INTRODUCTION Based on the discussion of the validity of Noam Chomsky’s perception of Universal Grammar (UG)‚ some past & current researches which maintain & contest Chomsky’s UG from different areas are represented. The essay focuses on: 1) Chomsky’s Universal Grammar in brief‚ in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) context; 2) Evidences supporting Chomsky’s UG - views offered by linguists such as Williams and White‚ etc‚ to provide arguments to support UG pertaining
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Present value is where the value on a set date of a future payment is discounted to reflect the time value of money and other factors. This can also apply to a series of future payments. Present value calculations are commonly utilized in business and economics to provide a way to compare cash flows at different times. Present value can be described as the current worth of a future sum of money or stream of cash flows given a specified rate of return. (http://www.getobjects.com) Future cash flows
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Love is a universal concept that has survived through the ages. With time‚ though‚ it also has become more complicated. Although‚ the concept of love becomes more complex‚ the story remains the same. In the poem‚ “Parting‚ Without a Sequel‚” by John Crowe Ransom‚ the story of love is almost over‚ and the reader becomes a part of it at the end of the affair. The poem begins with a woman finishing a letter‚ “with characters venomous and hatefully curved‚” to be mailed to
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Overview: Florence Kluckhohn Value Orientations R.S. Zaharna‚ Ed.D. American University In her seminal paper "Dominant and Variant Value Orientations‚" Florence Kluckhohn outlined five basic human problems that were common to all peoples at all times and all places (1953‚ p. 346). The value orientations Kluckhohn identified speak to the assumptions that we make about ourselves and our relationship to the world‚ which in turn‚ guide our actions. Table 1 (found at the END of this piece) provides
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Universal Studios (also referred to an Universal Pictures or simply Universal) is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBC Universal. The company was founded in 1912‚ is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States. The oldest in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City‚ California‚ and its corporate offices are located in New York City. Universal Studios is a member
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Metaphysics has been given many definitions over the years‚ Aristotle says that it is the science of being as being‚ or the study of everything that can be. Another definition given to metaphysics is the science of the most universal conceptions. My personal favorite would be metaphysics is the science of the most abstract conceptions. This‚ to me‚ is saying that metaphysics is the study of ideas real physics does not solve‚ things that cannot be measured by a gauge. Aristotle also said "The first
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things which are ultimately “universal lies”‚ the more you start believing these things. We as a people believe these things so much that we just never question them‚ and for not questioning them‚ sooner or later we get blinded by these “universal lies” so much they replace the “plural truths”. In the book “Blindness” written by Jose
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Universal Healthcare Many people cannot afford good healthcare‚ but there may be a solution to this problem. In certain countries people already have access to free healthcare‚ but not in the United States. In countries such as Switzerland and Singapore‚ people have access to free healthcare‚ making the population happy and healthy. Although‚ some people think that healthcare shouldn’t be universal‚ healthcare should be universal because it would encourage people to go for healthcare when they need
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Many scholarly and academic attempts to define or describe religion can be classified into one of two types: functional or substantive. Each represents a very distinct perspective on the nature of function of religion. Although it is possible for a person to accept both types as valid‚ in reality most people will tend to focus on one type to the exclusion of the other. Which type a person focuses on can tell a lot about what they think of religion and how they perceive religion in human life. For
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objectives of Value Education Dr A R Seetharam Principal‚ B Ed Section Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education‚ Mysore The Present Context The subject value education has come to acquire increasing prominence in educational discussions at all levels during recent times in our country. The issue has been projected as one of national priority in the National Educational Policy (NPE)‚ 1986. The Policy declares: "the growing concern over the erosion of essential values and an increasing
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