a medium of international exchange will be lost. [The writer] should aim at fashioning out an English which is at once universal and able to carry his peculiar experience." Achebe accomplishes this goal by innovatively introducing Igbo language‚ proverbs‚ metaphors‚ speech rhythms‚ and ideas into a novel written in English. Achebe agrees‚ however‚ with many of his fellow African writers on one point: The African writer must write for a social purpose. In contrast to Western writers and artists
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Молчанова Г.Г. Английский как не родной: тест‚ стиль‚ культура‚ коммунакация.Учебное пособие. – М.: ОЛМА Медиа Групп‚ 2007. – 384 с. Key Theme: 3.7. The Main Text Properties 3.7.1. Informativity of a Text Informativity of a text is its ability to convey the information‚ i. e. certain meaningful contents. The value of the received information is a problem of discussion. It is known that information‚ being repeated or redundant‚ loses its value and as a result ceases to be informative
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In his speech to Civil War veterans in Osawatomie‚ Kansas‚ Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed that‚ “the object of the government is the welfare of the people” (p. 140). Furthermore‚ Roosevelt claimed that the welfare of the people is dependent on each citizen having equal opportunity to pursue the American Dream and advance their station in life. Therefore‚ the government has an obligation to provide equal opportunity to all of its citizens in order to ensure this moral requirement is met. However‚ trusts
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Logic and semantics traditionally deal with properties of types of expressions‚ and not with properties that differ from token to token‚ or use to use‚ or‚ as we shall say‚ from utterance to utterance‚ and vary with the particular properties that differentiate them. Pragmatics is sometimes characterized as dealing with the effects of context. This is equivalent to saying it deals with utterances‚ if one collectively
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The switch in time saves nine One of the proverbs I find most useful in life is the one of Thomas Fuller – a British writer: “A stitch in time saves nine”. It is a well known proverb. It is frequently used in conversation. It passes on from one hand to another like a current coin A stitch in time saves nine” is an idiom‚ which is a phrase whose symbolic or intended meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words themselves. Literally‚ it means that a single stitch (to fix a tear in
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Ministry of Education and Youth of the Republic of Moldova Cahul State University ”B. P. Hasdeu” Phylology and History Faculty English Philology Departent Research Paper Theme: „Lexical Pecularities and Translation Difficulties in ”The Catcher in the Rye” by J. D. Salinger.” Cahul 2010 Content Introduction……………………………………………………………..............................3 Chapter I The Modernist Literature 1. The literature in the 19 century……………………………………...............................6 2
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COP4020 Programming Languages Compiler phases Prof. Xin Yuan Overview Compiler phases 10/2/2013 Lexical analysis Syntax analysis Semantic analysis Intermediate (machine-independent) code generation Intermediate code optimization Target (machine-dependent) code generation Target code optimization COP4020 Spring 2013 2 Source program with macros A typical compilation process Preprocessor Source program Compiler Target assembly program
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This resonance of the proverbs refers to rituals and customs of life that can only be significant in the genuine language it has been conceived in‚ and as such it is shared and accepted by people in Umuofian society. Language represents the soul of African culture; because African culture draws on proverbs‚ folktales‚ music‚ and rites designed and shared solely in a certain oral form. In the novel the elders of the UPU never miss the chance to evoke an African old proverb or a folktale in Igbo;
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The wisdom literature is a pathway to walk on. For those in and out of the faith there is a cultural respect toward the principals set out in the canonical‚ and even the non-canonical‚ books of wisdom found in Hebrew and Greek literature. The author succinctly brought light to several aspects of each book‚ each section‚ with fervor and delicacy. She took the writings for what they were at the time involving their mindset and cultural space and giving readers a vivid and realized lens to engage scripture
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processes or procedures‚ imagination and skill is emhapter II Review of Related Literature and Studies This chapter presents the literature and related studies which have direct bearing on this study. It also discusses the values reflected in the proverbs and the proverb as a reflection of Filipino character‚ its function in the society‚ its naReview of Related Literature and Studies CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES Studies rely on information researched by the proponents. Review of Related
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