Week 4 Lecture Regional & Social Dialects WHAT CAN YOU TELL ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE SPEAKERS? Notes on Examples Reasonable (even accurate) guesses about speaker’s various characteristics e.g. socio-economic or educational background esp. for English accents in Britain • With distinctive regional accent origin even from short utterance Holmes (2008) p. 127 3 Characteristics of Speech • Remember? No two people speak the same! – ∞ sources of variation e
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the Arab Countries AlaaIhsan Salloom Research Scholar in the Department of International Economy‚ Jilin University 2699‚ Qian Jin Da Jie‚ Changchun‚ P. R. China E-mail: masma31qrson@yahoo.com Yibing Ding Professor of International Economics‚ School of Economics‚ Jilin University 2699‚ Qian Jin Da Jie‚ Changchun‚ P. R. China E-mail: dingyb@jlu.edu.cn Abstract It is difficult to find an economy in the world that was not affected by the (2008-09) global financial crisis‚ even indirectly. No
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J. ISSAAS Vol. 18‚ No. 1:76-86 (2012) THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM IN THE PHILIPPINES Prudenciano U. Gordoncillo College of Economics and Management‚ University of the Philippines Los Banos‚ College‚ Laguna‚ Philippines (Received: October 19‚ 2011; Accepted April 5‚ 2012) ABSTRACT One of the major interventions to effect rural development in the Philippines is the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program‚ which was instituted in 1988 and its implementation
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Question 1: Briefly review the New Economic Policy of 1991. Highlight the landmark developments undertaken in the field of Public Sector Policy. Answer 1: New Economic Policy of 1991: Introduction: The New Economic Policy (NEP) consisted of wide ranging economic reforms. The thrust of the policies was towards creating a more competitive environment in the economy and removing the barriers to entry and growth of firms. This set of policies can broadly be classified into two groups: the stabilization
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Economic Revolution Mid-18th United Arab Emirates University Scales : Dr. Duane Lacey * Faculty of Business and Economics ‚ UAE University (UAE) * E-mails: @uaeu.ac.ae * done by : Shaima Mahmoud Fahd Awad ID : Dr. Duane Lacey * Faculty of Business and Economics ‚ UAE University (UAE) * E-mails: @uaeu.ac.ae * done by : Shaima Mahmoud Fahd Awad ID : ( Adam Smith - scientific curiosity ) Intro : In 1800s century was a time of tremendous changes
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hotels A large company such as InterContinental Hotels Group is interested in finding out more about the factors that influence people buying hotel weekend breaks. Relating your answer to this example‚ review the different personal‚ psychological and social influences that might impact on someone seeking to make this kind of purchase. Review questions: 1) Name the types of buying behavior consumers use. List some products that you have bought using each type of behavior. 2) In what circumstances
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that all support production and marketing for industries within the country. Beside that‚ the quality of an Infrastructure directly affects a country’s economic growth potential and the ability of an enterprise to engage effectively. Infrastructure is important for the services it provides. Infrastructure provides services that support economic growth by increasing the productivity of labors and capital thereby reducing the costs of production and raising profitability‚ production‚ income and
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using non-price competition • regulations to prevent collusion Non-Collusive Oligopoly • no agreement exists between producers • existence of non-price competition with the possibility of price wars • the kinked demand curve as one model to describe oligopoly behaviour • game theory • contestability of markets prevents firms from exploiting monopoly power It would be possible to earn full marks on this question without using diagrams‚ however use of appropriate diagrams should be rewarded
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Turkey Economic Factors Turkey has many market drivers that make it an ideal location currently for property investment. Here we look at some of the reasons why Turkey is one of the world’s hottest investment property locations. * Excellent capital growth projections of around 25% per annum Land prices in Turkey have risen in recent years and‚ in many cases‚ doubled. In 2005 to 2006‚ property prices have risen by 25–40%. Recent research shows that by comparison investments made since 1994
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Should Vodacom want to expand into Africa to sustain profitability it can use its can consider its internal growth Vodacom can now then focus on what it already had this includes the quality it gives to their customers this including its latest development of LTE which is fourth generation network 4G. Expansion Raising the market share‚ sales revenue and profit of the present product or services. Market penetration Selling existing products to existing markets. To capture the market Vodacom
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