Masaryk University Brno Faculty of Education Department of English Language and Literature Euphemisms Brno 2012 Author: Mgr. Kristýna Šebková Supervisor: Mgr. Radek Vogel‚ PhD. 1 Acknowledgements I would like to thank my supervisor Mgr. Radek Vogel‚ Ph.D. for revising my thesis and his helpful and friendly attitude. 2 Declaration I hereby declare that this paper is completely my own work and that I used only the sources listed in the bibliography. ....................
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MODERN TRENDS AND TECHNIQUES IN HF RADIO COMMUNICATION CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW In times of increased necessity for international crisis management‚ secure and protected Radio communications especially at sea are more important than ever before. Mobile Naval forces require reliable‚ jam resistant and secure voice and data connections. Standardized communication media‚ such as email‚ internet via radio‚ has long been part of today’s naval communication and is now indispensable
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English Literature for Teachers This assignment presents a sequence of five evaluated English lessons‚ aimed at Year 11 students‚ displaying Social‚ Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD). The case study student is a Year 11 boy identified as ‘H’ for the purpose of this assignment. He has ADHD‚ Aspergers and mental health issues which required hospitalisation during the Year 9 Summer Term. This has resulted in an extensive amount of authorised absence affecting his grades across the curriculum
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English literature test 1/ literary works cannot be successful without stylistic devices. Those are skillfully used by henry in his story ‘ the gift of the magi’ can you prove that? Simile is used to describe Della’s greatest possession her hair: “Della’s beautiful hair fell like a cascade of brown water”. Her hair is a wavy as it is like a cascade‚ its colour is like brown water. Comparison is noticed: “That made her looks like a truant schoolboy.” After having had her hair cut Della can
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bоrrоwings in the English language 4 1.1 Definitiоn and peculiarities оf lexical bоrrоwing 4 1.2 Ways оf bоrrоwing 7 1.3 Sоurces оf bоrrоwing 8 1.3.1 Celtic bоrrоwings 8 1.3.2 Latin bоrrоwings 9 1.3.3 Greek bоrrоwings 12 1.3.4 Scandinavian bоrrоwings 14 1.3.5 French bоrrоwings 14 1.3.6 Bоrrоwings frоm оther languages 16 1.4 Assimilatiоn оf bоrrоwings 18 1.5 Clаssificаtiоn оf bоrrоwings 20 Results оf the theоretical part 21 II Practical research оf using bоrrоwings in the English language 22 2.1 Bоrrоwings
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HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL END OF TERM III 2010 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TEST G11 TIME: 2Hrs Date: 25th November 2010 INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Answer a total of five questions. 2. Answer not more than two questions on any one book. Orwell: Animal Farm 1. The song ‘Beasts of England’ clearly outlines the aspirations and vision of the animals on Animal Farm. What are these aspirations that the song reveals? Say why the animals fail to realize them
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are university professors carefully selected by the teaching company and its customers for electuaries distinguishing and teaching excellent .These lectures are titled the English novel part 1 the lecturer is professor thes vergen professor vergine is associate professor English and the blune England becanin professor English letruture lures university where he’s been teaching for over 50 years professor virgine preform in college where he graduated from magnikme glawd he were own doing his
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A euphemism is defined as a non-harmful phrase or word used to substitute another word or phrase that is seen as‚ in some way‚ unpleasant. These words and phrases‚ though created with the best possible intentions‚ are slowly causing the English language to decay. For example‚ penitentiaries used to be led by a warden. In an effort to seem politically correct‚ penitentiaries‚ prisons and jails have been renamed to the‚ allegedly less controversial‚ title of “correctional facility” or “detention facility
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printed in English. Proverbs‚ folk songs‚ esoteric language and imagery are all used to create realistic‚ honest portrayals of tribal life in Nigeria‚ these are all aspects used in how we read ‘Things Fall Apart’. (1) Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ is written in English and belongs to the European form . Some words in the novel are left untranslated. This is a common trait of Achebe’s work. These words are meant to represent ideas and these ideas could not be translated properly into English in fear
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