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    Exam #2 Study Guide

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    Exam #2 COM 112 Chpt. 5 Notes 144 Language: structured system of symbols used for communicating meaning. Bound by context‚ governed by rules‚ and sometimes unclear‚ expresses affection. 145 Language is arbitrary (mostly) – words mean whatever we choose them to mean. Language is symbolic – each word represents a particular object or idea‚ but it does not constitute the object or idea itself. Abusing language: 164] 1. Defamation – land that harms a person’s reputation or negative image

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    War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength. The party slogan of Ingsoc illustrates the sense of contradiction which characterizes the novel 1984. That the book was taken by many as a condemnation of socialism would have troubled Orwell greatly‚ had he lived to see the aftermath of his work. 1984 was a warning against totalitarianism and state sponsored brutality driven by excess technology. Socialist idealism in 1984 had turned to a total loss of individual freedom in exchange for false

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    PERSPECTIVE ATTITUDE CHANGE During the war‚ psychologist Carl Hovland had investigated the relationship of communication to attitude assessment. The assumption that attitudes could predict behaviors was a major break with Skinners brand of behaviorism. According to research on attitude change‚ human behavior is guided by many constraints‚ but among the most important are attitudes. Moreover‚ contemporary persuasion research still views attitude change as one key to changing behavior. The question

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    GUIDE TO Occupied America: A History of Chicanas/os By Rodolfo F. Acuña © Rodolfo F. Acuña 2013 Teacher and Student for Occupied America 8/e Table of Contents Meet the Author……………………………… Methodology………………………………… Module I: Identity …………………………… Module II: Mexico Pre-1821 Mesoamerica/Spain Module III: The American Wars…………….. Module IV. The Colonization: 19th Century Southwest Module V. Expansion‚ Immigration‚ Transformation‚ Reaction Module VI. The Great Depression: Reform ………………….. Module VII

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    Cambridge: CUP Freed‚ A. F. (1992). A global perspective of language and gender research: A bibliography. Women and Language‚ XV.2‚ 1-7. Hormell‚ S. J. (1976). Speaking of people: Teaching about sexism in language. In D. Dieterich‚ (Ed.)‚ Teaching about doublespeak (pp. 166-171). Urbana‚ Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English. Jacobs‚ G. M.‚ Qiong-Yan‚ Z.‚ Jocson‚ P.C.‚ Wah‚ O.C.‚ & Austria‚ M.E.D.(1996). Asian second-language educationists ’ views on gender-inclusive English. Working Papers on

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    weapon of control. Propaganda increases the citizens’ morale and makes them think that what the party tells them to do is always right. There are mainly two types of propaganda‚ one changes truth‚ so-called doublethink‚ and another creates fear. “Doublespeak” can be seen frequently in the world of 1984. The party’s big slogan “WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.”(George Orwell‚ 4) is a good example. The idea of the slogan is to convince the citizens that what they want‚ is what

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    Capture. Deliver. Excel. Applying the Principles of Business Writing Ilja van Roon / Lucid Communication © 2006 Ilja van Roon/Lucid Communication All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form This book can be downloaded for free at www.capturedeliverexcel.com. Written and edited by Ilja van Roon‚ Lucid Communication (www.lucidcommunication.nl) Proofread by Mark Biss‚ WordsRU (www.wordsru.com) Designed by Made of Man visual identity (www.madeofman

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    Contrastive Lexicology

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    1. Lexicology and linguistics. Contrastive lexicology‚ object‚ aim‚ and tasks. 2. The history of contrastive lexicology‚ main units and terms. Ukrainian scientists‚ manuals‚ observing. 3. Language and vocabulary. The branches of Contrastive Lexicology. 4. Structural aspects of a word: External and Internal structure. Scientific methods to leant English and Ukrainian words in Comparison. 5. The semantic unity of a word. Polysemy: types of semantic component. Sema‚ Semema‚ semantic field. 6. The main

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    1984 by George Orwell

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    Nineteen Eighty-Four is a novel by George Orwell published in 1949. It is a dystopian andsatirical novel set in Oceania‚ where society is tyrannized by The Party and its totalitarianideology.[1] The Oceanian province of Airstrip One is a world of perpetual war‚ omnipresent government surveillance‚ and public mind control‚ dictated by a political systemeuphemistically named English Socialism (Ingsoc) under the control of a privileged Inner Party elite that persecutes all individualism and independent

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    Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry‚ Volume 6‚ Number 1‚ Spring 2004 The Ethics and Science of Medicating Children Jacqueline A. Sparks The University of Rhode Island Kingston‚ RI Barry L. Duncan Institute for the Study of Therapeutic Change Ft. Lauderdale‚ FL Prescriptions for psychiatric drugs to children and adolescents have skyrocketed in the past 10 years. This article presents evidence that the superior effectiveness of stimulants and antidepressants is largely a presumption based

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