VOICES FROM MARGINAL WOMEN: GENDER IN SOUTH-ASIAN LITERATURE. “ Na Stri Swatantra Marhati” – [ Shloka ( verse ) from Mahabharat ] “My life is my own……My will is my own. My wishes are my own. No one can kill those - no one ! I will do what I like with my self and my life ! I will decide ……” [Tendulkar‚Vijay. Silence! The Court Is In Session. Trans. Priya Adarkar. India: Oxford University Press‚ 2004.] These two contradictory comments are about women – the first one is the rigid
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Hrothgar declaring that “Hate had triumphed” (Beowulf 58)‚ Hate is employed as a synonym for Grendel. Even though Grendel was one of the main antagonists throughout the story‚ he had his own version of wisdom-albeit not a good one. He was wise enough to know that if he repeatedly struck Herot by night‚ he would instill fear in the warriors inhabiting the mead hall. By utilizing the literary devices of metaphor and synonym‚ Grendel is characterized by Hrothgar as an evil entity and a force to be reckoned
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The Grammar-Translation Method The grammar-translation method of foreign language teaching is one of the most traditional methods‚ dating back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth century’s. It was originally used to teach ’dead’ languages (and literatures) such as Latin and Greek‚ and this may account for its heavy bias towards written work to the virtual exclusion of oral production. As Omaggio comments‚ this approach reflected "the view of faculty psychologists that mental discipline
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than one meaning depending on the context and what words and punctuation are being used. 3. Word Meanings Can Overlap- Many words in any given language can have similar meanings that overlap with each other. These words are known as synonyms. They are considered synonyms when at least one of the meanings‚ within the total range of meanings‚ overlaps. 4. Word Meanings Change Over Time- Words can mean one thing in a certain age and something completely different centuries later. Often times the original
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Central America and the West Indies. It grows rapidly and reaches 20 m in height. It has numerous common names including cainito‚ caimito‚ star apple‚ golden leaf tree‚ abiaba‚ pomme du lait‚ estrella‚ milk fruit and aguay. It is also known by the synonym Achras cainito. In Vietnam‚ it is called vú sữa (literally: breast-milk). The leaves are evergreen‚ alternate‚ simple oval‚ entire‚ 5–15 cm long; the underside shines with a golden color when seen from a distance. The tiny flowers are purplish white
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in the early 20th century. People who were carriers or affected by the disease were quarantine‚ isolated from society‚ and placed in sanatoriums‚ which later became known as the "waiting room for death." As described by Sheila Rothman‚ death was a synonym of tuberculosis and was a habitual characteristic of the sanatoriums1. Although people were highly encouraged to go to these establishments‚ they were not as effective as they made them seem. Even under the best conditions‚ at least half of all
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DOES LANGUAGE PLAY ROLES OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE? Language to me‚ is defined as a form of communication using words‚ letters‚ signs and symbols and bodily gestures in the form of art‚ music‚ english‚ history‚ mathematics‚ science‚ ethics and various other areas in which language is employed in. It is essential for getting by in the world and for effective communication. Taking history for example; History as we all know is written by the victor. Language employed
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include: • What is the idiom? • How were the idioms collected? • Why were only the commons idioms chosen? • How were the idioms arranged and classified? • Why were both spoken and written put together? • How the idioms were explained? • What kind of synonyms and why? • What is the alternative-similar form? • Why the literal translation? • Several kinds of
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the term ’radiation pattern ’ most commonly refers to the directional (angular) dependence of radiation from the antenna or other source (synonyms: antenna pattern‚ far-field pattern).[1][2][3] Particularly in the fields of fiber optics‚ lasers‚ and integrated optics‚ the term radiation pattern‚ or near-field radiation pattern‚ may also be used as a synonym for the near-field pattern or Fresnel pattern.[4] This refers to the positional dependence of the electromagnetic field in the near-field‚
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AN ENGLISH WORD 1. Definitions of the word 2. different kinds of motivation in the light of studying any word 3. Semasiology as the branch of linguisics 4. different approaches to the study of word meaning. 1. Word is a basic unit of language consisting of one or more morphemes. Morphemes are meaningful units or sounds of written representation as parts of words. Any word can be a subject of certain linking conditions‚ so we can form a new word adding a derivational affix
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