________________________________________________________________________ Linguistics 1 Introduction to Study of Language Professor Russell Schuh ESSAY QUESTIONS: LESSON 2 – SYNTAX Your name: Your section: ________________________________________________________________________ Instructions: Essay answers should be no more than 150 words. Please respond to all of the following prompts: ESSAY QUESTION 1: The joke in the cartoon below uses syntactic ambiguity. Draw two phrase structure diagrams for the sentence
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December 2013 Grade Inflation in United States of Missouri What is grade inflation and why is it that it’s frequently discusses in relation to education in the United States as opposed to other countries‚ like Europe? Wikipedia defines grade inflation as “ the tendency of receiving higher academic grades for performing a work that would have received lower grades in the past.” In European schools‚ fewer than 10% of students get A’s‚ contrary‚ American students get more A’s. Why is there grade inflation
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Kennedy K. Reese Mrs. Riddle Freshman Composition 14 November 2014 To Decriminalize Marijuana Or To Not Should marijuana be decriminalized nationwide throughout the U.S? Marijuana has been around for hundreds of years. Many people are for decriminalizing marijuana and many people are against it. Some people view marijuana as a bad thing for our society and just as many if not more feel as though it could be beneficial. It could be bad I used improperly. For example while driving and someone under
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Silver Bells “City sidewalks‚ busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style… In the air‚ there’s a feeling of Christmas…” My favorite holiday has always been Christmas. I love everything about it! One of the best things about Christmastime is that we get such a long time off from school. In addition to that‚ my family flies back home to Pennsylvania in December‚ so we always get to see snow. We also spend time with family and friends playing games and exchanging gifts‚ which is always a lot of fun. Of
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Lauren Butler ESPM 60 Final Essay #2 Command-and-Control Regulation Since the 1980s‚ command-and-control‚ or direct‚ regulation as been criticized as a policy approach. Still‚ it is so dominant in our governing because the system is heavily entrenched in our legal system and would be a big cost to change‚ and there does not appear to be other equally legitimate ways to ensure a trustworthy environmental performance that will produce guaranteed results (Lecture 19). Many policy-makers see a change
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Grades are an effective means of motivating students to do their best work. Believing: Grades are often seen to be one of‚ if not the most effective method of motivating a student to work to their fullest potential. For example‚ a student who receives an A-grade is going to be encouraged by the grade‚ as they see it to be an affirmation of their academic efforts. An A-student views their grade with pride‚ and will work very hard to maintain said grade‚ once achieved. An example of this is as
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Alcoholism is a disease that can be treated‚ but through research. I have found that there is no cure for the disease. I t is noted that nearly 14 million people in the U.S. (7.4 % of Americans) abuse alcohol or are alcoholics (Dorsey‚ Larson‚ Segal1). Severe alcoholism can also lead to organ damage such as cirrhosis of liver‚ epilepsy‚ and gastritis. Because alcoholism is a disease‚ genetic and environmental factors have plenty to do with its development. To support my belief that alcoholism is
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Essay 2 1400-1600 Define and explain the aims of the Enlightenment. The Age of Enlightenment is also known as the Age of Reason. It was the main intellectual and cultural movement in the eighteenth century. It refers to the period between 1650 – 1800. During this period intellectuals and philosophers emphasised reason. The enlightenment was a historical change that had affected both politically and socially. Most people believed that the main ideas of the Enlightenment are : using
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Marketing Audit: Lite n’ Easy Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 4 2. Introduction 5 3. Relevant Environments 5 4. Competitive Situation Analysis 7 5. SWOT Analysis 8 6. Position on the GE (General Electric) Grid 9 7. Market Research Needs 10 8. Consumer Behaviour Issues Relevant To The Purchase And Consumption Of Product 12 9. Target Segments and Core Benefits 14 10. Positioning Strategy 16 11. Product and Branding Strategy 18 12. Pricing Strategy 20 13. Distribution Strategy
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tell me that math is the easiest subject in which to cheat in. (Dorff‚ par 3) They’ve figured out how to program calculators to have all the answers for their tests. An English teacher said she no longer counts her vocabulary quizzes in her students grades because she hasn’t found a way to stop them from cheating. In a survey of students I asked what the though of the idea of requiring next semesters students to sign a pledge that simply said “I will not lie‚ cheat or steal.” most said it would be
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