1 2 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF DANANG ----------------- This thesis has been completed at the University of Danang ĐẶNG THỊ BÍCH HƯỜNG Supervisor: NGUYỄN THỊ QUỲNH HOA‚ Ph.D. AN INVESTIGATION INTO ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE IDIOMS CONTAINING WORDS DENOTING WEATHER Examiner 1: Assoc. Prof. Dr. TRẦN VĂN PHƯỚC Examiner 2: NGŨ THIỆN HÙNG‚ Ph.D. Field: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Code: 60.22.15 This thesis will be defended at the Examination Council for the M.A. Time: 16/1/2011 Venue:
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Comparison of Roman and Western Slavery Slavery is one of the most common entities between the Roman ’s society and the Western society in the late 1800 ’s. Both civilizations have many differences and similarities between their views on slavery‚ treatments of the slaves‚ and economics of slavery. Such similarities include the imprisonment of slaves‚ the cruel treatments towards slaves‚ and the legal status of slaves as their owner ’s property. However‚ despite the many differences‚ slavery between
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Thomas Runyan Comparison Paragraph Dr. Andrews Mar 22‚ 2011 Hip Hop and its Rap Culture counterpart comparison It was 1977‚ and the Summer of Sam was in full swing in New York. But in the neighborhoods and housing projects of the “boogie down” Bronx New York‚ a new art form was developing called Hip Hop. This new art form would change America and transcend a generation forever with its influences on fashion‚ music‚ and lifestyle. Hip Hop is an urban lifestyle that consists of different subgenres
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In recent years‚ globalization has become one of the most popular term involving in many business articles and speeches. Globalization has brought both advantages and disadvantages to the world in many aspects‚ from economy to culture. Along with the trend is the expansion of multinational company. Nowadays‚ it is common to see a company with operations in many countries. In order to penetrate to a new country‚ every entrepreneur should have a SWOT analysis about the country to know about its strengths
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&MEXICO: A COMPARISON OF TWO CULTURES USA & Mexico A Comparison of Two Cultures Andrew Klupsch Cultural Psychology Ishler 2-4 Texas in it self is a highly diverse multicultural society. It takes on many aspects of many different cultures. One very noticeable culture that has a great impact on Texas would be that of the Mexican culture. Because Mexican culture is so apparent in Texas‚ that it is easy to compare and contrast some cultural aspects between Mexican and American cultures. This
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According to Hofstede‚ culture is the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from others (Hofstede and Hofstede‚ 2005‚ 4). However‚ human beings are not programmed same way as the computers are‚ they have reflective ability and may deviate based on unforeseen event. More so‚ culture has strong impact on the way a person act on certain situation. Between 1994 and 2005 over half the U.S. work force was made up of minorities. Currently‚ one
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Running head: COMPOUND NOUNS IN VIETNAMESE AND ENGLISH COMMERCIAL TEXTS Compound Nouns in Vietnamese and English Commercial Texts A Contrastive Analysis Abstract Learning has always been a challenging process to obtain knowledge. This is undeniably true in studying economics in a different language. The quest to understand a concept itself may present some difficulties. Yet‚ comprehending the wordings that may lead to such understanding can also be overly frustrating. Through reading some
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society or culture‚ every person living in this world has a social identity and cultural background. I share similar cultural circumstances with the character Victor‚ from ‘The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven‚’ and we see our heritage as something that is getting faded away as society becomes assimilated into modern culture. The society of today and that of the past live extremely different lives. The American lifestyle is more of a materialistic culture‚ while the Native Americans see their
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various forms of mass media to demonize an ideology abhorrent to the freedoms of the United States. In the summer of 1914‚ The Great War began with what most Americans would call a glorified family
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San Culture Elements essential to the survival of San culture are knowledge of their surroundings‚ a nomadic life‚ their values‚ and the structure in the San community. Differences in my culture and San culture are due to environment‚ values‚ lifestyles‚ and social structure. Elements important to the survival of American culture are adaptability‚ unity of one language‚ education provided by the government and acceptances of different religions. Modernization and globalization impact both the San’s
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