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    proposed that when translating different texts‚ the sequence of considering elements from level A to level F is used. It is good for both of these two theories to go beyond the linguistic level and realize a different value of each element (information‚ aesthetic effects‚ appealing effects‚ linguistic components and non-linguistic determinants) for

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    milestones in classical physics See also: History of special relativity and History of quantum mechanics Albert Einstein (1879–1955)‚ whose work on the photoelectric effect and the theory of relativity led to a revolution in 20th century physics Max Planck (1858–1947)‚ the originator of the theory of quantum mechanics Modern physics began in the early 20th century with the work of Max Planck in quantum theory and Albert Einstein ’s theory of relativity

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    Metaphor

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    world’s a stage‚ And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; — William Shakespeare‚ As You Like It‚ Other writers employ the general terms ground and figure to denote tenor and the vehicle. In cognitive linguistics‚ the terms target and source are used respectively. The Philosophy of Rhetoric (1936) by I. A. Richards describes a metaphor as having two parts: the tenor and the vehicle. The tenor is the subject to which attributes are ascribed. The vehicle

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    How Teach Culture

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    The Importance Of Teaching Culture In The Foreign Language Classroom 1/14/10 11:34 PM Radical Pedagogy (2001) ISSN: 1524-6345 The Importance Of Teaching Culture In The Foreign Language Classroom Dimitrios Thanasoulas Member of TESOL Greece and the AILA Scientific Commission on Learner Autonomy akasa74@hotmail.com I would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor‚ Dr. Doreen Du Boulay for her assistance and insightful ideas‚ and record my thanks to my friends Joshua Jackson and Eleni

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    Chomsky and Halliday

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    CHOMSKY AND HALLIDAY’S CONTRIBUTIONS IN LINGUISTICS (Avram) Noam Chomsky is an eminent linguist and a radical political philosopher of international reputation. He was born on December 7‚ 1928 in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania‚ USA) where he grew up in a family of Ukrainian and Belarusian Jewish immigrants who had gone through New York before settling in Philadelphia. His father‚ Dr. William Chomsky‚ was a Hebrew grammarian‚ and his mother‚ Elsie Chomsky‚ was a teacher. His father fueled his academic

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    Communicative Competence

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    2. The notion of communicative competence‚ origins‚ communicative competence vs. linguistic competence‚ components of communicative competence Communicative competence – the ability to understand and use language effectively to communicate in authentic social and school environments. The idea was originally derived from Chomsky’s distinction between competence (shared knowledge of ideal speaker-listener set in a completely homogenous speech community) and performance (process of applying underlying

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    albert einstein

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    hacen el mal‚ sino por las que se sientan a ver lo que pasa.” Albert Einstein (/ˈælbərt ˈaɪnstaɪn/; German: [ˈalbɐt ˈaɪnʃtaɪn] ( listen); 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity‚ one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).[2][3] While best known for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed "the world’s most famous equation")‚[4] he received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics

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    Lexicology

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    Romeo and Juliet‚ Act II‚ Sc. 2) These famous lines reflect one of the fundamental problems of linguistic research: what is in a name‚ in a word? Is there any direct connection between a word and the object it represents? Could a rose have been called by "any other name" as Juliet says? These and similar questions are answered by lexicological research. Lexicology‚ a branch of linguistics‚ is the study of words. For some people studying words may seem uninteresting. But if studied properly

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    Albert Einstein - Essay 3

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    first disproves Newton’s theory of relativity‚ stating that space and time are not absolute. Next‚ Einstein creates the quantum theory of light discovering that light exists in particle forms. Shortly after‚ he published two papers. One determined a method of measuring atom size and quantity‚ the other explaining the movement of atoms known as Brownian motion. The two papers gave proof to the atom’s existence. In June of that year he completed Special Relativity which stated that light may not be

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    How does American Literature reflect/reveal American Values‚ Attitudes‚ and Beliefs? Four writers in specific reveal to us these things in their writing. Those writers are Henry David Thoreau‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Walt Whitman‚ and Nathaniel Hawthorne. These people reveal American Values‚ Attitudes and Beliefs by showing us the we can be independent‚ we have to separate from technology every once once in a while‚ and we need to have moral relativism. To begin with‚ David Henry Thoreau shows

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