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- Semantics and pragmatics
- louds on the horizon are signs of rain and flags, words, and many gestures are signs of nations and ideas... of their production. Flags, by contrast, and most words, are meaningful because they represent or 'stand ... say that semantics is the study of the meaning of words. Historically this is true, in the sense that the... xt of their utterance. Otto Jespersen calls these words "shifters" (2013 [1922]: 123) because the same fo
- Metaphor
- etaphor as a kind of general relationship between words. All languages have words which can be used in more than one sense. What's really hard about learning a foreign language is not learning the words, but learning the ways you can use words metaphorically. Even statments that may seem very literal in on
- Assessments at-a-glance @2667
- itings | Wednesdays 11:59 p.m., Weeks 2-12| ~100 words each | 20% | | Possible topics | 14 March, 11:59 p.m. | 200 words | 10% | | Progress report | 11 April, 11:59 p.m. | 300 words | 15% | | Thesis statement and outline | 2 May, 11:59 p.m. | 500 words | 15% | | Final paper | 6 June a
- Religion and Economy
- of the person who gives them, a hau, quoting the words of a Maori man. In this way, economic behavior is... f the social division of labor, and in Durkheim's words, a resulting increase in the moral density of soc... o evaluate their own reasons for action; in other words, to define their selfhood in individual terms. On... economic life of the religious subject. In other words, although agents may wish to see their own morali
- City air makes you free @1002:2018
- est that you concentrate on listening and use the words on the screen as a guide to the main points. Don'... history is not linear or progressive. In other words, anthropologists argue that you cannot understand... em to examine why they do what they do. In other words, religion rationalizes people's social behavior. ... nd of training, and as self-discipline. In other words, it was a new way of seeing oneself. It is a mean
- Translation
- found in bilingualism and pidgin languages. **Key words:** interlingual relations, language contact, lang... rd average European (SAE)” imaginary, a speaker’s words refer directly to things in the world which, more... fornia Press. Hanks, William F. 2010. Converting Words: Maya in the Age of the Cross. Berkeley, Calif.: ... versity of Chicago Press. Swaan, Abram De. 2013. Words of the World: The Global Language System. Malden,
- Why would someone join a religious commune? @2667
- another prohibited, 'dirty' substance. In other words, if religion is social, and religious activities ... Jesus People and the Twelve Tribes ## In other words... ## In other words, I am arguing that the Twelve Tribes owes its origins to movements that also lead
- Taparoro: Missionary Translation and its Rivals in the Coral Sea Contact Zone @talks
- uite angry because the witches had not heeded the words of the lotu, i.e. the Christian religion Taparoro... ld 1891, 15) ## Translating with taparoro: New words ## Copland King: "Is it right to take a native w... iew, January 6. ———. 1904. Vocabulary of English Words, With Equivalents. Geelong, Vic.: H. Thacker, Pri
- Assessments @1002:2018
- itings | Due Sunday 11:59 p.m., Weeks 2-12| ~100 words each | 10% | | Essay | September 9, 4:00 p.m | 1750 words | 40% | | Final exam | Finals we... te sentences. You only need to write about 50-100 words. These are not meant to be tests. They are opport
- Final paper @2667
- t assignment'. A final paper should be about 3000 words, or 10 pages. You will be graded on how much your... 02, or a friend whose opinion you trust. In other words, make your essay as self-contained and self-expla... In conclusion, I have shown..." * Etc. In other words, it's OK to say 'I'. It is a good idea, actually,
- Asking a question @the_quest
- r. (Aristotle, Topics, Book I, Part 11) In other words, if you’re wondering why the snow is white, then ... rather than nothing? Why questions are, in other words, questions whose answers develop our knowledge, t
- Max Weber
- weighing the costs versus the benefits. In other words people increasingly look at their own lives in te... and adapt traditions to new situations. In other words, there is a degree of rationality in traditions w
- Why do so many, perhaps all, cultures have religions? @2667
- ty is the soul of religion" (1915: 419). In other words, it is not the empirical group which is the objec... society, institutions, rules, and norms, in other words, social facts, exist because they **function** as
- Brainstorming @the_quest
- You just flushed the toilet in my head.” In other words, Stan was on a roll, and the interruption killed ... ll, what do you do to brainstorm, Ryan?” In other words, “You’re assuming this is easy, but it isn’t. So
- Weekly reflections @3601:2020
- | Every week, Weeks 5–14 |\\ ^ Length: | 100–200 words each |\\ ^ Weight: | 10% | 10% of your final gra... ading. Each week, you should submit about 100–200 words reflecting on what interests you about the week’s
