Universalism vs. Particularism is a concept forwarded by Fons Trompenaars‚ a Dutch author. Basically‚ this dimension asks if which is more important to you‚ rules or relationships. The Universalist‚ or rule-based‚ approach is roughly: "What is good and right can be defined and ALWAYS applies." In particularistic cultures‚ far greater attention is given to the obligations of relationships and unique circumstances. Universalism vs. Particularism indicates how a society applies rules of morals
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The historical cost accounting is an accounting technique that values an asset for balance sheet purposes at the price paid for the asset at the time of its acquisition. It is usually used in combination with other measurement bases. For example‚ inventories are usually carried at the lower of cost and net realizable value‚ on the other hand marketable securities are usually carried at market value‚ and entities prefer to carry pension liabilities at their present value. The main advantage of using
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Historical linguistics (also called diachronic linguistics) is the study of language change. It has five main concerns: to describe and account for observed changes in particular languages to reconstruct the pre-history of languages and determine their relatedness‚ grouping them into language families (comparative linguistics) to develop general theories about how and why language changes to describe the history of speech communities to study the history of words‚ i.e. etymology. Contents
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HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS INTRODUCTION Historical linguistics‚ also called Diachronic Linguistics‚ the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of phonological‚ grammatical‚ and semantic changes‚ the reconstruction of earlier stages of languages‚ and the discovery and application of the methods by which genetic relationships among languages can be demonstrated. According to dictionary.com‚ Historical linguistics is the branch of linguistics which deals with the history and development
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History of historical linguistics Modern historical linguistics dates from the late 18th century and grew out of the earlier discipline of philology‚ the study of ancient texts and documents‚ which goes back to antiquity. At first historical linguistics was comparative linguistics and mainly concerned with establishing language families and the reconstruction of prehistoric proto-languages‚ using the comparative method and internal reconstruction. The focus was on the well-known Indo-European
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Lilyana Hristova‚ 11IBc Cultural diversity Albion Delights restaurant * ------------------------------------------------- Why not? Two days ago my friend and I went to this recently opened restaurant called Albion Delights. It was celebrating traditional British food over the centuries. We both love English food so we decided to go in and try all of the traditional dishes. * ------------------------------------------------- On the inside The decoration was incredible. I was amazed
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Abstract This paper is written for the accounting theory course as a course project. This paper discusses the differences between the historical cost accounting approach and the fair value accounting approach. The discussion will focus on the debate on using which accounting approach. We begin by stating the definitions of both concepts and discussing them thoroughly‚ then we state the main advantages of the two approaches followed by comparison between them. The last section of this paper discusses
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OUTLINE BACKGROUND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION PRIMITIVE COMMUNISM FOUNDATIONS FOR HISTORICAL MATERIALISM HISTORICAL MATERIALISM RELEVANCE OF THE CONCEPT TO CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY CONCLUSION BACKGROUND Society is constantly changing. History attempts to catalogue these changes and tries to explain them. But what are the laws that govern historical change? Do such laws even exist? Just as the evolution of life has inherent laws that can be explained‚ and were explained‚ first by
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globalization‚ more businesses are expanding throughout the world and culture must be taken into consideration‚ most especially when you communicate and do business with people of different nationalities. The first dimension‚ which is universalim versus particularism‚ talks about how we judge other people’s behavior such as deciding
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Bibliography: bukchin‚ m. (2012‚ october 25). http://www.via-web.de/universalism-versus-particularism/. Retrieved march 22‚ 2013‚ from http://www.via-web.de/universalism-versus-particularism/: http://www.via-web.de/universalism-versus-particularism/ media‚ d. (2012‚ september 5). http://www.meez.com/community.dm?furl=http%3A//forums.meez.com/forums/serious-topics/6221608-individualism-vs-communalism.html. Retrieved
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