Phonetic Symbols and Conventions The conventions for presenting examples used in this book are widely utilised in linguistics‚ but it will be helpful to state the more important of these for any readers unfamiliar with them. Most linguistic examples are given in italics and their glosses (translations into English) are presented in single quotes‚ for example: Finnish rengas ’ring’. In instances where it is necessary to make the phonetic form clear‚ the phonetic representation is presented in square
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University of Babylon College of Education for Human Sciences Department of English/ PhD Programme A Theoretical Survey of Gambits A term paper Submitted in partial fulfillment for the requirements of a PhD course in Discourse Analysis by Ahmed Sahib Jabir May‚ 2013 1. Introductory remarks It is an agreed upon fact that language is mainly used to fulfil two basic functions: the first is the transactional function which is related to the communication of information and the
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To discuss this issue‚ one must discuss Ferdinand de Saussure’s linguistic revolution. However‚ this cannot be achieved without mentioning pre-Saussurean linguistics. Throughout nineteenth and early twentieth century‚ the science of language was philology‚ and not linguistics. Philologists’ scope of activity was fairly limited to the analysis of the alterations that happened to a particular phenomenon in language‚ for example word or sound‚ throughout long expanses of time. Their main approach to
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1 Linguistics and sociolinguistics It is difficult to see adequately the functions of language‚ because it is so deeply rooted in the whole of human behaviour that it may be suspected that there is little in the functional side of our conscious behaviour in which language does not play its part. Sapir (1933) Language is a complicated business. In everyday talk‚ we use the word ‘language’ in many different ways. It isn’t clear how ‘language’ should be defined or what the person on the street thinks
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Reflection #7 Ghost of Abu Ghraib Filmmaker Rory Kennedy takes us thru a firsthand accord of Abu-Ghraib‚ a prison where Saddam Hussein housed his prisoners but during the Iraqi war U.S soldiers took hold of this prison using it as their own prison for suspected terrorist and people they believed to be aiding terrorist. However what went on behind the walls of this prison was nothing less than admiral behavior‚ on the part of the soldiers. Prisoners were abused‚ humiliated and treated as if
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English Reading August 8‚ 2012 1-C A Reflection on the Folktale “How the Moon and the Stars came to be” This story‚ is a folktale in the mute area in Bukidnon. This story took place in an unknown area in Bukidnon but the story was said famous. The story talks about how the moon and the stars began when a Bukidnon Spinster began her work. The sky was said that it was low at that time. So she took off her beads around the neck (necklace) and her comb and put them in the sky
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properties common to us all: innate structures universal to all man. Levi-Strauss focused his attention on the patterns or structures existing beneath the customs and beliefs of all cultures. Methodologically‚ Strauss drew his models from structural linguistics‚ analysing forms of social activity as though they were languages. In other words‚ the things a society does‚ the way people in this society act‚ is compared to language; behaviour is acted out unconsciously as is grammar in the case of language
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business. It is concerned with revenues‚ expenses‚ assets and liabilities of a business house. Financial Accounting has two-fold objective‚ viz‚ To ascertain the profitability of the business‚ and To know the financial position of the concern. NATURE AND SCOPE OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING: Financial accounting is a useful tool to management and to external users such as shareholders‚ potential owners‚ creditors‚ customers‚ employees and government. It provides information regarding the results of
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Carlos Torres-Montiel Marisol Leon English 2 26 January 2011 “1984” Reflection Paper What is language? Language is any system of formalized signs‚ sounds‚ or gestures used as a means of communicating thought or emotion. In 1984‚ Orwell shows how the Party uses language‚ politically‚ to deceive and manipulate people. Language becomes a mind-control tool‚ with the ultimate goal being the destruction of will and imagination. By controlling language‚ the Party is able to control its citizens. This
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time and date: 12 noon on Monday 27 October Description of Task: Following your group presentation (see below) you are required to individually write a short 3 page essay reflecting on the group presentation and the group work process. Your reflection must answer the following questions: 1 What was the main way in which you contributed to achievement of the group’s tasks? 2 In what way or ways did your group operate well? For instance‚ you may wish to identify a particular process that enabled
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