... for a variety of learning methods shows that lexical differences between genders are inherent in the data and not in a specific choice of classifier From Table we also observe that using bigrams ... sociolinguistic perspective, these methods offer a way of discovering rather than testing words or phrases that have distinct usage between genders For example, in a recent p...
... topic An Investigation into Telephone Conversation Openings and Closings between Friends and Relatives in American English and Vietnamese with the attempt to find out the similarities and differences ... opening and closing telephone conversations, realized by Vietnamese people? What are the similarities and differences in starting and closing t...
... RELATIVES IN AMERICAN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE NGHIÊN CỨU PHẦN MỞ ĐẦU VÀ KẾT THÚC CUỘC HỘI THOẠI QUA ĐIỆN THOẠI GIỮA BẠN BÈ VÀ NGƯỜI THÂN TRONG TIẾNG ANH MỸ VÀ TIẾNG VIỆT M.A Minor Thesis Field: English ... HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST – GRADUATE STUDIES LE THI QUY AN INVESTIGATION INTO STARTING AND CLOSING TELEPHONE CO...
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... 22 32 Gambling and Spending Money 1 02 Parenting 26 33 Do You Match? 105 10 Making and Keeping Friends 29 34 Handling Stress 109 11 Loving Dogs and Pets 32 12 Cats ... llingconversations.com Eric H Roth eric@compellingconversations.com Contents section Your Life section Modern Times Getting Started 25 What Do You Think? 78 Going Beyond Hello 26 ... 26 Change 82 Being Home 27 Cloth...
... singer? Group? 14 What’s your favorite radio station or television channel? Why? 15 an you recommend any movies to rent or see? C Why you like those films? • w w w.co mp e lling conversations. com ... Never let your fear of striking out get in your way.” “ —Babe Ruth (1895–1 948 ), American baseball legend ON YOUR OWN 14 It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was “ ta...
... is his castle.” “ —Sir Edward Coke ( 155 2–1634), English lord ome: “The place where when you have to go there, they have to H take you in.”—Robert Frost (18 75 1963), American poet Be it ever ... Shaw (1 856 –1 950 ), Irish playwright and Nobel winner 10 A woman should be home with the children, building that home “ and making sure there’s a secure family atmosphere.” —Mel Gibson (1 95...
... Upscale? Modern? Department? Mall? Mom and Pop? Why? 16 here you like buying your groceries? Why? W What you usually buy? 16 • w ww.co mp e lling conversations. com Vocabul ary Please circle the words ... the eating By a small sample, we “ may judge the whole of a piece” —Miguel De Cervantes (1547– 161 6), Spanish writer The satiated man and the hungry one not see the same thing “ when...
... personality and one’s W character? 20 • w ww.co mp e lling conversations. com 16 re you primarily an extrovert or an introvert? A Why you say that? 17 o you think nature (biology) or nurture (our circumstances) ... Shakespeare, playwright (1564–1616) Character is much easier kept than recovered.” “ —Thomas Paine ( 173 7–1809), writer and revolutionary It is absurd to divide people i...
... earnestly.” —Siddhartha Guatama (563– 483 B.C.E.), philosopher The first duty of a physician is that he should the sick no “ harm.” —Hippocrates (460– 380 B.C.E.), ancient Greek physician It ... at the last moment.” “ —Publilius Syrus (85 –43 B.C.E.), Roman writer Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.” “ —Algernon Swinburne ( 183 7–1909), English writer and critic ...
... —Dwight D “Ike” Eisenhower (1 890 – 196 9), 34th U.S President Do dog owners resemble their 11 “Dogs are our link to paradise.” dogs? What did you find out? —Milan Kundera ( 192 9–) Franco-Czech novelist ... between a dog and a man.” —Mark Twain (1835– 191 0), writer man’s best friend is a dog, his worst is dogma.” “If ON YOUR OWN —Leo Rosten ( 190 8– 199 7), writer Some people say that...