contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Politeness a theoretical approach 3 3. the concept of limao 4 4. Request strategies 4 4.1. Request strategies in Chinese 4 4.2. Request strategies in English 5 5. Forms of address 6 5.1. Forms of address in Chinese 6 5.2. Forms of address in English 7 6. Chinese: Politeness across social groups 8 7. Conclusion 9 References 11 1. Introduction In many parts of this world‚ former existing borders are removed and people move closer
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18th February‚ 2012 Q1. Critically discuss the relationship between sex‚ gender‚ and sexuality. Your discussion should address sex role socialization theory and gender as performance or doing gender. Provide examples from ‘Asia’ to support your argument. A common notion about sex is which differentiates biological and psychological characteristics and put into the categories‚ male and female. There are some distinctions between men and women’s biological characteristics which are identified
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English poetry in between two wars Introduction: The years between the two world wars (1919-1939) witnessed prolific poetic activity. It was a period when tradition and innovation went side by side. In the direction of innovation we can find such groups as the Imagists‚ Symbolists‚ and Surrealists working‚ whereas we also find some traditionalists fighting a last-ditch battle against the forces of change. However‚ most of the poets of the age combined tradition and innovation; and even the most
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Hags The word Hag comes from the old English word for Haegtesse‚ meaning witch. Traditional Hags would live at the edge of a village and shunned all company. This is thought to have been partly because of their hideous appearance. A typical Hag will have the appearance of an old woman with dark eyes‚ filthy unkempt hair and be adorned in dirty rags. Hags live in isolation from other Hags. A village would never have had more than one Hag living there at any one time. A Hag is often called
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Apolinar Alvarez Philosophy Paper Number 3 1.Discuss the conflict between the arguments for determinism and freedom. Everyone in this world has asked this very old question: Are we humans really free in our willing and choosing‚ or are we predetermined to be and to do what antecedent “programming“ dictates? We feel great for the things we go correct but we feel guilty and blame ourselves for bad decisions. How can we be sure the existence of freedom exists and not that
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Latin was spoken among the most educated. Written literature was in Latin. The origins of language is an important aspect of our culture. We write and speak to get points across. The President of the United States makes his arguments to the Senate and other countries by using English. If we were in the period of time‚ everything important would be in Latin. The journey of language was not an overnight change. Other languages also help shape our language as we know it now. I often wonder where languages
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Spanish and English have a similar alphabet‚ but the phonologies of the two languages have several differences. For this reason‚ some Spanish learners get in trouble in English pronunciation. For example‚ as Gorman and Kester (n.d.) stated‚ Spanish and English share several consonantal phonemes including the stop sounds /p/‚ /t/‚ /k/‚ /b/‚ /d/‚ /g/‚ the nasals /m/‚ /n/‚ the fricatives /s/‚ /f/‚ the liquid /l/‚ the glide /w/‚ /j/‚ and the glottal /h/. Despite these common phonetic symbols‚ it is
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Collaboration is defined by working in a group of people to reach for that goal. When working in a group of people you come up with things for your experiment as in what procedure you’re creating. During your collaborations you discover things that happen as a whole instead of as an individual. An example of collaboration was during biology we came up with ideas to create a procedure for the gummy bear lab as a class to get the same data Communications is defined by talking with others about the
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INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS The Economic relationship between Turkey and Spain Ana Borrero Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences Fall 2010/2011 INDEX Introduction Introduction to the Turkish Economy The Turkish Economy Introduction to the Spanish Economy The Spanish Economy From Growth to Crisis Coments about the Spanish Economy Introduction to the Relations between Turkey and Spain The Economic Relationship between Turkey and Spain BBVA in Turkey Turkey and European
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The Relationship Between Race and Juvenile Delinquency Four years now researcher in the fields of psychology sociology‚ genetics‚ and the juvenile justice system have contemplated the reason why some youth turn to delinquency and violence. To investigate the reasons‚ for some adolescents you would have to research on a case to case basis could fall into one category of multiple categories stemming‚ why they act the way they do and what cause these reactions. Some researchers may want to
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