen in British history
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Discuss the impacts of storm events in the British Isles and evaluate the response to them. (40 marks) A storm that had severe impacts on a vast area of the British Isles is known as the “great storm” of 1987. The great storm devastated much of Southern England; perhaps the impacts were worsened as the storm evaded normal weather prediction services. The extreme low pressure system was the result of Arctic and Tropic Continental air masses colliding over the Atlantic Ocean. North Westerly Winds
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The question "were the British soldiers ’Lions led by Donkeys?’" has been an ongoing debate since the end of the war. A war which is dominated by images of bloody battles such as the Somme and Passchendaele - futile frontal attacks against the machine guns. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that the troops were ’lions led by donkeys’. The definition that the soldiers were ’lions’ in the war has never been questioned - due to the horrific reports of their lives in the war. The soldiers were
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