Pro-Seminar II: History of English Language and Language Change Instructor: Annette Mantlik Wintersemester 2013/14 Doing what comes naturally – inherent causes of language change Human language is affected both by the mind and the vocal apparatus. Causes for changes in language are mostly due to social triggers but also have a deeper‚ inherent level. A certain tendency to ease the effort in pronounciation is built into language because of anatomical‚ physiological and psychological make-up
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In Socialism Lies the Future We have been placed on the Earth in troubled times. We live in a complex world with currents of conflict to be found everywhere. Political machinations ruin the stability of nations. The message I bring to you is not a happy one‚ but it is the truth‚ and time is always on the side of truth. I believe that one of the most pressing duties of our time‚ for us as a community and for us as individuals‚ is to strengthen our conscience; to clarify further‚ each day‚ our vision
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1. What do you see as the strengths and weaknesses of capitalism? Give some examples: Strengths: • Sense of free agency and choice all around • Incentive to work and create • “miracle of exchange” • Natural way to allocate Resources • Controls prices and profits through natural law of supply and demand- less supply and more demand= prices up • In human nature • Social Good • Equality • Greed that causes competition • Democracy • Growth • Happiness • Harmony. Weakness: • Dishonestly • Greed • Unstable
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Joey Lane Professor Holmes English 102 12-9-10 Benefits of P2P and File Sharing File sharing started with tapes in the 1970’s and CD’s in the 1980’s but file sharing did not gain mainstream attention until Napster was invented by Shawn Fanning in 1999. Napster‚ the first large scale illegal file sharing program‚ was a peer to peer (P2P) program which allows users to trade files from one computer to another through a central program. Once Napster was released‚ it immediately gained widespread
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as to compensate for the destabilization that resulted from massive enlisting of men in the armies (Bergmann 85). Sharing Housework Equally The aforementioned situation made it necessary to have spouses share duties equally as this served to facilitate the creation of an extra amount of family time‚ even with its limited availability. Furthermore‚ women began considering men as equals especially after it occurred to them that they could work as sufficiently as men in the factories and other places
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The article Cognitive offloading: How the internet is increasingly taking over human memory found in Science Daily talks about the use of Internet. Having availability to unlimited resources on the Internet makes us tempted to use it. Therefore‚ affecting our thought processes for problem solving‚ memory and learning. We often think that memory happens in the head but at this age and time it happens through the Internet and in one search away. Benjamin Storm‚ Sean Stone and Aaron Benjamin conducted
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For Music Sharing 1. Don’t want the whole CD * Sometimes a CD only has a few songs that are good * They are expensive Artists are for music sharing * Many artists support file sharing. Janis Ian -"The premise of all this ballyhoo is that the industry (and its artists) are being harmed by free downloading. Nonsense." Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore -"Trying to control music sharing - by shutting down P2P sites or MP3 blogs or BitTorrent or whatever other technology comes along - is
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Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing: What is the risk? Every day‚ millions of computer users share files online. Whether it is music‚ games‚ or software‚ file-sharing can give people access to a wealth of information. You simply download special software that connects your computer to an informal network of other computers running the same software. Millions of users could be connected to each other through this software at one time. The software often is free and easily accessible. Sounds promising‚ right
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File Sharing: Good Vs. Bad In recent articles about file sharing‚ a few things have become very clear. What is the reason that the government and recording artists don’t want you to share music files? Sure it has something to do with the lack of tax dollars it produces for the government and the loss in income for recording artists‚ but it also has a lot to do with the time and effort put forth to make these albums. In a recent article "Music industry worried about CD burning"
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Peer to peer downloading and file sharing is now one of‚ if not the most popular uses of the internet within today’s generation. The downloading and sharing of files takes place in networks such as Limewire‚ which provide individuals the opportunity and tools to search and download files from each other on a limitless basis. One of the prominent features that have lead to the success and popularity of this medium of obtaining music is the variety of music itself. Because of the extensive number
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