D. Robert Ladd Robert is a now somewhat retired Phonologist of some fame whom taught phonology and phonetics at the University of Edinburgh for 26 years. His PHD thesis focused on “The structure of Intonational meaning” but he has since “grown out of it” and moved into studying Prosody and Laboratory Phonology in various projects both in Edinburgh and overseas‚ only revisiting the subject of Intonation infrequently. Such activities include: studies on pitch and segmental alignment in Greek‚ developing
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In brainstorming ideas about what speech I could study in detail‚ I turned my attention to highly influential leaders in history. One of those people is Adolf Hitler. Even the greatest ideological enemies of Hitler can agree that he was an extremely gifted and prolific speaker. In “Triumph of the Will”‚ one of the most important films of documentation and propaganda which was directed by Leni Riefenstahl and sponsored by Hitler himself‚ many of Hitler’s speeches are shown. Not only can viewers study
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The narrator of The Great Gatsby was a character by the name of Nick Carraway. In the beginning of the novel‚ Carraway describes himself as being honest‚ as he tells himself “ I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known” (Fitzgerald 65). He also keeps his opinions to himself‚ as he thinks “I’m inclined to reserve all judgments” (3)‚ which he had learned from his father. Though he is quiet and seemingly simple‚ Carraway’s goal before being involved with Gatsby was to break away from the
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Interviewing Oprah Winfrey By: Shruti Kolli Who Is Oprah Winfrey? Oprah Winfrey is an amazing person and has gone through many struggles throughout her life. She has an inspiring life story that can encourage us to face our problems and to be strong. Oprah Winfrey has matured very much throughout her childhood‚ and has had many “Coming of Age” moments. In this article‚ you will learn about Oprah’s childhood struggles‚ her “Coming of Age” moments‚ and about her amazing life story. Oprah had a
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Ann E. Dunwoody First Female Four-Star General  This November of firsts is not limited to the presidential election. Our military has its own historic event to report. General Ann E. Dunwoody (right) ascended last week from humble beginnings 33 years ago at Fort Sill‚ Okla.‚ to the never-before achieved elite level of four-star general. At an emotional promotion ceremony‚ Dunwoody added a fourth star and‚ looking back on her years in uniform‚ said it was a credit to the Army that she was given a
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Thingyan festival – Water Festival – Myanmar New Year - in April The country Myanmar is Known as the "Golden Land" in the world since every pagoda is decorated and painted with gold. Myanmar is full of very colourful and deep rooted festivals. There are 13 most popular year around festivals in Myanmar. One of them is the celebration on Thingyan Festival‚ as the Water Festival or Myanmar’s Traditional New Year Festival. Myanmar people celebrate the Water Festival all over the country for 4 days
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To Whom It May Concern: My name is Jennifer. I am student at Brunswick High. I know you are thinking of having students wear uniforms next year. I think this is a terrible idea. Many students don’t like to wear uniforms every day‚ and there might be some students that have allergies with the material of the uniform. When students have to wear the school uniform‚ they can’t express themselves through their clothes. We students need to wear normal clothes so we can express ourselves. If we have
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I HAVE A DREAM MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DELIVERED 28 AUGUST 1963‚ AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL‚ WASHINGTON D.C. CONTEXT SOCIAL CONTEXT This speech was Martin Luther King Jr.’s most iconic and influential speeches. Delivered to a large gathering to civil rights marchers‚ this speech’s purpose was to press the US government for racial equality. At this point in history‚ "black" Americans were strongly racially targeted particularly in the southern states. Laws in these particular states forcibly segregated
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Annotated Bibliography Scholes‚ Robert. “Hope in Memory in My Ántonia.” Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations: My Ántonia‚ Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Infobase Publishing‚ 1987. 31-35. (#18 a selection from an anthropology) In this article by Robert Scholes‚ it talks about the hope and memory in My Antonia. He says the characters find themselves by looking back at the past. He said “we are reminded of this past constantly: by the Bohemian customs and culinary practices of the Shimerdas;
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risk. This philosophy described an important aspect of Bostrom’s concerns which would be the future of the human race. Here Nick Bostrom introduced the concept of an event or outcome that would annihilate Earth or significantly reduce the human race’s potential for growth on a global scale‚ basically sending us back into a primitive state due to the amount of destruction. Nick Bostrom categories risks according to their intensity. For example‚ he considers risks that are world wide but endurable as
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