Today What is Linguistics? Descriptive vs. Prescriptive rules/grammars Linguistic competence vs. performance Readings: 1.2-1.3 LING 200 -- McGarrity 1 What is Linguistics? The scientific study and analysis of human language. LING 200 -- McGarrity 2 Core Subfields Phonetics: the study of the physical properties of speech sounds (acoustic phonetics) and how they are made (articulatory phonetics) e.g.‚ Park the car in Harvard yard. [p k k n h v d j d] [p a k d k a n ha v d ja d
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There are many similarities and differences between the Byzantine Empire and medieval Western Europe. There are also many factors that have contributed to their changes. The reign of these emperors and traditions of these empires had led to important historical developments and has also taught us on how political leaders should have ruled. The reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian I from 482–565 C.E. was of both glory and destruction. Justinian reconquered much of the former Roman Empire while creating
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Russian Borrowings in English: Similarities and Differences in Lexicographic Description Mirosława Podhajecka University of Opole 1. Introduction The study of word origins enjoyed considerable popularity in the past‚ and etymologies‚ a traditional component of a dictionary entry‚ were often hotly debated‚ even though ‘the amateurs who‚ as late as 1900‚ filled the pages of popular journals with their conjectures on word origins‚ had no idea that they should have used their time reading
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they may do business with foreigners‚ they use traditional Chinese way to solve problems. The similarity is they all like follow one agreement made by top manager‚ but the reasons can be different. In Chinese companies is for avoiding trouble discussing with top managers further whereas in Japanese companies is to remaining harmony and concentrating on one goal. After the dicision is made‚ differences also exists. Japanese employees will do exactly what the company’s goal is despite the fact that
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speak the Spanish language. The US government began using this term to refer to a person of Cuban‚ Mexican‚ Puerto Rican‚ South or Central American‚ or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race in the 1970’s. Then the term continued to be used and I have never felt offended by the term even though I know that it’s an easy term to generalize a whole lot of people. On the other hand you have the term Latino or Latina which definition is a person who speaks a romance language (i.e. Italian‚ Spanish
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Multicultural and differences within a country might have been a normal circumstances. Those two might have stimulated people to propose hundreds of objections and appeals whichever debates always asserted in. To win over the court‚ debates were the only key to make the court’s decision in their favor. However‚ differences in the United States history did not only end up at the court yet at the secession. The seeds of secession actually had been sown early in American history which literally with
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Similarities and Differences in Juvenile and Adult Justice Systems When a juvenile is arrested and charged with committing a crime there are many different factors that will come in to play during the course of his arrest‚ trial‚ conviction‚ sentencing‚ and rehabilitation process. In the past we tried all criminals as adults. There was no distinction made between adult and child. Over the years we have come to realize the need to separate these two groups‚ as they are two distinctly different
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differing national cultures are relevant to an understanding of the reasons for accounting differences‚ and therefore to the process of classification of countries. 12/11/2008 ABSTRACT Culture was broadly ignored and was flooded in the concept of environmental factors influencing the accounting changes. However‚ research has shown that culture had a huge role in accounting development and changes. In this essay‚ we are going to develop Gray’s theory about the relationship between culture and accounting
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should Christians view other religions in light of their own faith?. It is indicated that this paper will be careful to not generalize Christianity in matters where there is disagreement. Similarities Between Christianity and Other Religions There are many major religions of the world that have similarities and
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university Course Code: Course title: Sec “Differences between cultures in non-verbal Communication” Submitted By: |Names |ID | | | | | |
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