1 Three Waves of Variation Study: The emergence of meaning in the study of variation Penelope Eckert Stanford University Abstract The treatment of social meaning in variation has come in three waves of analytic practice. The first wave of variation studies established broad correlations between linguistic variables and the macro-sociological categories of socioeconomic class‚ sex class‚ ethnicity and age. The second wave employed ethnographic methods to explore the local categories and configurations
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that genetic variation is caused by a variety of factors which may include natural selection and mating patterns. With the results from the Blanding’s Turtle experiment‚ who are listed as an endangered species‚ the topic of genetic diversity and genetic variation will further be discussed and researched. Genetic variation describes genetic differences among individuals of the same species. In a population‚ it is derived from a wide assortment of genes and alleles. This variation allows flexibility
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Variations for Clarinet and Piano‚ By Carl Maria Von Weber (In the point of view of Max) Maria Carl Von Weber was a famous composer during the early 1800s. He composed many well known pieces like the variations for clarinet and piano. Even though this is not his most famous accomplishment‚ this is still a very challenging piece to play with simplifications in most of the variations. Although it took around 3 months to learn the piece‚ I now have confidence while playing. I also have won an honorable
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like a letter to a lover‚ Margaret Atwood uses her poem “Variation on the word Sleep” to depict the feelings of love‚ lust and desire. Atwood uses the persona of someone who feels the need to protect as the narrator of her piece. He tone is intimate and personal and her use of imagery captures the audience as Atwood metaphorically describes the speaker’s yearning. Through the use of imagery and an intimate tone‚ Atwood shows multiple variations of the word sleep by incorporating three main themes in
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Sir Edward William Elgar was born June 2nd‚ 1857 in Lower Broadheath‚ England‚ and died February 23rd 1934 in Worcester. His Enigma Variations‚ in which 14 variations on a theme depict the lives and personalities of some of Elgar’s closest friends and colleagues‚ was composed between October 1898 and February 1899. The piece was premiered June 19th‚ 1899 at St. James’s Hall‚ with Hans Richter conducting‚ and was immediately popular. This would begin a period of about twenty years in which Elgar composed
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You’re not the first to say this (that "we hadn’t noticed" thing was a bit of Australian facetiousness. Sorry). Since QEII first opened the thing in 1973‚ in fact‚ it’s been a pretty dependable discussion starter over house bubbly at openings and on the pages of newspapers like ours. (Editor to lowly arts writer: Got a story? Arts editor to editor: Oh‚ yeah‚ someone said something about the House. Editor: To the printers!). Most recently‚ acclaimed Opera director David McVicar had a dig to
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constructing a biological profile based off of old/ancient remains. They do this by estimating age‚ sex‚ body type‚ and ancestry as well as identifying certain characteristics like diseases and injuries that could help in identifying the cause of death. To determine these things they start off by asking themselves a number of questions such as whether or not the fossil is bone‚ whether or not the remains are from a human‚ what the bones represent‚ how old the remains are etc. forensic scientists can
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Mamet’s Duck Variations David Mamet’s Duck Variations is a 1972 play based around the mundane park bench conversation of two characters‚ George and Emil. Through the topic of ducks and other various wildlife‚ the theory of life and the world begins to emerge to reveal feelings about death and their own existence. They search for the importance of a duck’s activities as if attempting to find meaning within themselves. Ironically‚ many of their discussions and ramblings are untrue or irrelevant and
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<b>The causes of tensions and conflicts generated in the old regime that contributed to the outbreak of revolution</b> <br>The composition of society was a major contributing factor to the tensions and conflicts generated under the old regime. Society was divided into Three Estates‚ the first Estate comprised of the clergy (1%)‚ the nobility‚ and rest of the population was classified as the Third Estate. Not only was the Third Estate heterogeneous‚ comprising of the bourgeoise (lawyers‚ doctors‚
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Change and variation of English lexis 1. Introduction The topic under discussion in this paper is about the lexical change and lexical variation. The change and vary of language never stops and it develops with the move of time and space (Zhichang‚ 2010‚ p.19 ). I will talk about the lexical change and variation in English lexis from three respects and I will discuss how the knowledge of lexical change and variation facilitates can be related to the learning and/or teaching of vocabulary.
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