Introduction Till the middle of the XX century the only function of speech acts was to describe the reality. The process of realization of language units in speech was viewed through the comparison of language and speech as a potential system of signs. Pragmatics itself studies how transmission of meaning depends not only on the linguistic knowledge of the speaker and listener‚ but also on the context of an utterance‚ knowledge about the status of those involved‚ the inferred intent of the speaker
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The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care‚ also known by its nickname “Obamacare”‚ is federal healthcare legislation that was passed through congress and signed by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to provide affordable health insurance for everyone in the country. The ACA faced many legal challenges after President Obama signed it into law‚ and the legal proceedings ended with
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perfectly describes the war measures act. The war measures act was created in 1914 and gave the government the full power to do anything in order to maintain peace and safety for all Canadian citizens. It was only used three times in Canadian history before it was replaced by the Emergences act in 1988. It was invoked during World War I from 1914-1920‚ World War II from 1941-1945 and once again during the October crisis in 1970. The question is was the war measures act necessary‚ or was the Canadian government
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lead by George W. Bush‚ took immediate action. The Patriot Act was enacted on October 26th‚ 2001‚ just forty-five days after the attacks‚ with the intent of lawfully allowing law enforcement more leeway when investigating terrorist organizations. Terrorism is detrimental and puts all members of society at risk. The United States government has gone to great lengths to protect its country from acts of terrorism. Invoking the US Patriots Act is an example of the lengths the American government will
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The children act was first introduced in 1908; this was passed by the liberal government at the time. Even thought the act was needed to protect children of the time it was surrounded by controversy. The main aims of the 1908 act were to regulate fostering‚ baby farming‚ and wet nursing. One of the greater aims of the 1908 act was to give local authorities power to keep children of poorer backgrounds away from workhouses and to ultimately protect them from abuse. (www.parliament.co.uk‚ 1998) In
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The Kansas and Nebraska Act was introduced in 1854 by Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Douglas was a Democrat well liked in the South. He didn’t really care too much about slavery because he was looking toward the development of the new Western country between the Missouri River and California. Specifically‚ he wanted a transcontinental railroad that went through Chicago‚ which was his home town. Building this road would involve grants of public land. The south‚ on the other hand‚ wanted it to go to the
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Companies Act‚ 2013 Key highlights and analysis Significant changes and implications Companies Act‚ 2013 1 Contents 04 | Introduction 06 | Key definitions and concepts 10 | Setting up of a company 16 | Management and administration 18 | Directors 24 | Accounts and audit 30 | Dividend 32 | Compromises‚ arrangements and amalgamations 34 | Revival and rehabilitation of sick companies 36 | Corporate social responsibility 38 | Implications on private companies 40 | Other areas
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meetings and battles happened. But The Acts‚ protests against the acts and the Declaration of Independence were most important. All of those events had led to the American Revolution. To begin with‚ Great Britain made tax laws for the Colonies‚ the Stamp Act‚ Sugar Act and the Townshend Acts.The first tax act was the Sugar Act. This was a tax on molasses‚ sugar and wine. This tax was made because Britain was losing money. The next act was the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was a tax on paper and documents
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Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act‚ 1994. Backdrop. Son preference and discrimination against the girl child is almost universal in India and manifests itself in many ways‚ including sex selection i.e. pre-birth elimination of female fetuses. This practice has led to decline in the Child Sex Ratio in most parts of India. The Child Sex ratio‚ which is the number of girls per 1000 boys in the 0-6 years age group has declined from 976 in 1961 to
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Technology Acts I have chosen write about the No Electronic Theft Act 1997 because I believe music and videos that are downloaded for free from the internet are ruining those industries. I also chose to write about the Children’s Internet Protection Act 2000 due to the fact I have two children that will be using the internet shortly. Constant changes in technology have led to bad practices and criminal charges that necessitated the creation of these acts. No Electronic Theft Act in 1997 The
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