became significant in the period between 1898 and 1946‚ when the Philippines was under the United States sovereignty. Since then‚ the English language remains the country’s official language. On July 14‚ 1936‚ the National Language Institute selected Tagalog as the basis of National Language. As time went by‚ Filipinos started to use both languages at the same time and thus‚ code switching emerged. According to YourDictionary.com (n.d.)‚ “Code switching” is a linguistics term that basically means
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“tyrants” in Greece weren’t the malicious leaders like the future tyrants such as Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler. One of the tyrants during the reign of tyranny was a man named Solon. Solon once said‚ “Society is well governed when its people obey magistrates‚ and the magistrates obey the law.” This quote shows that Solon‚ unlike other tyrants‚ did not believe that he was above the law. This is extremely essential for a leader to realize he is held at the same standard as his people. It is like a
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(2) The Period of Imitation (1910-1924) By 1919‚ the UP College Folio published the literary compositions of the first Filipino writers in English. They were the pioneers in short story writing. They were then groping their way into imitating American and British models which resulted in a stilted‚ artificial and unnatural style‚ lacking vitality and spontaneity. Their models included Longfellow and Hawthorne‚ Emerson and Thoreau‚ Wordsworth and Tennyson‚ Thackeray and Macaulay‚ Longfellow
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EL FILIBUSTERISMO WRITING OF EL FILIBUSTERISMO * El Filibusterismo/El Fili is the sequel of Jose Rizal’s first novel (Noli Me Tangere). * The title of Jose Rizal’s second novel was based on his experience in 1872 when he first heard the word “filibustero” during the height of the issue on GOM-BUR-ZA’s execution. * The English version of this novel is entitled “The Reign of Greed.” * A year after his stint as a town doctor in Calamba‚ Jose Rizal made changes in the plot and edited
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Immaculate Heart of Mary College Quezon City “Comparative Study of Indian Music and Filipino Music” Indian Music: Indian classical music is based on the ragas ("colors")‚ which are scales and melodies that provide the foundation for a performance. Unlike western classical music‚ that is deterministic‚ Indian classical music allows for a much greater degree of "personalization" of the performance‚ almost to the level of jazz-like improvisation. Thus‚ each performance of a raga
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higher class and lower class. People who were affluent and had power could vote‚ had rights to access to the laws and participate important ceremonies. People who were in poverty and did not have power were not able to access to these. The Law of Solon was very essential throughout the Greece that underlined “that and adulterer may be put to death by the man who catches him. As and example‚ Euphiletus was put on trial after killing his wife’s lover. You might ask a question‚ “Why he was on trial
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Atlantis is the subject of a legend about an advanced island civilization that was destroyed or lost. Stories about Atlantis are first mentioned in Plato’s dialogues Timaeus and Critias‚ in which characters say it was destroyed by an earthquake or a tsunami about 9‚000 years before the time in which Plato wrote. The story claims Atlantis was somewhere outside the Pillars of Hercules. According to Plato‚ the story originated with Ancient Egyptian priests. Some people believe that the stories are
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and other ornaments. Other native clothing‚ during Pre-Spanish Philippines were the canga and the bahag. The canga is a type of a collarless shirt - which later became adorned with laces‚ trimmings‚ buttons‚ and a collar - was where from the Barong Tagalog evolved. On the other hand‚ the bahag was a type of loincloth or G-string. Present-day Filipinos‚ due to climatic reasons‚ prefer to wear T-shirts combined with maong (jeans) trousers for men and skirts for women. The "jeans and T-shirts" combination
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English 101 Section 125 11 December 2012 Atlantis: The Lost Civilization The legend of the Lost Civilization of Atlantis has intrigued people from all walks of life for centuries… over two millennia actually. From Plato’s writings the story may have actually been written in stone being as the story was passed on from ancient Egyptians. Atlantis is probably one of the most inspirational “lost civilizations” in recorded history. It doesn’t matter which story you’ve read or what documentary
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war are more important than those of peace; but this opinion needs to be corrected.” He supports his point that peace is more important and the work done to get peace will last longer than the outcome of war with the accomplishments of Solon and Themistocles. Solon created the Areopagus and laws that stayed in place for a long time and Themistocles does not have anything memorable about him. Cicero talks about how one should conduct themselves in times of peril and how to be
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