Comparison and Contrast Between Chomsky Transformational-Generative Linguistics and Halliday Systemic Functional Linguistics Abstract As two of cornerstones constructing the modern linguistic theories‚ the transformational generative linguistics represented by Noam Chomsky and the systemic functional linguistics featured by Michael Halliday have always been deemed as two most influential and pivotal roles in the modern linguistic academic fields. However‚ they distinct each other in many respects
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When it comes to linguistics‚ South Africa is like a melting pot of languages. In total‚ South Africa has eleven major languages coming from both Africa and Europe. The major languages used are Afrikaans‚ English‚ Ndebele‚ Pedi‚ Sesotho‚ Swazi‚ Tsonga‚ Tswana‚ Venda‚ Xhosa and Zulu. In order to understand how each of these languages arrived in South Africa‚ we must first look at the history of people living in the country. The first identified language spoken in the South Africa was Khoisan.
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Universal Methodic Doubt All opinions and beliefs must be doubted As we doubt‚ we cannot doubt that are doubting To doubt that we are doubting by itself proves that we are indeed doubting. Unless we are doubting‚ we can never attempt to doubt that we are doubting. The fact that we doubt is to affirm a truth. We doubt‚ therefore we exist. Unless we exist. Unless we exist‚ we cannot doubt. “I think‚ therefore‚ I exist.” “I doubt‚ therefore‚ I am.” COGITO ERGO SUM Since we doubt‚ we are not perfect
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Comparetive and Historical Linguistics in the 19th Century The 19th century * was the era of the comparative and historical study of languages (especially of the Indo-European l-ges); * saw the development of modern conceptions‚ theoretical and methodological of comparative and historical linguistics‚ and the greatest concentration of scholarly effort and scholarly ability in linguistics was devoted to this aspect of the subject; * prevailed the opinion that linguistics was mainly historical
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Universal Healthcare System Mary was a widowed mother of two kids. She was forty-two years old. She worked at Wal-Mart as a cashier. She earned about $1‚300.00 per month. She wanted to buy health insurance for herself and her family but she could not afford to buy it because she had high-blood pressure and diabetes. If she paid for health insurance‚ she had to pay around $350.00 per month. She could not afford her rent and food expenses if she took $350.00 out of her pay every month. So‚ even
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Throughout the 2008 presidential election and continuing into the current term‚ the greatest and most controversial debate has been centered around one thing‚ a universal healthcare system in the United States. It has occupied the minds of politicians and Americans day and night. Debates and speeches on this topic have taken over rallies‚ city council meetings‚ and more than one State of the Union Address. These debates are heating with concerns of increase taxes‚ decrease salaries for doctors
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The Universal Serial Bus (USB) The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a device that was created to standardize the connection types of computer peripherals‚ such as the keyboard and mouse‚ which traditionally had their own ports which they were plugged into. The USB was created in the mid 1990’s ‚ with an official release of the “USB 1.0” in January 1996 and since then the design has been improved as well as other types of USB connections available‚ such as type A and B‚ Mini A and Mini B‚ as
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FORMALIST FUNCTIONALIS T OF LINGUISTICS Siti Rabiatul Noorjan bt M. Saadom Aida Zukrina bt Zulkefly FORMALIST Also known as generative linguistics “Language as a system of rules” Language is a set of sentences Description shows which sentences are in the set and which out REF ; martin 1992‚3 NOAM CHOMSKY Chomsky Linguistic Theory Structure of language formalism concentrates on the set of rules a language has (competence)‚ and not on the usage of this set when producing phrases
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Universal or Core Ethical Values Trustworthiness‚ respect‚ responsibility‚ fairness‚ caring‚ and citizenship are six core ethical values. Using core ethical values as the basis for ethical thinking can help detect situations where we focus so hard on upholding one value that we sacrifice another eg we are loyal to friends and so do not always tell the truth about their actions. 1. TRUSTWORTHINESS Trustworthiness concerns a variety of behavioral qualities honesty‚ integrity‚ reliability
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health care are going to continue to rise dramatically and millions more people will either be inadequately insured or completely uninsured as a result of this. Referring back to other countries‚ Canada guarantees everyone free health care along with universal child care‚ where each child under age six puts a hundred dollars per month towards their families income. Canadians pay a third less to doctors‚ less for prescriptions and cut paperwork all in the hopes of saving money. It works and as a result
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