... opercular areas and travels via the motor cortex and pyramidal tract to the ventral brain stem The involuntary path is comprised of amygdala, thalamic, hypothalamic, and subthalamic areas, in addition ... condition regardless ofa “yes”, the survey was discarded assuming the participant did not fully understand the question Statistical analysisThe data was analyzed using both parametric and non parametric ... exercise associated bronchial asthma which is prevalent at a later age (18,19, 20) According to Gayrard P, 52.4% of 143 asthmatics stated their attacks of bronchial asthma were induced by laughing...
... Park (Reading section, Unit 11) As two other National Parks in Kenya and USA, in addition to Cuc Phuong National Park in Vietnam, are mentioned inthe reading 40 task, the teacher may explain ... teaching of culture, two of which the intercultural approach and the multicultural approach - include a considerable element of comparison and may be characterized as a comparative approach The ... aimed at consolidating students language knowledge The teaching of Language Focus consists of two parts: Pronunciation and Grammar-Vocabulary Material used in teaching Pronunciation, Grammar -Vocabulary...
... conceptualizations of SADNESS in Vietnamese, cross- linguistic and cross- culturalanalysisofthe conceptualizations between the two languages, and conclusions Methods of data collection and analysis ... addition, the mappings of HEAVY and SINKING have an overall negative cognitive connotation: they imply an unpleasant experience (emotional inthe case of SADNESS; physiological inthe cases of ... FEELINGS IS THE MATERIAL STATE OFA VITAL ORGAN (Charteris-Black, [34]) However, the pangs are felt in two main internal body organs: the intestines and the liver The conceptualization of SADNESS...
... is a negative link with Romanians, who also show a weaker link with Body and Beauty compared Italian and Spanish participants The second phase of data analysis, using the One Way ANOVA test and ... stigma and discrimination, society's revenge on Nature's 'aesthetically challenged' What might be called a global 'beauty caste' system is inthe making, as the internationalization ofthe 'appearances ... used inthe interpretation ofthe results ofthe following data analysis stages; as such, we will return to them inthe Discussion section of this article The second approach onthe data collected...
... universals in language usage Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Cao, T H (2009) Hiding bad feelings in daily conversations in American and Vietnamese University of Languages and International ... people.brandeis.edu/~smalamud/ling100/outline12.pdf Nall, S P (2008) An analysisofthe face threatening act strategies used in international trade email correspondence.Unpublished manuscript, National Kinmen Institute of Technology ... Definition of feedback 2.2 Definition of criticism 2.3 Definition of sandwich feedback communication (SFC) 11 2.4 Pragmatics and significance of SFC in communication 13 2.4.1 What is pragmatics?...
... raise cross- cultural awareness in using verbal cues for foreign language teachers and learners as well as other potential interactants of international communication III SCOPE OFTHE STUDY The ... researcher has employed two methods namely quantitative and qualitative ones The combination of these two methods has offered the researcher valid data for later analysis Regarding the aim ofthe study, ... consists of informants (one female and two males), but inthe final round, one informant is added The second group was judges (also one female and two males) Details ofthe informants’ parameters are:...
... collecting and analyzing Organization ofthe Study This research consists of three main parts They are: Part A is the introduction ofthe research paper in which the author presents the reasons ... without a demand or intrusion being made on another person’s autonomy Certain illocutionary acts are liable to damage or threaten another person’s face Brown and Levinson define the performance of ... specifically about the forms of address they used in each questions In addition, as believed to be influential intheanalysisofthe data, the informants’ status parameters including gender, age, occupation,...
... acts into three acts: Locutionary act, illocutionary act and perlocutionnary act * Locutionary act: Are sentences that conform to the phonological and grammatical convention ofthe language A ... attracting the author’s interest because it requires a great deal of pragmatic insight by the speaker and therefore are often rich with data that reveal thecultural orientation of language learners ... limitation ofa graduation thesis, sometimes some factors can be omitted such as: age, marital statue, area of living They are only taken into account when used to explain some information In part...
... black as crow As busy as a bee As cunning as a fox As fat as a big As fierce as a lion As fierce as a tiger As slippery as an eel As slow as a tortoise As slow as a snail As stink as a polecat ... reflects the reality being associated with a certain sound form There are two main types of meanings in words: lexical meaning and grammatical meaning Lexical meaning is the realization of concept ... can be said that connotation can be seen as an additional meaning to denotation In general, both connotation and denotation are important to determine word meaning ina given context 1.3.2 The...
... sex and it is acceptable according to the social convention CONCEPTION OF MARRIAGE 2.1 Definition of marriage According to Wikipedia, marriage (also called matrimony or wedlock) is a socially ... beliefs, attitudes and values Cultural refers to the informal and often hidden patterns ofhuman interactions, expressions and viewpoints that people in one culture share The hidden nature ofcultural ... reality requires that one be more indirect, diplomatic, non-confrontational, and cautious in communicating with others In America, these same factors have led to a horizontal, individually-oriented...
... municipality-based data because ofthe high availability and accuracy ofthe data, particularly in terms of demographics and health care variables Moreover, municipality-based analysisof physician ... represent the attractiveness of an area better than population does, and thus each can be a better parameter of medical demand and/or urban amenities ofthe area The number of people inthe area during ... daytime and the volume of commercial activity may be key components of medical demand in and/or the urban amenities of an area By adding these new parameters to the conventional analysis that...
... and calibrated dentist (IK) conducted all clinical examinations ina shaded area with natural daylight as the source of illumination and with an assistant recording the observations Research assistants ... translation into http://www.hqlo.com/content/4/1/56 Swahili language was mandatory (see additional file 1) Kiswahili is the national and official language in Tanzania and almost all (95%) Tanzanians ... Badley EM: The ICIDH: format, application in different settings, and distinction between disability and handicap A critique of papers onthe application ofthe International Classification of...
... (Circle one) Male Occupation: Year in School: Last grade in Math Class (as appears on last report card): A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F Last grade in English Class (as appears on last report card): ... 6.12 Mean p-value Conner's Scale: Oppositional Mean p-value Conner's Scale: Inattention Mean p-value Conner's Scale: Hyperactivity Mean p-value Conner's Scale: ADHD Mean p-value ADHD = Attention ... situation was defined as either living with married parents or living with one parent who was divorced or separated Academic performance was assessed by overall grade point average and last grade...
... dressed) Theanalysisofthe pauses that indicate the turn exchanges between interactants shows that the length ofthe pauses varies according to the kind of informational content ofthe passage and ... cross- cultural interaction, the development of telecommunications, and the appearance of communicative approaches in language teaching and learning, the study of speech acts in communication appears ... pre-programmed information that is inthe receiver and inthe setting, with only minimal information inthe transmitted message LC transactions are the reverse Most ofthe information must be in the...
... Organizational Behavior: Concepts, Controversies, Applications Prentice Hall Press Terrence, W D (1997), The symbolic species: The co-evolution of Language and the brain Library of Congress Cataloging -in- publication ... silence/pauses and time-fillers are identified and major cross- cultural differences and similarities discussed Part III Conclusion, in which the main findings are reviewed, the implications for cross- culture ... http://books.google.com.vn/books?Albert+Mehrabian+(1972).+Nonverbal+com munication&source EAQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false Bachman, L (1990), Fundamental considerations in language testing Oxford University Press Brown, P and...
... through a native language clearly separate humans from all animals In 1994, in Time magazine, an article appeared titled ‘How man began’ Within that article was the following bold assertion: ‚No single, ... (because theenvironment contains much ofthe information we need to participate, and because we can form relationships fairly soon, and because the important thing is accomplishing a task rather ... communication and communicative language teaching/learning Cross- cultural interactants and language learners should be aware of cross- cultural differences inthe use of silence/pauses and TFs for avoidance...
... grammatical collocation and lexical collocation (Halliday and Hasan, 1976) - Grammatical collocation often contains a lexical content word and grammar function words, i.e a noun, an adjective, a ... Grammatical collocation Grammatical collocation often contains a lexical content word and grammar function words, i.e a noun, an adjective, a verb plus a preposition Some main kinds of grammatical ... function of language and the thematic and information structure of speech and writing Halliday and Hasan (1976) and De Beaugrande (1980) have made contribution to this branch of linguistics in pointing...
... It can be seen that the conversation is working easily with small talk questions and this kind of conversation above is called small talk A small talk is defined as an everyday conversation about ... and Michael, 1994: 84) It is used to initiate a conversation after the introduction and functions for maintaining conversations such as keeping them going on, leading to interesting debates However, ... onthe way the speakers talk and express their ideas They can also have great impact onthe choice of topics in communication The second explanation can lie inthe way the two cultures view the...
... Improvements in agriculture health and medicine have produced a dramatic rise inthehuman population This increase in population size leads to an increase in pollution and higher demand for the world’s ... other plants are killed Sulphur dioxide will dissolve in rain producing Acid Rain • Acid rain damages trees and pollutes rivers and lakes Acid rain causes erosion of buildings and statues particularly ... traps heat inthe atmosphere and causes the temperature ofthe earth to rise • This leads to disruption ofthe weather patterns eg drought, floods • Some weeds may thrive onthe extra carbon...