i.e. the observation and interpretation of linguistic specifics. Dialect Continuum: A dialect continuum‚ or dialect area‚ was defined by Leonard Bloomfield as a range of dialects spoken across some geographical area that differ only slightly between neighboring areas‚ but as one travels in any direction‚ these differences accumulate such that speakers from opposite ends of the continuum are no longer mutually intelligible. Standard Language: A standard language (also standard dialect or standardized
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Elizabeth Corbitt Discussion 3 What similarities have you seen between the book‚ The Hobbit‚ and Beowulf? At first I saw major differences between Beowulf and The Hobbit. One is a story that was once a simple bed time story for the author’s children and the other is a poem that is the oldest English literature that we have today. So‚ due to them being completely different in ways they really are completely alike. Reading Beowulf
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How do you belong in America? That was the first thing that popped in my head when I saw Bharati Mukherjee’s essay Two Ways to Belong in America. This essay was about the differences between Bharati and her sister Mira’s views on immigrants. Throughout the essay Mukherjee used rhetorical devices such as: compare/contrast‚ fluency‚ and tone. She used these in such a way that it was both interesting and easy to read. “She‚ for the lack of structure in my life‚ the erasure of Indianness‚ the absence
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One of the most memorable quotes I remember hearing was “The first time you see your child you will understand the true meaning of love.” I never understood those words mainly because I was a twenty-one year old college student focused on school‚ my career‚ and most importantly my social life. Then on May of 2008 my favorite quote was about to become a quick realization of what I could expect and I would have a new understanding because that’s when I found out I was pregnant. My life was about to
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Alyessea Kreyling Trans College Writing 10/14/2014 The car that of my life My current car is a tan Dodge Neon and my dream car is a midnight blue Ford Mustang. My best friend has my dream car until he sold it but his mustang was two toned silver and black with a red pin stripe around it. I drove his car before he sold it and the car just spoke to me because it gave me this feeling that the car was made for me. Just the body style of my dream car is wonderful because it’s the muscle car type
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The question of who has rights to control what data flows thought the Internet and at what speed has been a question discussed within the US government since the late 1990’s.(Gans‚ 2014 p. 183) The question has been should the internet providers be required to treat all data on their infrastructure as equivalent or should they be given the ability to prioritize some data types or sources over others. There have been several key decisions over the last 20 years and so far the US government and the
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which is capital of Turkey‚ has an average high temperature of 28C and January average low of -6C. Moreover‚ Egypt and Turkey have many differences in geographical. Egypt located in north-east of Africa‚ bordering the Mediterranean Sea. And it lies between Libya and the red sea north of Sudan. The bustling‚ frantic streets of Turkey and Egypt’s towns and cities are home to hundreds of street hawkers who excel in delivering mouth-watering dishes of their national cuisines for a fraction of restaurant
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birthmark with his use of science but ends up killing her. While in Frankenstein‚ the protagonist Victor attempts to use science to create life but ends up destroying those there were closest to him. There are many similarities between the two stories‚ especially between the characteristics of Victor Frankenstein and Aylmer. Both men have a deep passion and love for science that borders on obsession. One of the prevalent themes in both stories is the danger of playing god. In Frankenstein‚ Victor
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Gilchrist and Huffman used an abundance of empirical data and research to create the foundation of their golf training plans. For example‚ by utilizing the concept of periodization which has been long-used in other Olympic sports‚ a neutral two-week performance cycle has been broken down into: 491 minutes allocated to your putter (20%) 230 minutes allocated to driver (9%) 210 minutes allocated to LW (8%) 210 minutes allocated to SW (8%) 210 minutes allocated to PW (8%) 130 minutes allocated to
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big bands. The golden age of the mystery novel continued as people escaped into books‚ reading writers like Agatha Christie‚ Dashielle Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Big band or swing became very popular. Meanwhile there were also many differences between the two decades. During the 1920’s for the first time more Americans lived in cities rather than on farms. For many Americans the growth of cities‚ the rise of a consumer culture‚ the increase of mass entertainment and the so-called “revolution in
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