Matrix Vol. 6‚ No. 1‚ April 2006 TURNING TO ORWELL TO UNDERSTAND ORWELL’S PROBLEM: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC VIEW Pedro Luis Luchini luchini@copetel.com.ar Adolfo Martín García infiniteplayer@hotmail.com Abstract ________________ Drawing on the works of groundbreaking linguists and sociolinguists of the likes of Noam Chomsky‚ Ferdinand de Saussure and Benjamin Lee Whorf‚ this paper traces the origins of Orwell’s Problem by depicting the fictional sociolinguistic scenario presented in the classic
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Overpopulation is Not the Problem As we sailed into the new millennium‚ humans crossed a threshold never before witnessed in our species. We flew past the 6 billion mark in number. This is an impressive figure‚ but not one that we can easily appreciate‚ unless we are Bill Gates or ExxonMobil. Let ’s try to understand how incredibly large this number is. Consider that this article has ~9000 letters. Thus‚ it would take more than 650‚000 copies of it to produce enough letters to
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The problem that is in my own back yard is the homeless in Indiana. Homeless is defined as “without a home”‚ “typically living on the streets.” There is many questions involving the homeless. How widespread is it? How bad is it? Who might help? How do they provide help? Can I or how would I help? Well I hope to answer all of these questions. The homeless problem is widespread‚ country-wide even‚ but I am going to focus on the problem in terms of Indiana. It is a problem for men and women‚ it is
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Organizational Problem Assignment Yuchen Liu Organization Name: Gay Courageous F.A.Q.General Frequently Asked Questions about Gay Courageous What is Gay Courageous of Iowa City? Gay Courageous is a nonprofit organization to help gay and lesbians to stand out to face their true sexual orientation. We provide free counseling service to help gay people with their any kind of gay problem‚ we also help gay people to fight with their own right and take care of their psycho problems. We also help
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The World Bank describes the problem as one of the world’s primary environmental challenges. The World Health Organization refers to it as "the largest mass poisoning of a population in history" in a fact sheet published in March. The mass poisoning began‚ sadly enough‚ with a well-meaning attempt to provide clean drinking water for Bangladeshis‚ who suffered from cholera and other diseases caused by bacteria in water taken from surface reservoirs. To remedy that problem‚ the Bangladesh government
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English 101 12 November 2013 Problems in Poverty “The poverty of the poor is their destruction”‚ says the Book of Proverbs. As in any story there are two sides to be told. It is neither the rich man nor the poor man’s fault but rather a compilation of responsibility on both sides. Stories on the television or articles in the newspaper inform American’s frequently on the issue of poverty in this country. The types and studies of American’s living in poverty is on the rise. There are children
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IS A RESEARCH PROBLEM? A research problem is the situation that causes the researcher to feel apprehensive‚ confused and ill at ease. It is the demarcation of a problem area within a certain context involving the WHO or WHAT‚ the WHERE‚ the WHEN and the WHY of the problem situation. There are many problem situations that may give rise to research. Three sources usually contribute to problem identification. Own experience or the experience of others may be a source of problem supply. A second
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RESEARCH PROBLEM: A problem is (1) any significant‚ perplexing and challenging situation‚ real or artificial‚ the solution of which requires reflective thinking; (2) a perplexing situation after it has been translated into a question or series of questions that help determine the direction of subsequent inquiry. ELEMENTS OF A RESEARCH PROBLEM The term research problem implies that an investigation‚ inquiry or study is to be conducted‚ or that the problem is ready for investigation‚ inquiry
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Social Networking for Teens Online: MySpace & Facebook ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Poor Okay Good Great Awesome Rate this article: None (19 votes) Bottom of Form by John Suler‚ Ph.D. Adolescents typically spend a lot of time talking with other teens online in websites such as MySpace and Facebook. Online teens now are a significant population‚ and it is important that kids as well as parents understand what is happening in this online world. First
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Smoking Problem of UK Teenage 1.0 Introduction Scientific experiments have already proved that smoking is harmful to health‚ but smokers around the world are still growing‚ especially teenagers. The number of smokers is growing rapidly‚ which is worrying. According to a survey report issued by the WHO’s Imperial Cancer Research Foundation and American Cancer Research Foundation‚ now there is about 1.1 billion smokers in the world. Every year 3.15 million people are died of smoking‚ that is
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