ISSN 1923-0176 [Print] ISSN 1923-0184 [Online] www.cscanada.net www.cscanada.org Studies in Sociology of Science Vol. 4‚ No. 4‚ 2013‚ pp. 45-48 DOI:10.3968/j.sss.1923018420130404.C613 Euphemism From Sociolinguistics Perspective CHI Ren[a]‚*; HAO Yu[a] [a] * acknowledged that in every language‚ there are a certain amount of euphemisms. Euphemisms are used in place of some sensitive‚ unpleasant‚ disturbing and taboo topics. Enright stated “A language without euphemisms would
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not interested. Moore states‚ “A nation that not only churns out illiterate students but goes out of its way to remain ignorant and stupid is a nation that should not be running this world – at least not until a majority of its citizens can locate Kosovo (or any other country it has bombed) on the map” (Idiot Nation excerpt‚ Colombo‚ Cullen‚ Lisle‚ 129). The potential problem with using this kind of rhetorical strategy in his writing is that the readers probably do not think of themselves as “idiots”
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Although not aforementioned in the United Nations Charter the phenomenon that is peacekeeping has quickly spread‚ emerging out of the Cold War‚ and slowly but surely become a principal tool for the United Nations (UN) to continue its primary goal in the maintaining of peace and security universally. Often referred to as the “The Blue Helmets” UN peacekeepers have been deployed all over the globe to intervene in some of the worst conflicts on the planet under the authority of Chapter VI and Chapter
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Apartheid An official policy of racial segregation‚ involving political‚ legal‚ and economic discrimination against nonwhites. Ex: South Africa Balkanization To divide (a country‚ territory‚ etc.) into small‚ quarrelsome‚ ineffectual states. Ex: Sudan Barrioization Defined by geographer James Curtis as the dramatic increase in Hispanic population in a given neighborhood Ex: Large Cuban immigration to Miami Dowry Property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage
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The aim of creating peace in a country that is conflict-prone or a post-conflict environment is to prevent the reoccurrence or escalation of violence and establish a durable self-sustaining peace. The root causes of conflicts clearly need to be addressed adequately otherwise violence will recur. There are numerous root causes of a conflict‚ such as these major causes; political‚ economic and social inequalities‚ poor governance‚ high unemployment and poverty. There are many examples of violence recurring
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HOW TO WRITE A LITERARY ESSAY SUGGESTED LENGTH: 600 WORDS THE TITLE should be specific. You should identify a particular problem in the literary text you’ve chosen to write about. Acceptable: The Role of the Narrator in Henry Fielding’s Joseph Andrews; Family Politics in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Unacceptable: Jane Eyre; Shakespeare’s Sonnets; William Blake’s Songs of Experience (ii) PRESENTATION The essay should open with a clear introduction
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Laura Vassalli 7118763 Professor Alison Brysk Global Studies 111 12 December 2012 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN CONGO The conflict in Congo is one of the worst of our contemporary history in terms of casualties and human rights violations. Since the beginning of the civil war in 1996 about 5.400.000 million people died. “The wars in that country have claimed nearly the same number of lives as having a 9/11 every single day for 360 days‚ the genocide that struck Rwanda in 1994‚ the ethnic cleansing
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Iraq where much of the violence in the Middle East is occurring. Syria tops all of this with it being the place with the largest amounts of the refugees. The top 10 places that are applying for European asylum in order are Syria‚ Afghanistan‚ Iraq‚ Kosovo‚ Pakistan‚ Eritrea‚ Nigeria. Iran‚ and Ukraine. This is because of mixture of poverty‚ violence‚ ISIS‚ etc. Refugees are not all claiming asylum though‚ however many do. Germany has the highest amount of asylum seekers in 2015. They had over 476
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Alliances also were a major impact on the ignition for World War 1. The chancellor in Germany‚ Bismarck‚ wanted peace with his neighbours instead of France to maintain the status quo for a safer Germany. Bismarck created the Three Emperors League in 1873 between Russia‚ Austria-Hungary(AH) and Germany – to retain peace with the neighbouring countries. However‚ it caused tension with France and later on Russia left due to their own dispute involving the Balkan War. In 1879‚ a dual alliance was formed
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I putt professionally and I am looking to improve my mental game. Currently‚ I do a lot of things right‚ however there is a very specific thing that I need help with. As I watched the Olympics it was obvious there is a piece that I am missing - I could see a switch flip in the athletes when it was game time. I need to learn to "flip the switch" just before a tournament. Sometimes I get there‚ sometimes I start slow (often)‚ and sometimes (rarely) I am never able to get into the proper mindset
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