July 2010‚ Volume 8‚ No.7 (Serial No.82) US-China Foreign Language‚ ISSN1539-8080‚ USA (De)constructing humour across languages and genres Sara Laviosa (English Language and Translation‚ University of Bari (Aldo Moro)‚ Bari 70125‚ Italy) Abstract: In Western societies‚ humour appears in many different communicative events‚ and is variedly expressed through words‚ pictures‚ sounds and body language. Humour is peculiar in that it is creative‚ compelling and culture-specific‚ and produces
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ABSTRACT In this paper we address the issue of pronunciation model- ing for conversational speech synthesis. We experiment with two different HMM topologies (fully connected state model and forward connected state model) for sub-phonetic model- ing to capture the deletion and insertion of sub-phonetic states during speech production process. We show that the experi- mented HMM topologies have higher log likelihood than the traditional 5-state sequential model. We also study the first and
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How to make money selling items through internet auctions. Buying and selling things is not new. As a matter of fact‚ people have been buying and selling things in one form or another ever since time began. It is part of life. We all need or want things that we can not provide for ourselves‚ so we have to find someone who can supply us with the items‚ and we pay them to provide us with these items we need or want. Ebay is an online auction service that helps people sell their items to people across
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“I HOPE YOU’RE HAVING YOURSELF AN ESPECIALLY WONDERFUL TIME” Victor Ralston welcomed the man with the angry eyes to MargsonMart. The man stared at the flaming rattlesnake tattoo on Victor’s left forearm and then told Victor “ Now I hope you’re having yourself an especially wonderful time”‚ it gave Victor the shivers. Maybe it was the way this man’s expression changed when he saw Victor’s tattoo‚ and maybe it was the sound of this man’s voice. But it was definitely those words. “Now I hope you’re
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How do banks make money? Banks are just like other businesses. Their product just happens to be money. Other businesses sell widgets or services; banks sell money -- in the form of loans‚ certificates of deposit (CDs) and other financial products. They make money on the interest they charge on loans because that interest is higher than the interest they pay on depositors’ accounts. The interest rate a bank charges its borrowers depends on both the number of people who want to borrow and the
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Research on how information System Technology give it competitive advantage. Done By: Neo Lai Shun FTDICT216 Page Number 1. What Are Information Systems (IS)? Page 2 2. Introduction to Business information System Page 2 3. How Does Alibaba Make Money? Page 4‚5 4. Advantages and Disadvantages of B2B and B2C Page 5 5. Conclusion Page 5 6. References Page 6 What Are Information Systems (IS)? A lot of organizations work with large great amounts of data. Data are basic values or facts
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Anyone Can Make A Difference There is no such thing as a perfect world although we continue to try and make it seem that way. Mankind has dreamt about making this wish a reality for many centuries yet has failed in its attempts. This concept along with the failure it carries exists because no one man or women can entirely change the world we live in. No two people are alike so therefore how can millions of individuals be expected to have the same exact motives or desires. In contrast‚ the reality
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Life and money‚ which support it‚ make the existence of people purposeful and intelligent‚ money becomes the self-value nowadays . But if we want to know the possibilities for spiritual growth or moral development in human beings we must answer the question what money means in our life? It can be compared with a huge piston in the engine that pushes the world. 1 am saying this because it is one of my beliefs that‚ if not every decision‚ at least a majority of them are made with the consequence of
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Networking Site Makes Money Introduction A. Social networking is a daily activity for most of us. Facebook‚ Twitter all this sites have hundreds of millions of users. One thing I always think about‚ are these sites are businesses? It’s free to join and you do not need to pay to start building networking. B. If we take a look at the stock of the entire social media network we will find that the companies are valued in the billions of dollars. It’s a booming industry. How do they make money? Reasons
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