production. Basic terminology Classification of sciences 24 main branches (e.g. linguistics) 221 branches (e.g. applied linguistics) 1995 sub-branches {applications} (e.g. sociology) Linguistics can be: 1. theoretical or applied; 2. synchronic (descriptive) or diachronic (historical). Diachronic linguistics: 1. comparative; 2. history of linguistics (historical); 3. etymology. Synchronic linguistics: 1. descriptive (phonetics and phonology; grammar; morphology; syntax;
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(Imperialism). All four of these men influenced and shaped American imperialism by laying the groundwork for a new type of foreign policy that led the U.S. into Cuba‚ Puerto Rico‚ the Philippines and Guam during the Spanish-American War. By urging America to build a powerful navy to protect
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Comparetive and Historical Linguistics in the 19th Century The 19th century * was the era of the comparative and historical study of languages (especially of the Indo-European l-ges); * saw the development of modern conceptions‚ theoretical and methodological of comparative and historical linguistics‚ and the greatest concentration of scholarly effort and scholarly ability in linguistics was devoted to this aspect of the subject; * prevailed the opinion that linguistics was mainly historical
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This synthesis paper addresses my knowledge‚ understandings‚ analysis‚ and assessment of my experiences in this course‚ Linguistics for ESL Teachers. I am glad that we were given this task as by writing this synthesis paper‚ I can share and write out what I have learned in this course. In other word‚ I get a chance to share my experiences taking this course. For me‚ Linguistics for ESL Teachers is a very fun course. I get to learn so many things about languages‚ such as the nature of language and
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A Linguistic Analysis of the Negroid and its Direful Existence Dr. Kime‚ PH.D. VLR Journal of Social Science http://vlripower.ning.com/group/social-scientists? In his recent paper‚ my colleague Doctor Blanchard explained in detail the evolutionary factors that underlie black inferiority. What remains to be explored however is the full extent of the impact this has had on the specie’s potential for socio-cultural development. I need not point out that the negroid tribes have failed throughout
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s‚ imperialism affected many societies throughout the world. Perspectives on imperialism differed depending on a person’s point of view. The point of view of the imperialist power is much different than the point of view of the colonized people. In 1870‚ Africa established trade agreements with the leaders in the Congo River basin. The Belgian set off a scramble among other European powers to get their presence on the continent. In 1887‚ to avoid conflict‚ Europeans
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human’s innate language acquisition structure and have grown up flourished by my passion of being intellectually able to seize this concept. This idea‚ in combination with my personal experiences‚ has made me consider studying English Language and Linguistics in further depth. My early years as a child were undoubtedly full of interaction with the English Language. I clearly remember the first time I held a literature book in my hands: it was an English one. Even though I was still unable to understand
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金融英语的语言特征及其翻译 专 业：英语 学 号：07121115 姓 名：阮超 指导教师姓名：白敬萱 申请学位级别：学士 论文提交日期：2011年5月 学位授予单位：天津科技大学 Linguistic Features and Translation of Financial English A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Ruan Chao Under the Supervision of Bai Jingxuan School of Foreign Languages Tianjin University of Science and Technology May 2011 ABSTRACT With increasingly closer communications on business
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As the world approached the 20th century European countries were in a race against each other. This lead to the trans-Atlantic slave trade however‚ when the British outlawed the trans-Atlantic slave trade and than slavery outright they turned to imperialism. The European countries endeavours toward the exploration of Africa were failing as they lost their lives in extraordinary numbers to malaria. However in the early 1880’s King Leopold of Belgium acquired a private “country” in Central Africa; he
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History of historical linguistics Modern historical linguistics dates from the late 18th century and grew out of the earlier discipline of philology‚ the study of ancient texts and documents‚ which goes back to antiquity. At first historical linguistics was comparative linguistics and mainly concerned with establishing language families and the reconstruction of prehistoric proto-languages‚ using the comparative method and internal reconstruction. The focus was on the well-known Indo-European
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