Historical linguistics (also called diachronic linguistics) is the study of language change. It has five main concerns: to describe and account for observed changes in particular languages to reconstruct the pre-history of languages and determine their relatedness‚ grouping them into language families (comparative linguistics) to develop general theories about how and why language changes to describe the history of speech communities to study the history of words‚ i.e. etymology. Contents
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Historical Foundations of Curriculum Read Topic 6: Historical Foundations of Curriculum pages 1-33. Complete the following: 1. Select one movement from prior to 1980 that you think still has impact on curriculum today and explain why. I believe the Activity Movement has impacted curriculum today. The Activity Movement emphasized students’ experiences‚ projects‚ themes‚ interdisciplinary studies‚ situational lessons‚ and focuses on attitudes and beliefs. Some of today’s curriculums revolve around
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Historical and Biographical Approaches Historical criticism seeks to interpret the work of literature through understanding the times and culture in which the work was written. The historical critic is more interested in the meaning that the literary work had for its own time than in the meaning the work might have today. For example‚ while some critics might interpret existential themes in Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ a historical critic would be more interested in analyzing the play within the context
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Social Security Act (1935) With a dramatic increase in life expectancy and decreases in mortality rates‚ many old People live their later lives with chronic illnesses and disabilities. As a result‚ long-term care is becoming an important part of service to the elderly population. The US General Accounting Office (1994) reports that more than 12 million Americans need long-term care and 55% of them are people aged 65 or older (Binstock‚ Cluff‚ & Mering‚ 1996). Accordingly‚ the government
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice‚ Italy‚ in a wealthy and merchant family. In 1260‚ the first journey east of Marco Polo’s father and uncle‚ Nicolo and Maffeo Polo‚ set out and they arrived at the court of Kublai Khan in 1265. The Polos brought 100 European priests to Kublai Khan according to the suggestion and they returned to Venice in 1269. In 1271‚ Marco Polo had his first journey when he was 15 years old after his mother’s death. He departed with his father and uncle to China and they
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The sun was so bright it woke me up. The window next to me brought in cool wind. The king died from one of the many rules of the great and deiced Hammurabi. I thought Hammurabi made these rules were made to protect the weak. Now because of that our kind king has died because of his selflessness. Why did he have to leave us so soon? A warm tear escaped my eye and rolled down my cheek. He was trying to protect an innocent widow. The traveler refused to back down and they started to fight. He accidently
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Civil rights context 14th Amendment: The 14th amendment in the constitution of the United States of America was adopted in 1868 after the civil war (1861-65). It was formed after the 13th amendment abolishing slavery. The 14th amendment was produced to give all citizens of America equal access to the law this was for black and white citizens. This amendment was used to displace the poor law enforcement of the post war south. This gave the covering of the rights of the constitution for all people
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fro no reason‚ randomly disappear for lengths at a time. I’ve most likely called him names that I know I can not take back. We’ll be in a relationship and I’ll keep him a secret‚ and for what? But I will not forget the biggest mistake I have made. Cat fishing him. Like‚ okay‚ I didn’t know why I did it. Maybe because I was an insecure immature little shit at the time or I just thought that he’d never talk to me.
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Postcolonialism – An Historical Introduction Robert J. C. Young In these two chapters from the book ‘Postcolonialism – An Historical Introduction‚ Robert J.C. Young provides the reader with an in depth understanding of colonal and postcolonial history‚ as well as well pondered definitions of important terms within the academic field of postcolonial studies. To illustrate the cruel and inhumane reality of the imperialistic powers‚ Young uses the case of Sir Roger Casement‚ a former member of
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To what extent should contemporary society respond to the legacies of historical globalization? To the extent of saying sorry and get over it‚ it’s in the past: what is done and we can’t take it back. Do people today really have to respond because of the wrongs our ancestors did? Well yea‚ but not to the extent of handing out money‚ our hard earn cash. And to the extent of what does history teaches us and the lessons learned with complete objectivity? Yes I understand that the apologies is not being
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