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    APPLICATION OF COMPUTERS TO SOCIETY Computers play a great role in the society. Whether at home‚ in school‚ at the mall or in the office‚ computers significantly help in the accomplishment of various tasks. Be it at work or at play‚ computers have undeniably been utilized to perform general or specific activities that enable life to be more convenient and worry-free. Computers in Business In the field of business‚ computers are very useful. They are used in keeping records of daily sales

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    that the history of English is a story of culture during the past 1‚500 years. The English language people use today went through three stages. Namely‚ old English ‚middle wnglish and modern English. if people look back to the history of English‚ it’s certain to say that many elements have helped to shape the language‚ but one element that so crucial that we should pay special attention to is the influence of Christianity. II.on English General Vocabulary In the west‚ Christianity has always

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    Influence of Immigration on the American Culture and Language CONTENT Introduction ………………………………………………………………………….. The Main Part ……………………………………………………………………….. Chapter I In Search of America ………………………………………………………………… 1.1. America: Its Image and Reality…………………………………………………… 1.2. The Reasons of Immigration to the USA…………………………………………. 3. . The Importance of Religious Beliefs: “One Nation under God ” ………………… Chapter II The Nation of Immigrants…………………………………………………………… 2.1. American beliefs and values………………………………………………………

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    to a steady supply of water helped ancient societies develop both technologically and culturally. Since they got so much water‚ especially from flooding rivers‚ societies found ways to harness that water‚ preventing it from flooding their towns. Once they had the water‚ they wanted to put it to use to benefit them and their society. As a result‚ societies started developing technology to distribute the water to places of their choice and put it to good use. The technology that was developed required

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    Duran 1 Louie Duran Mrs. Brady A.P. English Language and Composition 18 September 2012 The Influence of Language on Culture and Vice Versa Through a definitive perspective‚ language is one of the most quintessential aspects to characterizing culture. Similarly‚ culture is what can finitely or infinitely bind a region to a single method of communication. Through complex analysis‚ the most imperative concepts that bring them into a mutual symbiosis involve the act of using both as a utensil

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    The Official Language of the United States Do you know what the official language of the United States is? If you answered English‚ guess again. But don’t feel bad‚ the vast majority of people would answer that English is the official language of the United States of America. English is the de facto language since‚ at this point‚ it is the most widely spoken language in the nation. But Spanish is catching up millions Hispanics speaking their native language at home‚ at work‚ and on their daily

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    changing of meaning…………………………………...10 1.4.Main Types of Semantic Change……………………………………………14 1.5.Some Special Factors of Social Environment………………………………16 2. STUDYING POLYSEMY…………………………………………………..18 2.1.Polysemy as the Source of Ambiguities in a Language……………………..18 2.2.Historical Development of Polysemy……………………………………….22 2.3.The Diachronic Approach to Studying Polysemy…………………………...24 2.4.The Synchronic Approach to Studying Polysemy…………………………...26 2.5.Polysemy and its Connection with the Context……………………………

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    Richard Wright’s novel Black Boy is an autobiography that depicts the life of a black male growing up in the early 20th century. One of the biggest factors contributing to the man Wright became were influences by society. Society played a huge role in developing Wright as an author and as a person. Examples of these societal factors include: race‚ educational opportunities‚ gang and ghetto life‚ and the attraction of Paris to African American writers of the 20th century. These collective bearings

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    of King; He is the only person in history to not be a president and have a national holiday. Although King was assassinated on April 4‚ 1968 he was still able to make some impossible achievements on America today‚ and without him who knows where or how bad America would be. America today isn’t perfect and there is still racism but if King didn’t get assassinated the world could only be better and he could’ve got rid of racism completely; For this MLK is the influential person to our 20th century and

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    that made Mark Twain an early influence on some of the most noted names in literature. Peers are generally the best litmus test for how successful and influential one is in their chosen field. Ernest Hemingway was famously quoted as saying‚ “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called ‘Huckleberry Finn‚’” (Hemingway). An author with the stature and reverence such as Hemingway’s carries a lot of validity. Mark Twain continues to influence and inspire authors today. For

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