They were confused on what to called them so they looked from similar qualities between the livestock and their indigenous animals and used the same name for both. Since most domesticated livestock didn’t have any similarities‚ the Indians used neologism and gave most of then Indian names such as cowsnuck‚ goatesuck‚ hogsuck or pigsuck. Indians were not very fond of livestock and the idea of animal husbandry did not look very appealing to them. The main reason for the Native American’s negative
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5 Critical Approaches to Literature Structuralist- Is a theory of a human kind thought to be parts of a system of signs. It is described as a reaction to "modernist" alteration and despair. It is heavily influenced by linguistics especially by the work of Ferdinand de Saussure. Useful was Saussure’s concept of phoneme which is the smallest basic speech sound or unit of pronunciation‚ the idea that phoneme exists in two kinds of relationships (diachronic and synchronic). Diachronic is a "horizontal"
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homosexuality. She tells us that women who love women and men who love men were put under the same label of homosexuality. The term “homosexual” was introduced in English less than a hundred years ago. She defines this term as a hybrid from Greek-Latin neologism and calls homosexuality a myth that was created by clinical psychology. The word homosexual was coined in 1869 by a German physician‚ it was brought into popular usage in 1880 and introduced into English in 1892. The term heterosexual was also used
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basic idea was to clarify the difference between what is expressed literally in a sentence and what is merely suggested or hinted at by the utterance of the same string of words. To distinguish the latter from the former‚ Grice (1975) uses the neologisms implicate and implicature‚ while he refers to the linguistically coded part of utterance content as what is said (Bach‚ 2012). “An Implicature is something meant‚ implied‚ or suggested which is distinct from what is said” (Davis‚ 2005:1). Implicature
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Relationships‚ especially with Gwen’s parents‚ act as a catalyst for her maturation and leave behind sustaining memories as shown in many of her poems. In Barn Owl‚ Gwen initially represents her father as being “robbed of power” and an “Old No-Sayer”. The neologism‚ “No-Sayer”‚ incites a thought within the readers mind‚ rendering an image of a child through the simplistic syntax‚ representing a childlike view of the world. The combination of the two quotes separates the child and father‚ showing that the
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Mental Status Exam Mental status is the total expression of a person’s emotional responses‚ mood‚ cognitive function‚ and personality It is closely linked to the individual’s executive functioning‚ i.e. motivation‚ initiative‚ goal formation‚ planning and performing‚ self-monitoring‚ and integration of feedback The MSE is one component of an exam and may be viewed as the psychological equivalent of the physical exam It is an important component to a neurological evaluation Mental Status Exam: Outline
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”HIS”. The author underlines it graphically‚ to show the vast gap in the epochs‚ habits‚ morality‚ way of life and model of life. To show that this text belongs to science fiction and the action takes place in the future‚ the author uses neologisms‚ like: telebooks and mechanical teacher‚ to describe new things that had not existed. To make the narration more vividly the author implies dialogs in direct speech between Margie and Tommy. The kids are teenagers‚ and to show that‚ the
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“Nothing is beautiful as Spring”. This Italian sonnet was written to describe a natural world. God’s presence is identified as an electrical current that runs through the earth. God’s presence runs like the refracted glinting of light produced by metal foil‚ whenever it is moved quickly. The sonnet quotes God to be like rich oil. Oil is very rich and thick. Oil is needed every where around the world. If you don’t believe it‚ drive your car month after month without getting an oil change or even
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Chapter for Language Standardisation in Europe‚ ed. by Nik Coupland & Tore Kristiansen; date of this version: 16-8-2011 Language change and digital media: a review of conceptions and evidence Jannis Androutsopoulos University of Hamburg INTRODUCTION While writing this chapter‚ two personal experiences illustrated language change in computermediated communication (CMC): First‚ I conducted a quick survey among 20 students taking a course on CMC‚ in which all of them reported using emoticons and around
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A euphemism is defined as a non-harmful phrase or word used to substitute another word or phrase that is seen as‚ in some way‚ unpleasant. These words and phrases‚ though created with the best possible intentions‚ are slowly causing the English language to decay. For example‚ penitentiaries used to be led by a warden. In an effort to seem politically correct‚ penitentiaries‚ prisons and jails have been renamed to the‚ allegedly less controversial‚ title of “correctional facility” or “detention facility
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