Culture is a term which is brandished with little regard to its actual meaning‚ likely due to the fact that there are hundreds of definitions trying to capture the essence of culture. One such definition‚ provided in a social psychology textbook‚ states that culture is the enduring behaviours‚ ideas‚ attitudes‚ and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next ’ (Myers & Spencer‚ 12). While this is a workable explanation of culture‚ in that it captures
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William Somerset Maugham. Stylistic pecularities. Maugham became a witty satirist of the post-colonial world and wrote over thirty plays‚ mainly light satiric comedies. At one time he had four dramas running simultaneously; only Bernard Shaw has had more plays on at the same time in London. The British Library holds many of Maugham’s published plays‚ and the Library’s Lord Chamberlain’s collection contains a considerable number of typescripts. Though Maugham doesn’t denounce the contemprorary
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Meaning and Nature of Psychological Test A psychological test is an instrument that indicates how much a participant has of the quality the test measures. A test can be defined as a standardized procedure for sampling behavior and describing it with categories or scores. Psychological testing was originally designed for two purposes: to measure intelligence and to detect personality disorders. Over time‚ psychological testing has expanded to measure diverse concepts. Psychological tests are
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quite subjective. The description of the geographical position of the state Winnemac and its largest city makes exactly such impression. But when the reader goes on he faces really vivid examples of hyperbola‚ epithets‚ zeugma‚ metaphors and other stylistic devices. One becomes immersed in the bright‚ humorous and at the same time critical world of Sinclair Lewis. The author mocks at the weak points of education‚ at ridiculous university traditions and the life of students in general. The title
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THE PUB Goddamn it’s bright out here‚ all the phonies going to the lousy lake that depresses me. It really does. Everyone and they’re phony smiles just trying to get on a boat. It’ll make you puke just seeing these goddamn girls with their tits all in their face‚ make you want to puke. It really will. The only girl worth looking at was old Jane Gallagher; you could stare at that ass of hers all day long. You really could. She looked like one of those playboy models. Those girls sure are nice to
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The Meaning of Freedom America is the universal symbol for freedom. Freedom stands for something greater than just the right to act however to choose. It stands for equal opportunity for life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. Freedom is a word that is going to keep changing with every new generation or culture. Freedom also represents the soldiers who fought and died for their country. Our soldiers‚ who are the backbone of our military superpower‚ continue to put their life on the line to
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The meaning of security Hammad Ishaq (10110541) Poli Sci 283 M.Zekulin Due Feb 6th‚ 2013 In the Article “Redefining Security”‚ Richard H. Ullman argues that it would be much more beneficial in the long run‚ if governments were to put more focus on non-military issues‚ rather than military issues. He states that defining national security merely (or even primarily) in military terms conveys a profoundly false image of reality (Ullman 1983‚ 129). Ullman states that‚ a significant disadvantage
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In The modern Greek term for sport is Αθλητισμός (athlitismos)‚ directly cognate with the English terms "athlete" and "athleticism" but the oldest definition of “sport” in English (1300) is of anything humans find amusing or entertaining. Other meanings include gambling and events staged for the purpose of gambling; hunting; and games and diversions‚ including ones that require exercise. Roget’s defines the noun sport as an "activity engaged in for relaxation and amusement" with synonyms including
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marriage song on the occasion of the wedding of Tennyson’s sister Cecilia. It was written after the death of Arthur Henry Hallam‚ a friend of Tennyson’s and it deals with many intellectual issues of the Victorian Age‚ since the author tried to find a meaning for life and death and he also tries to cope with his sense of loss. Furthermore‚ In Memoriam links traditional religious faith and belief in immortality with the theories of evolution and modern geology which were emerging at the time the author
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of nouns. Stylistic function of articles‚ genitive case‚ plural number. Stylistic functions of different grammatical categories in different parts of speech. 1) Stylistic transposition of pronouns. 2) Adjectives‚ stylistic function of degrees of comparison. 3) Stylistic functions of verbal categories. 4) Stylistic functions of adverbs. Style is less investigated on the morphological level than on any other one because very many scholars hold the opinion that stylistic connotations
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