The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the use and substitution of profanity using verbal behavior taxonomy. Method This analysis first defines profanity. Then‚ one profanity was selected for analysis. Next‚ controlling variables that generally occasion the use of the target profanity were outlined. Last‚ substitutions for the target profanity were evaluated to determine a) whether or not they are controlled by similar controlling variables and b) if they function to produce the same result as
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Understanding and Evaluating Russell’s Theory of Definite Descriptions - Tom Stringer Russell’s theory attempts‚ using systematic formal logic‚ to pin down conditions by which we ascribe significance and meaning to descriptive nouns or definite description’ (DD) phrases in idiomatic natural language (NL). Russell’s theory covers the functions of these phrases in NL and outlines his ideas on their nature. From this‚ he goes on to delineate implications that their transposition into a schema of
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Theoretical Framework The theoretical framework of the study is a structure that can hold or support a theory of a research work. It presents the theory which explains why the problem under study exists. Presents theory from which research problem was derived or to which it is linked Theoretical basis of the study The theoretical framework is but a theory that serves as a basis for conducting research. How to formulate the theoretical framework? 1. Specify the theory used as basis
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"Ambiguous" means "not clear‚ and able to be understood in more than one way‚ according to the Longman dictionary. The book Ambiguous Adventure is about an ambiguous journey of a young Diallobe student who studied in the French school. Everyone who had read the book knew what Samba Diallo ’s Journey is about‚ but today‚ I want to go in a little deeper than that‚ which is to analyze the meaning of this Journey. First of all‚ it is very important for us to know why the Journey is ambiguous for Samba
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1. Comparative Ambiguity * The first type of ambiguity is essentially that of a metaphor: when two people‚ objects or concepts are alike in some way‚ even though they may have different qualities otherwise. Comparison provides a given object with multiple meanings‚ allowing it to be interpreted in different ways even though it remains essentially unchanged. Resolution * The second type of ambiguity occurs when two or more different alternate meanings are used as one. That essentially
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------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Changes in context and form offer fresh perspectives on the values in texts. ------------------------------------------------- How does Scott’s film‚ BR‚ reveal a new response to the values explored in Shelley’s novel‚ F? Whilst texts may be fictitious constructs of composer’s imaginations‚ they also explore and address the values‚ societal concerns and paradigms of their eras. This is clearly
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Emily Benzing Mrs. Bogati July 16‚ 2013 Vocabulary 1. Alliteration- The repetition of a particular sound or letter at the beginning of a series of words or phrases. Ex: Bob bought big brown bagels. 2. Allusion- An indirect mention or reference to something else. Ex: Obama made an allusion to John F. Kennedy when he said “ask not just what our government can do for us‚ but what we can do for ourselves” 3. Anaphora- Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more
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1. Introduction Voice morphing means the transition of one speech signal into another. Like image morphing‚ speech morphing aims to preserve the shared characteristics of the starting and final signals‚ while generating a smooth transition between them. Speech morphing is analogous to image morphing. In image morphing the in-between images all show one face smoothly changing its shape and texture until it turns into the target face. It is this feature that a speech morph should
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Richard Lanham’s The Motive of Eloquence has provided us a very interesting and useful concept on the categorization of man. In that particular book‚ Lanham offers the readers the characteristics of what comprise homo seriosus or Serious Man and homo rhetoricus or Rhetorical Man. From the framework provided‚ I believe that such concept is not rigid that there is also the third category which refers to those who happen to occupy the characteristic of both Serious Man and Rhetorical Man. In this short
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3 ELEMENTS OF PROPOSITION 1. Subject 2. Predicate 3. Copula Quality and quantity Quality refers to whether the proposition affirms or denies the inclusion of a subject within the class of the predicate. The two possible qualities are called affirmative and negative.[3] For instance‚ the A-proposition ("All S are P") is affirmative since it states that the subject is contained within the predicate. On the other hand‚ the O-proposition ("Some S are not P") is negative since it excludes the subject
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