ISSN 1923-0176 [Print] ISSN 1923-0184 [Online] www.cscanada.net www.cscanada.org Studies in Sociology of Science Vol. 4‚ No. 4‚ 2013‚ pp. 45-48 DOI:10.3968/j.sss.1923018420130404.C613 Euphemism From Sociolinguistics Perspective CHI Ren[a]‚*; HAO Yu[a] [a] * acknowledged that in every language‚ there are a certain amount of euphemisms. Euphemisms are used in place of some sensitive‚ unpleasant‚ disturbing and taboo topics. Enright stated “A language without euphemisms would
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importance of viewing the world through multiple perspectives. In the first paragraph‚ Huxley makes it quite evident he does not like the phrase‚”nothing‚ but‚” He believes a better phrase would be‚” not only‚ but also”‚ and uses it throughout the passage. Huxley states in the second paragraph that the night is‚ “struggling to wake”‚ and ‚” the blinded garden dreams so vividly of its lost colours.” The use of personification throughout the paragraph led me to believe that all these things under the power of
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JOURNAL OF SCIENCE OF HNUE 2011‚ Vol. 56‚ No. 1‚ pp. 138-143 LEARNERS STRATEGY AND KEY STEPS OF TEACHING NEW STRATEGY OF SARA COTTERALL AND HAYO REINDERS TO 1ST YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH Hoang Thi Giang Lam Hanoi National University of Education E-mail: gianglam76@yahoo.com Abstract. This study attempts to present what the author has experienced and applied in teaching new strategies to 1st year students of English at HNUE with an example of application into reading strategies for
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"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy." (quotedb) This quote by John Adams‚ the second president of the United States‚ illustrates the importance of history and its study. For this reason it is crucial to promote the preservation of historic sites and articles. War has been one of the most defining moments of our country ’s early beginnings. A crucial part of these conflicts was the war at sea and the vessels involved. They represented our
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Academic Purposes: Perspectives from Second Language Learners” Averil Coxhead (2012) conducted a research on the use of English vocabulary in Writing and Academic purpose by involving with 14 students of English as an additional language at a New Zealand university. The research was mainly conducted through the experience obtained from background language learning and academic studies of the students by mainly based on two target questions: 1. What effect does an academic context have on the lexical
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development is development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ (Smith & Rees 1998‚ p. 15). Since that long time ago 1987‚ there have been a lot of researches in this field‚ and three essential aspects of sustainable development have been defined (Kronenberg & Bergier 2012‚ p. 24). At first‚ there is economic – a sustainable system must be able to produce goods and services on a permanent basis‚ to maintain appropriate levels of
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situations that have shown themselves as important representations of satire include Candide’s expulsion from the castle‚ the shipwreck and earthquake and finding Cunegonde. In the first chapter of Candide‚ candied gets expelled from the castle where he was living in. Candide was caught kissing the barons daughter and was literally kicked out of Thunder-Ten-Tronckh‚ which was the castle of the baron. This situation is an example of deflation. It shows deflation because Candide went from living in a
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Middle East‚ a well-known place where all generations and history meet. It is the fountain of cultures and heritage. Many civilizations have passed by this area of the world leaving a lot of spectacular and interesting heritage and history. For example‚ we have Lebanon. It is a country where many heritage is left in it due to its iconic geographic location. Over the years‚ the Lebanese old historic buildings have been a point of interest to the whole world‚ leaving the tourists in a surprise. The
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CHAPTER 7 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT John A. Scott and David Nisse Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Avenue P.O. Box 808‚ L-632 Livermore‚ CA 94550‚ USA (925) 423-7655 scott7@llnl.gov Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 Introduction................................................................. 1 Definition of the SCM Knowledge Area .................... 1 Breakdown of Topics for SCM................................... 2 Breakdown Rationale.......................................
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Teaching writing through audio visual in ‘EAR’ LEARNERS AND ‘EYE’ LEARNERS classroom (Suitable With Topic 13: English for Academic Purpose) By: Yeasy Agustina Sari (1304095) GRADUATE PROGRAM OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STATE UNIVERSITY OF PADANG 2014 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background Writing is a skill that must be acquired by the learners as one of the proficiency in English. In order to be proficiency in writing‚ it involves all skills and other elements of English such as;
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