1 INTRODUCTION Lexical items such as actually‚ well‚ in fact‚ anyway‚ oh well‚ I mean carry little or no lexical meaning and are therefore referred to as words that are “simply salt-and-peppered through a text to give it flavor” (Lutzky‚ 2006:3). Their use guarantees effective and productive conversation among the speakers. Such words are defined by many scholars as discourse particles or discourse markers. Discourse markers are widely used in spoken discourse‚ usually in daily informal conversation
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a delightful story of a young boy and his many adventures. Many of the situations Huck finds himself in require a specific sense of “street smarts” in order to successfully overcome these various predicaments. To that end‚ I believe that Huck’s so-called “street smarts” prove beneficial to his endeavors‚ if only to a certain extent. One skill that Huck seems to have successfully mastered is the ability to lie without a single prick to his conscience. For instance
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YouTube channel created and hosted by Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown‚ two graduates of the University of Guelph in Biological Science‚ with the goal of teaching science concepts in quick‚ easy to understand videos. In their video‚ “Can Stress Actually Kill You?” they explain the Japanese term Karoshi. This term literally translates to “death by overwork” (Moffit and Brown). This disease is documented specifically in Japan; people in their prime and healthy suddenly experience heart attack and
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under this pressure of winning‚ students‚ today‚ are trying every substance that claims to make them smarter and gives them a competitive edge over others‚ whether it is the newfangled “smart water” or the highly promising “smart drugs”. Adderall‚ fondly known‚ as Addy on college campuses‚ is the most popular smart drug that college students are using nowadays. It is an addictive drug that is exclusively used for treating Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. However‚ it is more commonly used
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Unfortunately for me this is all I could uncover from my employer‚ but it is a start. Wal-Mart uses the SMART system. Because of the way it is spelled I can only assume that it is an acronym. I have been searching for over an hour on Google.com and finally produced some meager results‚ but here they are. Background From the results produced‚ I am at the deduction that SMART is not an acronym after all. SMART is basically a tracking system‚ it keeps track of all our inventory‚ the on-hand counts‚ and can
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Engaging Students by Using SMART Boards “Television didn’t transform education. Neither will the internet. But it will be another tool for teachers to use in their effort to reach students in the classroom. It will also be a means by which students learn outside the classroom” (Palfrey‚ John) Technology is a part of our day to day lives‚ weather we choose to keep up with it or not‚ it is everywhere we turn. Technology in the classroom is a great way to keep students focused on what is being
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SMART INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF IKEA GROUP 3 Outline Review from Midterm Excerpt of IKEA SWOT of IKEA IKEA Business Model IKEA Network IKEA Innovation IKEA Niche Market IKEA Sustainability Strategy IKEA Products The Use of Technology in IKEA compare with IKEA and Wal-Mart Conclusion Excerpt of IKEA (1/3) 1943 IKEA established 1948 Furniture Business‚ Catalogue Published 1956 Self Assembly Furniture 1975 Baby Boom‚ New Customers more sofas 1973 IKEA
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TTh 10:00 – 11:30 AM “Smart Babies: Is there a need for Hothousing?” Keywords: Hothousing‚ Spiral Curriculum‚ Long Term Memory‚ Environment I am sure that every parent wishes to have smart babies. These parents want their babies – their children whose ages range from 0 to 6‚ be ahead of other children in terms of knowledge and skills. This demand is actually becoming a trend. In relation to that‚ the documentary‚ “Smart Babies”‚ points out some ways to make babies smart‚ and at the same time‚
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"What do you call an intelligent blonde? A Golden Retriever." What a typical example of a blonde joke known by almost everyone. Yet‚ are these jokes‚ based on unfounded premises‚ such entertaining? Why is it so rare to hear jokes of this sort about brunettes? Does this fact have anything to do with the so-called "dumb blondes stereotype"? Furthermore‚ how many of natural blondes‚ or to say "fair-hair" women or men exist? According to scientists‚ the population of blondes is declared to be 1.8 to 2 %
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In the article Watching TV Makes You Smarter by Steven Johnson‚ the author argues that by watching television shows various television shows‚ people actually become smarter and how it has a big impact in our lives. He feels that watching TV makes us smarter because why we view things we might have never heard of before. He also uses dialogs to explain for example he used dialogs from the show ER to break down what’s happening between the characters‚ what words and sentences there using. On response
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