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How does John Rupert Firth describe the concept of context of utterances in linguistics? Please provide examples. A leading figure in linguistics in the 1950s, John Rupert Firth’s work gave rise...
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Roy Harris was a linguistics professor who spent the past 25 years researching the development of an integrative approach to signs and semiological systems. He believed that this research was...
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This standard brainteaser has a simple answer: you are on the North Pole. Because "north" is measured relative to the North Pole—and because traveling east and west preserves your distance from...
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Centripetal force is the force required to keep an object moving in a circle. Objects in motion tend to stay in motion, so, to prevent spinning objects from flying off in the straight line that...
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This question gives us the 45 degree angular velocity of a golf ball. Our first step is to split that angular vector into the ball's upwards momentum (which fights gravity) and it's forward...
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When you throw a golf ball straight up, assuming that wind and air resistance are irrelevant, it is pulled back down by gravity, which decelerates it by 9.8 meters/second every second. That...
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This question is missing some basic assumptions, but based on the standard way these questions are typically phrased, I am assuming that the friction and air resistance are irrelevant. Given that,...
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The question you posed is a famous brainteaser. It is often used in the technology industry. The key idea to grasp in this question is that the earth is a sphere. Therefore, if a person is at the...
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I believe that this question is asking a straightforward velocity and distance question without having to calculate for things like friction and rates of acceleration and deceleration of the boat....
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Background Income inequality is defined as the “disposable income” in a household in a given year and includes revenue received regularly from work activities or investments. Income inequality...
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In an ideal world, consumers are generally better served when there is competition between various industries. Competition tends to help keep prices in check and often prevents companies from...
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I Hear America Singing is a hymn of praise to the American worker. At the time when it was written in 1860, the United States was experiencing a rapid rate of industrialization. More people were...
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Under ideal situations, yes, public schools do nurture democracy. Students learn that their vote counts in student body elections. Students often point out ambiguous questions on exams and, if...
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Aristotle addresses the concept of virtue in his written works, the “Nicomachean Ethics” and the “Eudemian Ethics.” For the ancient Greeks, virtue (called “arete”) meant excellence, and...
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One would be safe to conclude that Immanuel Kant would have disapproved of Ann’s actions. By meticulously cultivating a relationship with Beth over a period of time solely for the purpose of...
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In On Liberty, John Stuart Mill wrote that an individual was allowed to do harm to himself or herself but not to others. He believed that government and authority over others should exist only to...
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This is a particularly propitious time to be studying Japanese security interests. With the rise of China as a global power and that country's assertions of sovereignty over the entirety of the...
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One theme is family and how this social institution inspires courage, faith, and success. The author, Dr. Vinh Chung, relates that one of the most influential women in his life was Grandmother...
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Within the context of United States history, the purpose of public schools and education is to create a citizenry that is educated enough to vote. Remember that having a literate and informed...
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A psychoanalytical reading of "The Yellow Wallpaper" could focus on the narrator's incipient mental illness. She could be viewed as suffering from postpartum depression after the birth of her...
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Dexter's dreams of a life of grandeur begin in the winter when he is unable to caddy at the Sherry Island golf club because of the seasonal shutdown of the course. Because he has spent the spring,...
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There are a few instances where wording could be more concise or accurate. 1) Let's start with the very first sentence of this paper. "A lot of people wonder what is the purpose of government, why...
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According to the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), there are different strategies that speech-language pathologists can use to develop the language and literacy abilities of...
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In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," the narrator feels that revenge is justified, particularly when one has been personally humiliated or in the event that a word or action endangers...
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There are actually some similarities between the characteristics demanded of an entrepreneur and those of a professional athlete. Both the athlete and entrepreneur must be individuals who...
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Great start! At eNotes, we can't do your assignment for you or rewrite your essay. But we can offer you feedback and model useful strategies! I've included specific paragraphs from your essay that...
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The Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University (see the link below) provides some helpful strategies to implement supports for students with disabilities, including students with physical...
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The Vet to Vet program trains veterans to work as peer advisors to other veterans. The study by Barber et al. (2008), cited below, looked at anonymous surveys of 1,847 people from 38 veteran peer...
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The purpose of a mission statement is to define an entity's purpose. It tells the world why it exists. For such a mission statement to be effective, it has to answer questions such as what the...
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Diversity is an important consideration for classroom teachers, and diversity comes in many forms (racial, class background, ethnic background, religion, immigrant status, sexual identity, etc.)....
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One Direction's power pop hit "What Makes You Beautiful" (2011) was written by Savan Kotecha and producer Rami Yacoub. Meter: The meter is 4/4, also known as common time. Melodic contour: The...
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Question: "What is the relationship between informative, explanatory, and persuasive statements and critical thinking?" Answer: Critical thinking relies upon well-informed arguments about the...
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Bison and buffalo are part of the same family, the Bovidae, and although they are often used interchangeably, here are some of the main differences: Horns: Bison horns look like cow horns, while...
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I will answer your question, but first I would like to add a caveat from my perspective as an English Composition and Rhetoric instructor for first-year students at a large university: the best...
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Memorial Day, which we celebrate on the last Monday of May, is a holiday where Americans celebrate those who died while serving in the military. It stems back to the Civil War, where a day was...
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The five themes are geography are: Location—our position on Earth, both relative and absolute. Think of the US—it has an absolute position on earth that can be located and pinpointed on a map...
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Two metaphors that Lewis uses to describe grief are as a dark house locked against him and as a spiral. Losing his wife leaves Lewis feeling that both God and his former life have forsaken him....
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The goods-services continuum is the range of goods and services that a company provides to consumers. For example, you might choose an automotive repair shop or a related business for step 1. This...
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I will help to answer the first part of this question, as parts II and III relate to similar posts made by others. If you are working as the Head of Purchasing for your school, you should consider...
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You can choose which plan or program to analyze; one you could look at is Nutrisystem. The online system asks a user for his/her weight and height and then customizes a menu plan for that person....
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Here are some ways you might design 7th grade history lessons, for example about the American Revolutionary War period, to meet the needs of different types of learners using the Six Steps of...
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Within school districts, economically disadvantaged students are identified by their qualification for free and reduced lunch. A 2015 Washington Post report stated that 51% of U.S. students met...
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A key feature to the Every Student Succeeds Act is that it gives individual states new flexibility on how to exactly improve education in various districts. For example, states can pick which long...
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I can definitely offer some advice on this topic. I have been teaching a public speaking course for almost a decade. From the information provided in the question, it seems like you have a good...
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When Act of Valor was originally conceived, it was planned to be more of a recruitment and documentary film about the Navy SEALs. Consequently, the film doesn’t benefit from having a tight plot...
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School management is a big topic because it covers a huge range of subjects. School management topics include things like attendance, student behavior, dress code, curriculum, enrollment,...
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According to Kant, the actions a person takes can either be moral or not moral. A person's actions determine his or her moral worth. One can only be considered moral if he or she is motivated by...
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Under the direction of Christopher Nolan, the screenplay he and his brother Jonathan Nolan wrote, The Dark Knight, transcends the usual tropes of the superhero action film to deeply explore themes...
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Virtue ethics has to do with a focus on achieving eudaimonia or human flourishing through development of one's ingrained moral character. Thus one concerned with virtue ethics asks of decisions...
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Virtue theorists, who follow the field of virtue ethics, emphasize the importance of character over the importance of performing one's duty and over the importance of carrying out actions that have...
