Dialectology Dialectology is a study of language that focuses on understanding dialects. It is part of a larger group of studies called sociolinguistics‚ which evaluates the many elements that shape communication in whole cultures or in smaller groups. When dialectologists study language they are principally concerned with identifying how the same language can vary‚ based on a number of circumstances. This does not simply mean pronunciation changes‚ but can also mean differences in word choice‚
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On November 8‚ 1942‚ the military forces of the United States and the United Kingdom launched an amphibious operation against French North Africa‚ in particular the French-held territories of Algeria and Morocco. That landing‚ code-named ’Torch‚’ reflected the results of long and contentious arguments between British and American planners about the future course of Allied strategy — arguments that were finally stilled by the intervention of the American president‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt. In both a
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is a free choice that goes along with life and if the result seems unfair‚ it is because humans are out of synch with each other. Daru‚ the schoolmaster that The Guest surrounds‚ is a French colonist in Algeria‚ at a time when France was attempting to phase out Arab influence and make Algeria and extension of its own country. The Arab nationalists were seen as barbarians while the French saw themselves as pedagogues‚ come to save these savages from themselves. While Daru himself seems neutral to
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| Germany | Great Britain | France | Switzerland | | 170‚230 | 137‚091 | 17‚849 | 5‚325 | 3‚203 | 2‚730 | 3 | Indonesia | Japan | Germany | Great Britain | France | Switzerland | | 82‚336 | 51‚167 | 12‚369 | 8‚124 | 7‚780 | 2‚110 | 4 | Algeria | France | Germany | Switzerland | USA | - | | 74‚395 | 69‚124 | 4‚591 | 0‚493 | 0‚187 | | 5 | Egypt | Great Britain | Germany | France | Japan | USA | | 73‚335 | 20‚375 | 15‚878 | 13‚924 | 13‚675 | 4‚520 | 6 | Turkey | Switzerland | France
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. Country Overview Tunisia‚ a country of 10 million people is bound by the Mediterranean Sea to its North and East‚ Libya to its South and Algeria to its West. Most of its population is concentrated in and around Tunis and towards the Eastern part of the country. Tunisia attained independence from France in 1956 and currently has a rightist government headed by General Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. Tunisia’s economy‚ traditionally based on agriculture‚ has diversified into
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Silvana Domaz Professor Hussein ENG108: Writing Project #4 22 April 2012 Why Foreign Language Should be a Core Subject in Public Elementary School The benefits of learning a foreign language go beyond learning a different culture or being able to communicate with people of different backgrounds. It is essential that Americans speak languages other than English in order to compete internationally‚ keep the country safe‚ and prepare children to be world citizens. Several language organizations
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Dr.Kay English 102 22 April 2013 The Guest “The Guest” is a short story about a schoolteacher who refuses to take sides in the colonial conflict in Algeria. The short story was written by Albert Camus‚ winning author‚ journalist and philosopher. The short story was first published in 1957. The story takes place in Algeria with two men climbing a rocky slope. Daru is a schoolmaster‚ who also lives in the school house. There is no school when it is a blizzard; all the kids stay at
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This confluence mirrors the intertwining paths of the three characters in this story. The fact that the rivers drawn on the board are rivers in France‚ and the schoolhouse is in Algeria‚ continues to present a symbol of the oppression that Algeria faced during this time‚ being forced to learn about french culture in their homeland. As Perrine puts it “[A symbol] may suggest a cluster of meanings”(Perrine 307). On the subject of the chalkboard‚ school supplies
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D. Robert Ladd Robert is a now somewhat retired Phonologist of some fame whom taught phonology and phonetics at the University of Edinburgh for 26 years. His PHD thesis focused on “The structure of Intonational meaning” but he has since “grown out of it” and moved into studying Prosody and Laboratory Phonology in various projects both in Edinburgh and overseas‚ only revisiting the subject of Intonation infrequently. Such activities include: studies on pitch and segmental alignment in Greek‚ developing
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