A corpus-based study of ‘talk’ and ‘speak’ Wang Bingran Student ID: 11820787d Introduction This study compared ‘talk’ and ‘speak’ in terms of their senses‚ grammatical patterns and collocations. The comparison is based on data drawn from the British National Sampler Corpus (the BNC Sampler Corpus).The vast majority of the examples in this essay were selected from the BNC Sampler Spoken Corpus‚ one example was drawn from the BNC Sampler Written Corpus.
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“Taking Imagination Seriously”‚ Janet Elchelman discussed a few problems that she has faced‚ and the strategies she used to solve them. Janet was first faced with the issue of her paints not arriving on time‚ then after brainstorming she was faced with another problem of her material being too heavy‚ then Janet reveals another dilemma that she was confronted with; there was not software designed yet to aid her in creating her sculpture. When the paints had not arrived Janet dove right into problem solving
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December xx‚ 20xx To the Fellowship Selection Committee: I am writing in support of Janet Lerner’s application for an NSF Fellowship. Janet is genuinely a gifted student with great potential as a research scientist. I encourage you to give her your most careful consideration. Janet has been conducting an independent honor’s research project in my laboratory for the past year. Without a doubt‚ Janet is one of those rare individuals that comes along only once every few years; she is highly intelligent
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image of what they thought was right or wrong for a boy or a girl. The observations and their development on gender roles indicate that kids are socialized by the social expectations and perceptions into their appropriate gender roles (Jessica McNaughton 2000). Parents have this mental blueprint that is believed to be the direct product of their own experiences culturally and environmentally. The differences in gender are instilled upon kids by their parents along with social life of today starting
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"What ’s a single mom to do?" Janet Allen struggled to raise her child‚ Amanda‚ as a single mother in Arizona. She performed well in part-time positions in a couple of the Mojavi County departments when‚ from 1996 to 2002‚ she was able to accumulate "a substantial amount of sick leaves to use in case she or her daughter ever become ill". During that time‚ she was also able to complete her Associate of Arts degree as an accountant technician‚ which allowed her to persue‚ in 2002‚ a higher paying
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thinking of him.” 134 –“Didn’t they realise we weren’t like everyone else here?” 139 –“Tom‚ he swallowed. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry you had to leave the Billi. I’m so‚ so sorry.” 148 –“You could be Finn.” 152 –“Talking about a waste.” 154 –“Fair? Kath yelled. Fair!” 157 –“One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. Cause today‚ for my family‚ that’s what it was like.” 167 –“You know‚ today I’m going to the Hill Deli to buy one of their home-made lasagnes. I hear they’re delicious.” 183
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following scenario: Shannon is a juvenile probation officer with the Department of Juvenile Justice. Recently‚ she covered her coworker‚ Janet’s client load‚ while Janet was on vacation. Shannon met with several of Janet’s clients. After meeting with clients‚ she discovered a pattern in which the clients would report that they have not seen Janet in 2 to 3 months. However‚ the case files reflected face-to-face contact with all of her clients‚ despite what her clients stated. When Shannon investigated
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following scenario: Shannon is a juvenile probation officer with the Department of Juvenile Justice. Recently‚ she covered her coworker‚ Janet’s client load‚ while Janet was on vacation. Shannon met with several of Janet’s clients. After meeting with clients‚ she discovered a pattern in which the clients would report that they have not seen Janet in 2 to 3 months. However‚ the case files reflected face-to-face contact with all of her clients‚ despite what her clients stated. When Shannon investigated
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3 1. Gerald Tremain‚ the husband of Janet Tremain‚ the director of San Benito County’s Child Protection Services‚ had been convicted in Oregon‚ in 1984‚ of raping his then seven year old daughter every week for six months. The family moved to California‚ where he did not register as a sex offender as is required by law. In 1991 the grand jury was investigating Janet Tremain for supposed unprofessional conduct that put abused children at risk. Janet resigned from her job and it became known
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protagonist? How did you know this? Give examples. Brad Majors and Janet Weiss. The play was based on the events that Brad and Janet experienced. When Brad and Janet went to the castle to use the phone. Brad and Janet were taken to the lab to take off their wet clothes. Who is the antagonist? How do you know this? Give examples. Dr. Frank N. Furter. Dr Frank has a lot of conflict in the show. He has conflict with Brad and Janet when they try to leave the castle. He also has conflict when Riff Raff
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