Compare and contrast any two theories of the origins of language (as discussed in chapter 1of Yule). Give reasons why you think that one but not the other theory is more likely to be true. Since long‚ there are many hypotheses about the origin of language. Approximately‚ there are four rather famous one‚ that is‚ Divine theory‚ natural sound theory‚ oral-gesture theory and evolution. In this essay‚ I shall focus on the Divine theory and evolution theory for comparison. In my point of views
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social identities (1989). John Swales is another scholar who has defined the concept of the discourse community. He focuses his work on distinguishing speech community from Discourse community. He describes speech communities as groups that share linguistic goals while discourse communities are those groups that have the six characteristics that he states. The main contribution that Swales provides is stating that a Discourse community “recruits its members by persuasion‚ training or relevant qualification”
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金融英语的语言特征及其翻译 专 业：英语 学 号：07121115 姓 名：阮超 指导教师姓名：白敬萱 申请学位级别：学士 论文提交日期：2011年5月 学位授予单位：天津科技大学 Linguistic Features and Translation of Financial English A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Ruan Chao Under the Supervision of Bai Jingxuan School of Foreign Languages Tianjin University of Science and Technology May 2011 ABSTRACT With increasingly closer communications on business
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Few words about the author Born William Sidney Porter‚ this master of short stories is much better known under his pen name "O. Henry." He was born September 11‚ 1862 in North Carolina‚ where he spent his childhood. O. Henry’s stories are famous for their surprise endings‚ to the point that such an ending is often referred to as an "O. Henry ending." He was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. Both authors wrote twist endings‚ but O. Henry stories were much more playful and optimistic
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pink”(White 6)‚ and when he got famous‚ “Note the smoothness and whiteness of the coat‚ observe the spotless skin‚ the healthy pink glow of ears and snout”(White 135). What’s more‚ the diet‚ nature and hobbies of Wilbur are introduced in the text. For example‚ his breakfast usually includes skim milk‚ crusts‚ potato skins and shredded wheat etc.; his lunch could be middlings‚ warm water‚ apple parings‚ meat scraps‚ carrot scrapings and stale hominy etc.; the supper for him may have skim milk‚ provender
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A Comparison of Global Leadership Styles Steve Jobs vs. Akio Toyoda [pic] [pic] Course Title: Comparative Management Course Instructor: Miss Sarah Salahuddin Report Submitted By: Maha Hasan Maham Khalil Rehmani Nida Kamal Jibran Kayani Nosherwan Huma (BBA VII B Morn) Date of Submission: 3rd June 2010 Executive summary The first part of the report provides an introduction of the different theories and models of global leadership. A brief description of leadership
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As a journalist and critic for Time Magazine‚ James Poniewozik concentrates on how the classic fairytale of Cinderella has been reinvented multiple times to correspond with the viewpoints of feminist authors. Poniewozik claims in his article "The Princess Paradox" that "girls choosing the fairy-tale ending is not such a bad thing" (667). However Peggy Orenstein‚ a contributing writer for The New York Times‚ would completely disagree with that statement. Orenstein stresses in her article Cinderella
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course different culture and manners. What’s become my curiousity is how people with these so many differences talking and discussing to each others‚ how can they understand each others without being rude to others. But i’m not going to conduct a linguistic research of language use in the internet generally globally‚ because there has been a lot of research on this subject. But‚ what becomes my interest is how indonesian people with different social and culturul background talking and disccussing a
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Egypt & Mesopotamia Around 5‚000 years ago lived two of the most memorable first civilizations. Egypt and Mesopotamia were very advanced for their time‚ with their advance agriculture and religious beliefs that were the start of revolution and an example for almost all cultures to follow. While both Egypt and Mesopotamia live in the same religion with similar climates‚ Mesopotamia had a very pessimistic outlook on their life‚ while Egypt has a much more optimistic outlook on life. The difference of
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