1 Three Waves of Variation Study: The emergence of meaning in the study of variation Penelope Eckert Stanford University Abstract The treatment of social meaning in variation has come in three waves of analytic practice. The first wave of variation studies established broad correlations between linguistic variables and the macro-sociological categories of socioeconomic class‚ sex class‚ ethnicity and age. The second wave employed ethnographic methods to explore the local categories and configurations
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There are several different breeds of horses. Ranging from cow horses to jumping horses. Not all horses are training in many disciplines or events. Most are trained for only one discipline or event. Being on the Colby Equestrian Team‚ there are two thoroughbreds and approximately 20 quarter horses. There are also a couple of appendix quarter horses‚ which is a quarter horse thoroughbred cross. Quarter horses and Thoroughbreds are trained for different events‚ have different speeds and different coat
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A long time ago and in the near future of 2020 there were 2 beaver brothers. They were test subject for superhero surgery. One brother was given the ability to time travel and was bulletproof and his name was Goose Goose. The second brother was Justin Beaver (because the scientists who named his was not feeling creative) and had super intelligence. Justice swore revenge on all humans for giving him stupid superpowers and he thought all humans should be killed. Rose up against all the humans and they
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CLASSIFICATION AND TYPES OF REASEARCH 1. PURPOSE OF DOING RESEARCH If we ask someone why he or she is conducting a study‚ we might get a range of responses: "My boss told me to do"; "It was a class assignment"; "I was curious." There are almost as many reasons to do research as there are researches. Yet the purposes of research may be organized into three groups based on what the researcher is trying to accomplish explore a new topic‚ describe a social phenomenon‚ or explain why something
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to observe the different types of shoppers at my local grocery store. Usually‚ I end up buying Starbucks inside and sit observing the different ways people behave while shopping. It is quite interesting watching the way people walk down the isles and how they portray themselves. My observations have allowed me to distinguish three different types of shoppers that definitely caught my eye: the bargain shopper‚ impulse shopper‚ and the multitasker. No matter what‚ you will always find the
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Another major difference is that the modern ballad‚ "There You’ll Be" is much longer than the older ballad. There are many words and phrases in S. Foster’s ballad that we don’t usually use in our common literature. For example‚ "many were the blithe birds that warbled them o’er‚" to translate this to the people that don’t speak with these different words; it says‚ "many were the cheerful birds that chirped them over." As you can see so far‚ there are many differences in the way that these two songs‚ otherwise
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experienced by humans but by other animals as well. Fear can lead to changes in behavior as well as choices to be made later in life. There are two types of fears. Fear can be considered rational and irrational. A rational fear would be something that shows clear and present fear. It is not something of unrealistic nature. An irrational fear is a fear of what could happen. This is also known as a phobia. Fear can present itself in many different situations. It could be a response to a dangerous situation
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planning a budget is an annual task‚ where the past year’s budget is reviewed and budget projections are made for the next three or even five years. The basic process of planning a budget involves listing the business’s fixed and variable costs on a monthly basis and then deciding on an allocation of funds to reflect the business’s goals. Businesses often use special types of budgets to assess specific areas of operation. A cash flow budget‚ for instance‚ projects business’s cash inflows and outflows
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Two Women‚ Three Men on a Raft - HBR.org pagina 1 van 7 Two Women‚ Three Men on a Raft by Robert Schrank What really happened to Raft No. 4 on an Outward Bound trip down the Rogue River? This article was originally published in May–June 1977. Harvard Business School Press has just published it as part anthology of HBR articles on women and work‚ entitled Reach for the Top: Women the Changing Facts of Work life‚ edited by Nancy A. Nichols. For its republication as an HBR Classic‚ Robert
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Nowadays spoken language is considered to perform a variety of tasks. These tasks can be divided into two main categories‚ one concerned with the exchange of information and the other with interpersonal aspects of communication. One way to interpersonal messages in spoken interaction is hedging (Reikinen 2009). Hedging is a strategy of communication which enables the speakers to soften the force of their utterance (Nikula 1997:188). This makes their speech more acceptable to the interlocutor. For
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