Language as a social phenomenon. To be able to interpret linguistic phenomena it is important to state‚ that language is a product of society. According to Rossi-Landi‚ human appears when he overcomes the aim of satisfying immediate needs‚ i.e. start producing behavior instead of responding. Human results from the labour of man himself [Rossi-Landi 1983‚ p. 35-37; 1975‚ p. 31-69]. Thus‚ language is a result of human activity. Language vs Speech Saussure also separated language from speech‚ which
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The film ‘The Aswang Phenomenon’ is a documentary that enlightens us about the origins of the word ‘aswang’. It explained a great deal of things. Its objective is to prove that the ‘aswang’ has a great influence to our society and that it is associated with a lot more than what the great horror stories tell us. Prof. Mark Ramos’ book about the Philippine Lower Mythology classified the different types of aswang in 12 categories. This included witches‚ warewolves‚ and vampires. Meanwhile‚ there are
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The Asch Phenomenon and Consumer Behavior (Bridget Walczak) Imagine yourself sitting in a room with seven of your peers. You are asked a question and given a choice of three different answers: A‚ B‚ or C. You know the answer is C‚ yet every single person before you confidently states that the answer is B. Do you stick with your answer‚ or eliminate the fear of being wrong and embarrassed in front of your peers and go along with the group? This is the exact dilemma faced by subjects in the famous
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The Eureka Phenomenon uses examples throughout the story to support a certain way of dealing with a problem. The problem was when you get stuck trying to figure something out‚ how to get yourself back on track. Well‚ one of the examples used to figure out that situation was one about a king thinking that he got screwed over on the amount of gold used on his crown. The story supported the original problem‚ but equations were then brought into the story later on. These equations seemed to play
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The Eureka Phenomenon Many components make up the thought process. There is one component that is the sole incubator of all thoughts‚ the brain. The brain is the sole incubator of the mind. The mind cradles and protects the thought process. The process used to think is one of complex scrutiny. Researchers‚ Scientists and Psychologists have studied the brain and how the brain processes thoughts for years. The brain processes thoughts through a channel known as the mind. The mind according to the
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TOPIC The Magic of Music (the Storyline of Sara and Coalhouse Walker) TOPIC The Phenomenon of Ragtime Everyone knows the word ’music’. We repeat it almost daily in this or that context. But are there many people who can give a clear definition of this term on the spot?. If you ask 10 different people‚ you will get 10 different answers. In general‚ music is regarded as an art form that involves organized sounds and silence. It is expressed in terms of pitch (melody and harmony)‚ rhythm
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In the 1960’s the nation started to realize that many had low income and were also suffering from malnutrition. The White House conference on food‚ nutrition and health (1970) recommended that special attention should be given to low-income pregnant women and preschool children. The program was set up for pregnant women‚ infants and children up to age 6. This is the only program available to pregnant women of low-income. For it is important for pregnant women to know how to take care of themselves
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CORONA PHENOMENON AND LOSS As the voltage on a line conductor system is raised beyond a certain limit‚ a point is reached when a pale violet glow appears on the conductor surface‚ together with a slight hissing noise and a smell of ozone. This phenomenon is known as corona. For an overhead transmission system the atmospheric air‚ which is the dielectric medium‚ behaves practically like a perfect insulator when the potential difference between the conductors is small. As long as the air is
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Organized Crime / Corporate Crime The difference between white collar crime and corporate crime are very slight. White collar crime is usually conducted by people and corporate crimes are conducted by an organization. White collar crime is usually conducted by higher classed individuals such as CEO’s or high level employee’s of an organization. The individuals utilize the organization in order to exploit the company’s investors or employee’s. A corporate crime utilizes the organization to break
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SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORIES OF CRIME "How did East New York become a Ghetto" (Walter Thabit) Social disorganization is a rather difficult term to define. It basically refers to the failure of social institutions or social organizations (e.g.‚ schools‚ business‚ policing‚ real estate‚ group networking) in certain communities and/or neighborhoods (although nothing prohibits such theories from being couched at the "macro" level to talk about all of society). It has its origins in the study
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