Seminar No 5 (2 hrs) MAJOR ACCENTS IN THE UK. GENERAL AMERICAN AS THE AMERICAN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION STANDARD Points for discussion: Major accents in the UK. 1. RP/BBC English as the British national standard of pronunciation: 1) Socio-historical survey of RP/BBC English. 2) Phonological and phonetic dimensions of RP/BBC English. 2. Cockney as an example of a broad accent of English. 3. Estuary English. 4. Chief differences between RP and regional accents
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Leading up to the Civil War‚ there were many similarities and differences between the three regions of the United States. They all had their own ways of carrying out everyday life and dealing with politics in their region. Tension between the regions continued to grow over controversial issues‚ which soon led to the Civil War taking place. In the North‚ the economy was largely based off of production. There were lots of factories in the North that produced many jobs for people and helped with
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Culture is comprehensive. This means that all parts must fit together in some logical fashion. 2) Culture is learned rather than being something we are born with. 3) Culture is manifested within boundaries of acceptable behavior. 4) Conscious awareness of cultural standards is limited. 5) Cultures fall somewhere on a continuum between static and dynamic depending on how quickly they accept change. Culture can be further divided into subcultures. One’s race‚ religion‚ age‚ geographical location
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Dorian Zimmerman Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by the people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. These two colonies divided based on their values and goals for their future‚ New England believed in unity‚ religion‚ and family‚ while the Chesapeake region believed in success‚ working alone‚ and entrepreneurship. Their lives really centered around what they believed in and was the determining factor on why these
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interaction between the biotic and abiotic of ecosystems. I found the earth’s major biomes particularly interesting‚ and would like to reflect on them. According to the text book‚ a biome is a large‚ relatively distinct terrestrial region with similar climate‚ soil‚ plants‚ and animals‚ regardless of where it occurs in the world. There are four aquatic biomes and nine major terrestrial biomes. The nine major terrestrial biomes are: tundra‚ boreal
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A major threat to ethics‚ according to Simon Blackburn‚ a philosophy professor at the University of Cambridge‚ is the threat of relativism. Blackburn describes in his novel‚ Ethics: A Very Short Introduction‚ the dangers of relying on the fact that truth and moral values are relative to certain individuals and cultures rather than universal. Some of these dangers‚ which I will describe further in this essay‚ include the lack of universal truth and the belief that one’s values cannot affect relations
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Expository-Discovery Continuum -Teaching Methodologies- teachers develop an ever-expanding repertoire of teaching techniques to help decide which techniques are appropriate for the situation at hand. -No single method meets all the needs of the children. 3 Teaching Methodologies -Expository- teacher-dominant -Free Discovery- student-dominant -Guided inquiry- teacher facilitates children in their investigation of teacher-established topic. Expository -Teacher’s role: decide what is to be taught‚
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other structures such as floodgates or levees (also known as dikes) are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are often used in conjunction with dams to provide clean electricity for millions of consumers. It can also be used to collect water or for storage of water which can be evenly distributed between locations. Hoover Dam‚ a concrete arch-gravity dam in Black Canyon of the Colorado River. Lake Mead in the background is
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“Globalization Headaches at Whirlpool” Global Marketing‚ 2000‚ p85 Vlasic‚ Bill and Zachary Schiller. “Did Whirlpool gone Too Far Too Fast?” Business Week‚ 24 June 1996. Weiss‚ David D. and C. Gross‚ “Industry Corner: Major Household Appliances in Western Europe‚” Business Economics‚ Vol. 30‚ Issue 3‚ July 1995: 67.
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Major depression is severe debilitating psychiatric disorder associated with impairment in cognitive functions. We previously showed that depression-induced cognitive deficits are manifested due alterations in the dendritic arborization‚ volumes‚ levels of neurotransmitters and abnormal synaptic plasticity which were restored by chronic treatment with escitalopram or reboxetine. Unfortunately‚ most of the medications that target monoaminergic system are ineffective; produces recurrence and lack of
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