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    the discourse marker Well

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    The Analysis of the Characteristics of Discourse Marker WELL 话语标记语WELL特征分析 摘 要 言语交际中的话语标记语虽在句子中不占据句子成分‚却是在交际中很常见的现象。本文以言语交际中的话语标记语WELL为研究对象,分析和判断它在交际中的特征,为正确理解话语交际意图,准确对其进行翻译提供参考。 关键词 话语标记语;WELL;交际意图;翻译 Abstract It is very common in English to use the expression form like “well”‚ “oh”‚ “you know”‚ “you see”‚ “I mean”‚ “that is to say”‚ “in other words”‚ “as I said”‚ which are all discourse markers. They are small words which do not contribute to the propositional content of the utterance which

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    their business with a very rigid and professional posture‚ Brazil handle their business with a more open communication policy‚ whereas South Africa has a very casual approach to handling their business. Technology can be a helpful tool with cross-cultural communications between America and all the other countries in the world. With video conferencing‚ many executives from around the world have the ability to talk to each other from their very own offices. Technology has eliminated the expense for

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    Marker 10 Moments

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    that had made me realize that Professor Shi’s video‚ 10 Moments‚ is a tribute to Marker’s 1956 film because of certain elements of the later film. For instance‚ Professor Shi also captures the record of everyday life experiences and interactions as Marker did in his film. It may not picture the 1950s‚ but it did have similar everyday experiences. The video was a tribute to emphasize more on what he deemed as important or intriguing in everyday life or just city life in general. We see in Marker’s video

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    tiffany jewelry tiffany & co holders. Most major shoe stores carry a limited amount involving paintball supply markers‚ and / or guns‚ not to mention clothing together with gear fashion accessories.To fill yourwants of a large number of paintball gamers however‚ some store or simply Internet blog is much more logical. One for the largest paintball outlets in the today can be American Paintball deliver.They offer brands from paintball appliances from across the globe‚ including ActiVision‚ Bauer

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    Did anyone benefit from the Cultural Revolution? Few people would deny that the Cultural Revolution is one of the most significant events in China’s history‚ with its extraordinary effects on many groups of the population. The main aim of the revolution was simple: having risen to power‚ the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wanted to reform the Chinese population so that they followed the communist ideology – the favour of absolute social equality. While the initial impression of this aim seems positive

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    Issues Today: Universalism vs. Cultural Relativism One of the most pertinent issues of the past twenty years has been the conflict between two different ideologies of human rights on a national scale‚ universalism‚ and cultural relativism. Universalism holds that more “primitive” cultures will eventually evolve to have the same system of law and rights as Western cultures. Cultural relativists hold an opposite‚ but similarly rigid viewpoint‚ that a traditional culture is unchangeable. In universalism

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    I am going to discuss Shafer-Landau’s argument on Ethical Relativism‚ specifically his stand on Cultural Relativism. 1. Cultural Relativism says that a society’s or cultures basic ideals are considered morally right. 2. Cultural Relativism cannot make sense of moral progress. 3. Cultural Relativism contradicts itself because different societies can have different views. 4. Cultural Relativism doesn’t account for morality’s true nature. In support of Premise #2: Shafer claims “If a person’s or

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    DÍAZ’S DROWN: A STRUGGLE FOR CULTURAL IDENTITY 1 Junot Díaz’s Drown: A Struggle for Cultural Identity Against an Unjust Society DÍAZ’S DROWN: A STRUGGLE FOR CULTURAL IDENTITY Junot Díaz’s Drown: A Struggle for Cultural Identity Against an Unjust Society Junot Díaz’s Drown is a compelling and surprising set of short stories‚ each affecting the reader in a different way‚ but all making an impression. These stories follow a variety of characters‚ often depicting the experience of the immigrant experience

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    The document ‘Remembering China’s Cultural Revolution’ creates a melancholic feeling. An anonymous writer who was a victim of the brutality of Cultural Revolution in China writes it. The document‚ written in 1966‚ gives an account of events that led the writer to live an awful life. He describes his life as miserable; the future holds no good to him‚ as a direct victim of Mao Zedong paradigm‚ he endures a lot of suffering‚ he swears to avenge his suffering. The author‚ a victim of human rights violence

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    “were taking the capitalist road.” Mao called for a wave of criticism against “reactionary bourgeois ideology” in 1966. Thus began the decade-long Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution that would have devastating and far-reaching impact on modern China. The

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