Open and Closed Word Classes Some word classes are OPEN‚ that is‚ new words can be added to the class as the need arises. The class of nouns‚ for instance‚ is potentially infinite‚ since it is continually being expanded as new scientific discoveries are made‚ new products are developed‚ and new ideas are explored. In the late twentieth century‚ for example‚ developments in computer technology have given rise to many new nouns: Internet‚ website‚ URL‚ CD-ROM‚ email‚ newsgroup‚ bitmap‚ modem‚ multimedia
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This paper examines Indonesian blends like asdos (ASisten DOSen‚ respectively meaning ’assistant lecturer ’) "lecturer assistant" and wako (WAli KOta ’guardian city ’) "mayor". Even though this topic has‚ to a certain extent‚ been discussed under a different heading called "acronym"‚ for instance by Dardjowidjojo (1979)‚ it will prove beneficial to look into the patterns of this morphological phenomenon by making use of more data‚ including recently introduced examples. The data of this paper consist
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The History Of China The Great Leap Forward And Culture Revolution Student’s Name: Ziyi Xu Tutor’s Name: Ellie Ristic Submission Date: 25 Nov‚ 2014 Word count: 618 words Since 1949‚ Mao created People Republic of China‚ he became a leader in almost 27 years. The establishment of new China marks the opening of a new age. With the establishment of People’s Republic of China‚ Mao Zedong outlining general goals and main course for transforming China from agricultural country to industrial‚ and
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EN102 XXXXXX 2009 Assignment XX 1: Write a 200 word response on why you picked the literature that you chose. This can be in first person and informal. I selected my choice of literature from the list rather quick because I leaped at the opportunity to once again write about the “Story of an Hour.” Of all the short stories that I have read in our book thus far‚ this story by far is the story that I enjoyed the most. I think this is because the ending took me a little by surprise
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..... / memo.mlp (mlp) 10.12.20 08:41:34 Research Memorandum No.1129 December 3‚ 2010 Words of Probability ISHIGURO‚ Makio(The Institute of Statistical Mathematics) Words of Probability ISHIGURO‚ Makio(The Institute of Statistical Mathematics) Key Words: subjective probability‚ confidence‚ belief‚ frequency‚ verbal expression Abstract There are everyday expressions such that ’probably’; ’might be’;’could be’ etc.‚ to describe the strengths of one’s confidence in the occurrence
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and found out my wrist was truley broken. Description As I stand on the front porch of my cabin‚ a soft smell of sage drifts in my face‚ while I gaze in the distance. Off to the right is a narrow valley‚ crawling with willow brush so thick you need a machete to walk through it. As I look at the ravine running north and south an echo of water draining into water creeps towards me. Around the hill at the south end is a pond‚ and at the north end sets a little old calving shed surrounded by
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The achievement gap is the difference in academic performance between groups of students. Groups of students like socioeconomic status‚ race and ethnicity‚ and gender. You can see the achievement gap in grade levels‚ standardized-testing‚ and course selection. The achievement gap is used to show the different performance gaps between different groups with African-American and Hispanic students‚ being at the lower part of the scale‚ compared to non-Hispanic white peers. There is a similar academic
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Definition: The process of creating a new word out of one or more old words‚ either by adding a prefix or suffix or by compounding. Adjective:derivational. Examples and Observations: * "Morphology may be divided into derivation--rules that form a new word out of old words‚ like duckfeathers and unkissable--and inflection--rules that modify a word to fit its role in a sentence‚ what language teachers call conjugation and declension." (Steven Pinker‚ Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
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social life and where they believe they would thrive the most. Although we think we are always right in any given situation‚ it never really turns out that way and encounters with fitting in and the decisions made to be included in a certain social group acknowledge the fact that sometimes we are wrong. A quote by Rick Warren states‚ “Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.” This comment describes that once we become a follower‚ it is difficult to change‚ and may become trapped in the life
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The Power of Words In 2004‚ human rights were violated in the form of physical‚ psychological and sexual abuse‚ including torture‚ rape and homicide of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. These acts were committed by military police of the United States Army. Did this happen because the soldiers considered the Iraqis as inhuman‚ and was it caused by having a certain language to refer to the enemies? In war‚ soldiers find it easier to cope after killing if they know that they have killed the opposing side
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