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    Corpus Linguistics

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    Yerevan State Linguistic University after Valery BrusovPaper Corpus Linguistics‚ Lexicology and Translation Subject- Lexicology Faculty- IC Year - II Group - III Lecturer - K. SoghikyanStudent – Mane Nersisyan1586865360044Yerevan 2013 0Yerevan 2013 Introduction This paper includes information about corpus linguistics‚ its connection with lexicology and translation. The latter is the most important one and I am keen on finding and introducing something which is mainly connected with my

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    Linguistic Profiling

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    John Baugh in his article “Linguistic Profiling” (2003) discusses “linguistic discrimination based on speech or writing” (2003‚ p. 155). The article discusses the negative and positive effects that linguistic profiling has on people‚ specifically on the people with an “undesirable accent or dialect” (2003‚ p.155). Much like racial profiling and its negative effects on people of color‚ linguistic profiling is the practice of imposing certain social characteristics on people who speak with a particular

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    Structuralism in Linguistics

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    STRUCTURALISM IN LINGUISTICS Introduction It is not my purpose here to give a historical treatment of linguistic ideas‚ nor it to distinguish and analyze the various approaches and schools of thought generally subsumed under the heading of Structuralism. Rather‚ I propose to look at the general features characterizing structuralism as seen and treated by structuralists and further to see how it has come to be viewed by Chomsky and other transformationalists. Structuralism in linguistics has come to

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    literacy

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    01/23/14 The importance of literacy. Literacy is known as the ability to read and write. It is the ability to communicate with each other‚ and to understand the concepts of everything. It does not mean that you will find literacy in a book because it can be found at any place on a daily basis. For example‚ while watching television‚ reading a magazine‚ when communicating with people in social networks‚ and especially in school. All of that has something related to literacy because there are words and

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    The Cognitive Linguistics Enterprise: An Overview* Vyvyan Evans‚ Benjamin K. Bergen and Jörg Zinken [In press for 2006. To be published in ‘The Cognitive Linguistics Reader’‚ by Equinox Publishing Company] 1. Introduction Cognitive linguistics is a modern school of linguistic thought and practice. It is concerned with investigating the relationship between human language‚ the mind and socio-physical experience. It originally emerged in the 1970s (Fillmore 1975‚ Lakoff & Thompson 1975‚ Rosch 1975)

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    literacy

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    Literacy is the ability to read and write[1]. The inability to do so is called illiteracy or analphabetism. Visual literacy includes in addition the ability to understand visual forms of communication such as body language‚[2] pictures‚ maps‚ and video. Evolving definitions of literacy often include all the symbol systems relevant to a particular community. Literacy encompasses a complex set of abilities to understand and use the dominant symbol systems of a culture for personal and community development

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    Linguistic Segregation

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    Linguistic Segregation Draft 3 Throughout the history of the United States‚ the issues of racism‚ sexism and segregation have always been stressful because of all the immigration. When it came to the education of immigrant children who did not speak English and stood out otherwise‚ we often did not know what to do. We have always been striving to eliminate these prejudices‚ and even though we recovered from most types of segregation‚ we are still trying to eliminate the problem of language differences

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    Literacy

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    English 1302 6 Feb 2013 My Definition of Literacy Literacy is a term that can be defined indefinitely by a number of people‚ depending on their circumstances and situations‚ but to me it deals with an individual’s ability to read and write‚ communication‚ and one’s ability to convey meaning to others. Some words have multiple meanings and what it means to one individual‚ may not be the case for another person. We define words based on our life experiences and the certain situations that we have

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    Discourse Community

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    Marisa Homan Professor Paul Lee English 1301 28 September 2014 Clear Eyes. Full Hearts. Can’t Lose. An instance of me joining a discourse community was the time I joined my high school varsity tennis team. This discourse community was founded on athletic skills‚ mental toughness‚ and academic success. In order to contribute to this discourse community and to become a successful tennis player I needed each of these qualities. Through the three appeals of logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos I will acquire

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    Architectural Discourse

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    BAÜ FBE Dergisi Cilt:9‚ Sayı:1‚ 3-18 Temmuz 2007 Type and typology in architectural discourse Yasemin Đ. GÜNEY* Balıkesir University Faculty of Architecture and Engineering‚ Department of Architecture Çağış BALIKESĐR Abstract Typology is the comparative study of physical or other characteristics of the built environment into distinct types. In this paper‚ the historical transformation of type and typology concepts since the Enlightenment has been examined in three developing stages based

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