~ History of English ~ Summer term 2010/11 Wednesdays 11.00-12.30 Fridays 11.00-12.30 ~ Introduction ~ - Who speaks English? - 1) inner circle (320-380 million speakers; English as L1) - 2) outer circle (150-300 million speakers; English as L2) - 3) expanding circle (100-1000 million speakers; English as lingua franca = ELF) - possible language shifts: from ELF to L2 - from L2 to L1 - Why is English a world language? - historical
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Chapter 14-The Uneasy Peace Section 1-The Cold War Begins An Iron Curtain Starts to Fall 1. US/USSR did not trust each other An Uneasy Alliance 1. US‚ Britain‚ USSR + 3 other nations=Grand Alliance during WWII 2. Old hatreds in many nations 3. USSR a. Resented fact that US‚ French‚ British supported whites b. US refused to recognize USSR until 1933 c. Soviet propaganda=fear of American capitalism with divisions between rich/poor and swings from prosperity
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Understanding Power Understanding Power The Indispensable Chomsky © 2002 by Noam Chomsky‚ Peter Rounds Mitchell‚ and John Schoeffel All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced‚ in any form‚ without written permission from the publisher. Published in the United States by The New Press‚ New York‚ 2002 Distributed by W. W. Norton & Company‚ Inc.‚ New York Explanatory footnotes available at www.understandingpower.com ISBN 1-56584-703-2 CIP data available The New
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Vincent Renner <vincent.renner@univ‐lyon2.fr> Winter 2015 Virtual Office group: ’Renner‐L2‐linguistics’ Phonetics vs Phonology Phonetics is the study of speech. Articulatory phonetics is a branch which describes how the speech organs (= articulators) are used to produce (= articulate) speech sounds. Phonology is the study of the organization of speech sounds in the minds of speakers. Speech sound production Air stream modified by organs of speech. Modifications have
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Caribbean Tourism Legislation Database CONTENTS Pages INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………… 2-3 Background and Purpose Content Structure How to Use the Database Acknowledgments I. COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY LISTING ………………………… 4-31 II. LISTING BY SUBJECT AREA ………………………………… 32-51 1. Institutional Framework of Tourism 2. Tourist
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IMPACT OF URBANISATION ON BIODIVERSITY Case Studies From India WWF-India sees its role in urban work as an attempt to reduce the impact of cities on biodiversity and ecological footprint‚ both of which have implications for the overall conservation goals of the organisation. Further‚ given the experience and expertise in dealing with footprint issues‚ WWF feels there is a greater need to engage with planners‚ developers and policy makers involved in dealing with urban issues. Author Kiran Rajashekariah/WWF-India
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All animals face the same problems in adapting to the desert. They must find shelter from daytime heat and nighttime cold‚ as well as find food and water‚ which are often scarce. Yet‚ in spite of these extreme conditions‚ most animal species are represented in the desert environment‚ even some we typically associate with temperate or wet surroundings. Invertebrates Animals without backbones are called invertebrates. They include simple desert animals such as worms‚ and more complex animals such
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nimal Defenses Animal AnimAl BehAvior t Animal Communication Animal Courtship Animal Defenses Animal Hunting and Feeding Animal Life in Groups Animal Migration Defenses ChristinA WilsDon Animal Animal Behavior: Animal Defenses Copyright 2009 by Infobase Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ or by any information storage or retrieval systems‚
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AIRSIDE & AIRFIELD -airport is a complex intermodal transportation facility: air‚ roads‚ rail‚ water (planes‚ cars‚ busses‚ boats‚ trucks‚ subways…) -airport provides air transportation services to people and cargo‚ and other services to aircraft like maintenance‚ fuel‚ catering‚ cleaning etc -remember the intense regulations? Airport related FAR’s: 71‚73‚75‚77‚91‚93‚95‚97‚99‚101‚103‚105‚150‚155‚157‚161 -airspace designation‚ air traffic & operating rules‚ environmental rules‚ funding rules‚ and
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Chapter One 1. Introduction Lumbini‚ the birth place of Lord Buddha‚ is situated about 22 km. from Bhairahawa (Siddharthanagar)‚ below the Churia range‚ 24 km. south from the foothills of the Himalayas‚ on the western bank of Telar river in Rupandehi district of Lumbini zone in Nepal. It is about 300 km. west of capital city Kathmandu. Kapilvastu‚ Rupandehi and Nawalparasi Terai districts of Lumbini Zone are around Lumbini‚ the birth place of Lord
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