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    RELATED INTRODUCTION BRIEFLY AND THE THEMATIC MEANING TO ONLY UNDERSTAND THE POEM--‘Caedmon’s hymn’ ORIENTATIONS BRITAIN‚ ENGLAND AND ENGLISH “The cliffs of England stand Glimmering and vast‚ out in the tranquil bay.” Matthew Arnold‚ ‘Dover Beach’ (c.1851) The cliffs at Dover were often the first of Britain seen by early incomers and have become a familiar symbol of England‚ and of the fact that England is on an island. These cliffs are part of what the Romans‚ perhaps from as early as the 2nd

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    Great People who moved the world Mylene D. Masangkay 971-8563-37-7 © 2005 Worldlink Marketing Corporation. 101 pages A Summary of “Great People who moved the world” By: Kurt Patrick V. Abu Introduction: The book “Great People who moved the world” is a book that contains a list of greatest people who made a mark in society. They are the people who amaze us‚ inspired us‚ and other emotions that developed us a person. They were included on the list due to their actions that moved the world‚

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    Torres Grimm’s law ARTICLE from the Encyclopædia Britannica Grimm’s law‚  description of the regular correspondences in Indo-European languages formulated by Jacob Grimm in his Deutsche Grammatik (1819–37; “Germanic Grammar”); it pointed out prominent correlations between the Germanic and other Indo-European languages of Europe and western Asia. The law was a systematic and coherent formulation‚ well supported by examples‚ of patterns recognized as early as 1814 by the Danish philologist Rasmus

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    Nature &Development of the English language: The English language‚ and indeed most European languages‚ traces it original roots back to a Neolithic (late Stone Age) people known as the Indo-Europeans or Proto-Indo-Europeans‚ who lived in Eastern Europe and Central Asia from some time after 5000 BC (different hypotheses suggest various different dates anywhere between the 7th and the 3rd millennium BC) The exact nature of the original Indo-European language was not known as no writings exist from

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    1 Helping people in poverty should not be for the sake of it‚ you must set your mind that you really want to help no matter what challenge appears. 2 Understand reality. You must have a feel of poverty‚ for example‚ go without food or be on an extended fast. Not just a food fast. No TV‚ radio‚ newspapers‚ car‚ or the purchase of anything new. Shop at thrift stores. Give all the money you saved to a good charity. 3 Donate to a good charity. The most basic thing to help get rid of poverty is donate

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    1. Linguistic features of Germanic languages: vowels. Germanic languages also have some peculiarities in the sphere of vowel sounds‚ which distinguish them from other Indo-European languages. Their main characteristic feature in this sphere is the treatment of the Indo-European short vowels o and a and the long vowels o and a. Indo-European short o and a appear as short a languages. E.g.:in IE Germanic Russ. Яблоко germ. Apfel Lat. Noctem goth. Nahts Russ.ночь germ. Nacht Indo-European

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    Norman invasion. Examination of the origin of words is of great interest in establishing the interrelations between languages and linguistic groups. Word etymology throws light on the history of the speaking community and on its contacts with other peoples. The Old English language‚ as is believed by many scholars‚ was formed during the period from the 5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066. However‚ some of the

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    primarily in the entertainment fields of cinema and music. The English language’s earliest origins are from the Germanic language group. This group began as a common language about 3‚000 years ago. Many different European languages developed from this Germanic group‚ depending on which part of this sector - the region of the Elbe river - they were closer to. For example‚ North Germanic evolved into the modern Scandinavian languages of Swedish‚ Danish‚ Norwegian and Icelandic; and East

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    forms. English folklore is largely drawn from Germanic‚ Celtic and Christian sources. Hobgoblin is a term typically applied in folktales to describe a friendly but troublesome creature of the Seelie Court. Hobgoblins seem to be small‚ hairy little men who are usually found within human dwellings‚ doing odd jobs around the house while the family is lost in sleep. The term Anglo-Saxon designates the population in Britain partly descended from the Germanic tribes who migrated from Europe and settled the

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    government § Royal citizens -> resettlement around the government § Language promotion § Confucian hierarchy § India= Hierarchy society § Caste system § Hinduism ○ Mediterranean § Local autonomy (freedom in life for their people; High tolerance) § Laws § Citizenships § Economic interdependence 2. Non classical Developments - Africa § Kush -> Axum -> Ethiopia & Later foundation of Ghana □ Writing‚ religious conversion (Judaism & Christianity)‚ iron

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