themselves from death and the thought of it‚ and fear the realization that life is just as long as the ticking timer of the heart. After all‚ the heart is a major factor in life‚ and whether delving into
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A Sociolinguistic Study of Sexism In English and Chinese A Thesis Submitted to College of Foreign Languages Xingtan College Qufu Normal University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Arts By Xin Luxiang Under the Supervision of Zhu He May 2011 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am deeply indebted to Zhu He‚ my supervisor‚ who has given me constant and valuable advice‚ read it through meticulously and offered incisive comments on it. Without her help‚ the
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An example of this is the text is referring to the murder of King Duncan as the ’deed’. Lady Macbeth describes the action of murdering King Duncan through the words ’to catch the nearest way’. The use of this euphemism to describe the action of killing Duncan can be seen as though she is trying to hide the harsh imagery of blood and violence in the action of murder. This is an example of Lady Macbeth’s diminishing sense of conscientiousness. The composer also uses
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time. It must have been a frightening time too‚ “of coming to terms with same-sex sexuality‚ to invent language for its designation‚ control‚ and prosecution”‚ no wonder James choose to write a novella with “suggestive yet sheltering language of euphemism and denotative‚ confessional discourse that would expose ‘monstrous’ secrets.” (Matheson). In the beginning of The Turn of the Screw there is a Prologue‚ which is told by an unnamed narrator‚ where a character that we meet named Douglass‚ who has
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ENGLISH The Pronunciation of English by Somali L1 students in Sweden Testing indications of phonetic transfer through Error Analysis and Contrastive Analysis Mathias Börjesson‚ 880412 BA Degree paper‚ 15 hec Interdisciplinary Degree Project Teacher Education Programme LP01 Supervisor: Monika Mondor Examiner: Report number: Departments: University of Gothenburg/Dept of Languages and Literatures/English Course: EN1C03 - English: Advanced Undergraduate Level (linguistic essay)
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Bad Memories for Orwell. George Orwell demonstrated how writers and politicians use euphemisms‚ doublespeak‚ and other misconceptions to mislead their audience and hide their real agenda; he exposed politicians in his times and predicted future trends and practices in the English language usage. He expected the English language to deteriorate and individual thoughts and expression to be limited. His goal was to make people understand this practice and see through public speeches and political writings
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INTRODUCTION With its booming economy and ever-growing market‚ China is expected to become the most popular MICE destination worldwide in the future. China possesses the attractive combination of rich cultural heritage‚ breathtaking landscapes‚ and one of the world’s fastest growing economies. Most renown international hotel chains have set up facilities in the major MICE destinations Beijing‚ Shanghai‚ and Guangzhou‚ as well as in less-known locations‚ such as Xi’an‚ Guilin‚ and even the tropical
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A History of the English Language Before the Germanic tribes arrived‚ the Celts were the original inhabitants of Britain. When the Germanic tribes invaded England‚ they pushed the Celt-speaking inhabitants out of England into what is now Scotland‚ Wales‚ Cornwall‚ and Ireland. The Celtic language survives today in the Gaelic languages‚ and some scholars speculate that the Celtic tongue might have influenced the grammatical development of English‚ though the influence would have been minimal
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ARECLS‚ 2008‚ Vol.5‚ 105-135. THE INFLUENCE OF CHINESE CORE CULTURAL VALUES ON THE COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOUR OF OVERSEAS CHINESE STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH ABDUSALAM ABUBAKER Abstract This study is based on three dimensions of Hofstede’s framework‚ which are power distance‚ masculinity versus femininity‚ and uncertainty avoidance. Hofstede (1980) considers the Chinese culture to be characterized by high power distance‚ medium masculinity and weak uncertainty avoidance. For this reason
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Cultural Comparison of English and Chinese Family Names Hongmei Zhu School of Foreign languages‚ Henan University of Technology Lotus Street‚ Hi-Tech Development Zone‚ Zhengzhou 450001‚ Henan‚ China Tel: 86-371-6775-6797 E-mail: zhuhongmei@haut.edu Abstract The family names of humans are formed and used in the long process of the course of history and the development of society. Family names‚ being a part of culture‚ are closely related to history and culture. English and Chinese names are different
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