Literary criticism is defined as the attempt to explain a literary work through theory. Similar in the short story “A Question of Dowry” written by Siew Yue Killingly‚ there few theories that can be used to analysis the story. The most prominent literary criticism that can be used to explain the short story is feminism criticism and reader response. Feminism is can be defined as gender inequalities and strives for equal rights for woman. In the Indian society the women do not have any freedom
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Historical Linguistics Sound change based on Campbell (2004) Introduction: The sounds of languages tend to change overtime. The question‚ then‚ is what kinds of sound change take place? Kinds of sound change 1. Regular or sporadic 2. Conditioned or unconditioned 3. Phonemic or non-phonemic 1- Regular or sporadic In general ‘sound laws admit of no exceptions’. That is‚ a change will take place wherever the sound which undergoes the change is found in the environment that conditions
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A hip-hop pioneer and savvy business mogul by the name of Russell Simmons believed that Hip-hop "speaks for the people who live in the worst economic straits since the Great Depression" (Life and Def: Sex‚ Drugs‚ Money‚ + God 26). A scholar by the name of Cornell West also believed hip-hop speaks for those that live in the ghetto‚ that it is a protest (Reese‚ 1998). Hip-hop is an expression. The hardened attitude that the boy who sits behind you in film class has‚ the slang you here kids yell at
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The Linguistic imperialism of Robert Phillipson 1. Linguistic Imperialism 1.1 The spread of English The stated aim of Phillipson’s 1992 book Linguistic Imperialism was to set out how English became so dominant and why‚ and to examine the role ELT pedagogy had in contributing to it becoming “the international language par excellence in which the fate of most of the worlds millions is decided.” (Phillipson 1992 p.6) While many writers had tackled the question before no one had done so from
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Linguistic Slavery of India and Black Money Posted on June 25‚ 2012 by gshah In this article‚ we shall discuss about how the absurd obsession that Indians have for English language‚ is responsible for the sheer poverty and lack of development in India and also lack of creativity among majority of Indians and how the eradication of India’s Black economy will help in solving this problem. The Politics Series 1. How is Black money responsible for Terrorism and crime 2. America is rich because of
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Phonetic Symbols and Conventions The conventions for presenting examples used in this book are widely utilised in linguistics‚ but it will be helpful to state the more important of these for any readers unfamiliar with them. Most linguistic examples are given in italics and their glosses (translations into English) are presented in single quotes‚ for example: Finnish rengas ’ring’. In instances where it is necessary to make the phonetic form clear‚ the phonetic representation is presented in square
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SEMINAR ON LINGUISTICS AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACT AND MAXIMS OF CONVERSATION USED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST MOVIE INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study Language has a social function as a tool to make connection between human beings. Without language‚ it seems impossible for people to interact with others in their daily life because language can express people’s feeling‚ willing‚ and opinion
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John Baugh in his article “Linguistic Profiling” (2003) discusses “linguistic discrimination based on speech or writing” (2003‚ p. 155). The article discusses the negative and positive effects that linguistic profiling has on people‚ specifically on the people with an “undesirable accent or dialect” (2003‚ p.155). Much like racial profiling and its negative effects on people of color‚ linguistic profiling is the practice of imposing certain social characteristics on people who speak with a particular
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Linguistic Segregation Draft 3 Throughout the history of the United States‚ the issues of racism‚ sexism and segregation have always been stressful because of all the immigration. When it came to the education of immigrant children who did not speak English and stood out otherwise‚ we often did not know what to do. We have always been striving to eliminate these prejudices‚ and even though we recovered from most types of segregation‚ we are still trying to eliminate the problem of language differences
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Early Irish kingship ideology and history Early medieval Irish literature thoroughly discusses the ideology of kingship; the tales about kingship both acted as exemplum literature for early Irish kings and‚ for modern scholars‚ elaborate on early Irish society ’s values. Although there is no specific evidence which indicates that the tales were used as exemplum‚ it seems fairly clear. Certainly there was literature designed to educate king ’s about their responsibilities. Audacht Morainn‚ a letter
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