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    PART I INTRODUCTION I. GENERAL NOTES ON STYLE AND STYLISTICS Stylistics‚ sometimes called l i n g u o - s t y 1 i s t i c s‚ is a branch of general linguistics. It has now been more or less definitely outlined. It deals mainly with two interdependent tasks: a) the investi-gation of the inventory of special language media which by their ontol-ogical features secure the desirable effect of the utterance and b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the

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    of Arts/ Department of English Contrastive analysis as Applied Linguistics Contrastive analysis is a branch of linguistics. It is a linguistic enterprise aimed at producing inverted (i.e. contrastive‚ not comparative) two-valued typologies (a CA is always concerned with a pair of languages)‚ and founded on the assumption that languages can be compared (Carl James‚1983( . contrastive analysis includes all fields of linguistics such as phonology‚ semantics‚ syntax‚ morphology and pragmatics. It

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    Karen Montoya October 19 2011 Literacy across continents  Culture Essay   There is culture all around‚ different beliefs‚ behavior groups etc. Culture can refer to social Classes people are in or the lifestyle they live but more importantly culture shows how people are different in many ways. Such culture diversity can be seen in retail stores such as the Gap‚ Old Navy and Banana Republic. Although some may argue that Old Navy and Banana Republic are the same type of store own by

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    moving from the introduction into the first main point of the body. A connective is not required here but may be used if desired. For information on connectives‚ review pages 177-178 of your textbook. Skip a space above and below connectives.) BODY I. A single complete sentence expressing the main point of this section of the speech A. Sub point [As with main points‚ sub points should be written in full sentences.] 1. Sub-sub point [Write sub-sub points in full sentences.] 2. Sub-sub point B

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    San Culture Elements essential to the survival of San culture are knowledge of their surroundings‚ a nomadic life‚ their values‚ and the structure in the San community. Differences in my culture and San culture are due to environment‚ values‚ lifestyles‚ and social structure. Elements important to the survival of American culture are adaptability‚ unity of one language‚ education provided by the government and acceptances of different religions. Modernization and globalization impact both the San’s

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    Linguistic Variation in Morocco   Morocco’s geographical location as a bridge between Europe and Africa‚ and as a home for Arab‚ Amazigh‚ Andalusian‚ African and Jewish cultures‚ make of the country a place of considerable linguistic diversity. In this article‚ this diversity will be approached from a personal perspective‚ inspiringly as a result of reading Chapter 7 “Language in Society” in “Introduction to Language”.   Geographically speaking‚ spoken all over Morocco‚ there are tens

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    REFERENCE Bloch‚ Bernard; & Trager‚ George L. (1942)‚ Outline of linguistic analysis. Special publications of the Linguistic Society of America. Baltimore: Linguistic Society of America. Corder‚ S. P. (1981)‚ Error analysis and interlanguage. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chomsky‚ Noam and Morris Halle. (1968)‚ The Sound Pattern of English. New York: Harper and Row. Crystal‚ David. (1985)‚ A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. 2nd edition. New York: Basil Blackwell. Crystal D. (2005)

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    Cultural and Linguistic Differences Cultural and Linguistic Differences Shabana P. Siddiqui ECE 405: Children and Families in a Diverse Society Inst. Lammert-Arndt 6/14/12 Linguistic Differences 01 People from all walks of life have gathered in the United States to live their lives. What follows is a flood of cultural and linguistic differences. The way one person from a particular culture would say” hi” could be another

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    The difference between Ethiopia and America culture There is a lot of difference between my culture and the USA. And I really love my culture because I grew up on it. Now that I am in america I know American’s culture. When I compare these two cultures‚ I can see that they are not similar. For example‚ In my culture most of the time you don’t eat alone‚ if you eat alone people will not be happy because most of the people in our culture eat together with their family or friends

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    Title: Eliot claimed to have made up the title‚ "The Hollow Men" from combining "The Hollow Land"‚ the title of a romance by William Morris with Kipling’s title‚ "The Broken Men".  Many scholars believe this to be one of Ol’ Possum’s many false trails‚ instead believing it comes from a mention of ’hollow men’ in Julius Caesar or any of several references to Joseph Conrad’s Kurtz as hollow in some way (a ’hollow sham’‚ ’hollow at the core’).  The title immediately presents us with the first of many

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