Cultures across the globe have societal and cultural rules to promote politeness‚ to maintain social order‚ and to have a cultural identity. In the United States‚ societal rules vary greatly with location and nationality‚ but one societal rule that most people follow is a handshake. Handshakes have been a cultural ritual for a large part of human history‚ and is used across the world. The typical handshake is used as a greeting‚ but it has a variety of uses and is used in many social contexts. Some
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The two essays that I have chosen are "This One’s for the Birds" by Paul Finkelman and "The Case Against Tipping" by Michael Lewis. These two essays in particular have some things in common‚ but they do have some significant differences between the two. In this paper I will try to compare and contrast these two essays and hopefully bring something to the reader’s attention that wasn’t there at first. In the first essay‚ "The Case Against Tipping"‚ the author‚ Michael Lewis talks about whether
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The Greeks‚ The Romans‚ The Jews‚ and the Christians were all important civilizations in Ancient History. Why? Because they all had a hand in forming what is now the government of the United States. All of these people had many similarities and many differences. For instance‚ the Greeks and Romans both had polytheistic religions‚ based upon many of the same gods‚ whereas Christianity and Judaism are Monotheistic Religions‚ based on parts of the same scriptures. Christianity is a derivative of
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LING109- LANGUAGE‚ CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION STUDY NOTES Week 1 Introduction Systemic functional social semiotics asks questions about meaning making in cultural contexts e.g. functions of language Experiential function: Representational meaning- what does the text represent? Interpersonal function: Modal meaning/ interpersonal meaning- how does the text engage
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Buddhism and Christianity have similarity and difference of what they have in their beliefs. Their origin‚ identity‚ purpose‚ mortality‚ and destiny are questioned by the people of what is believed can be correct. Both of the religion are based on the Old and the New Testament. Buddhism was started in northern India by Siddhartha Gautama‚ also known as Buddha. The Enlightenment included a sacred text known as the Four Noble Truths. Buddhist believes that people’s desire comes from anger‚ greed‚
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In Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ the similarities and differences among Benetha and Mr. Linder emphasize that in order to progress in any given situation all perspectives need to be taken into mind. While Mr. Linder tells the family he wants to buy the house back from them‚ he says to them‚ describing the ones living in the area‚ "They’re not rich and fancy people; just hardworking‚ honest people who don’t really have much but those little homes and dreams of the kind of community
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The Dao Essay ! While comparing Taoism and confucianism‚ there are many similarities and some differences. Right off the bat‚ the main difference is that Daoist believe that harmony with nature‚ yin and yang and the wu-wei is essential to create harmony with the Tao. On the other hand confucianism believe that in order to achieve harmony with the tao one must reflect harmony in their relationships. They also had different views on rituals and politics. ! First‚ both Taoism and Confucians had the
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be honest and give detailed answers to my questions‚ and‚ secondly‚ her perception of the world is somewhat different from other people‚ maybe because she is partly German and it given her an opportunity to consider all cultures critically and from the perspective of another culture. During the interview‚ I wanted her to be relaxed and not distracted by anything‚ therefore I invited her to my home for a cup of tea‚ considering that the best time for a long conversation for Kazakhs is the teatime.
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Though the Northern & Southern colonies were close to each other‚ they held many similarities and differences. America was a place of dreams until immigrants began sailing to its’ shores. An influx of immigrants came to America in the 17th century were English‚ but there were also Dutch‚ Swedes and Germans in the middle region‚ a few French Huguenots in South Carolina and elsewhere‚ slaves from Africa‚ mainly in the South‚ and a scattering of Spaniards‚ Italians and Portuguese all through the colonies
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though‚ how far the disclosed information matches the way it got received. Even if non verbal communication is performed advisedly‚ may the sender always rest assured that his message reached the receiver correctly? In the light of intercultural differences‚ it is highly dubious. However‚ ac- cording to Charles Darwin (1872/1998)‚ regarding facial expressions it is not: “[...] the same state of mind is expressed throughout the world with remarkable unifor- mity“ In his work‚ The Expression of the
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