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LITERAL VERSUS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

make sense - for example, what is a "New York Minute" and how does it differ from a regular minute? New York Minute involves time ...

Gaining Language Skills

of the English word "play," which can be a noun, a verb or an adjective in English use (Green, 2005). Considering this, Green (200...

Judiciary and the Changes in the Interpretation of the Law After the Human Rights Act

European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms with the section indicating the law should be in interpreted in line ...

The Concept of Fiduciary Duties with Specific Consideration of Contractual Relationships

to regulate relationships that should be based on reasonable trust, with this being necessary for social and economic purposes. ...

Factors Contributing to the British Colonization of the Americas

English expansion into the so-called New World occurred in response to a diversity of factors. One of...

Obstacles to Correct Pronunciation for Japanese Learners of English

with a fixed pronunciation. For instance, the letter "a" in English can be pronounced many different ways, such as in the words "a...

English Legal System and Inquisitorial and Adversarial Approaches

may be more equal than others, having the funds to hire the most experiences and persuasive lawyers that will not only be able to ...

Preference Shares, Winding-Up Orders and Company

of the classes rights are constructed at the initial creation of that class. The main rights here are the dividend and also the re...

ESL Teaching's Negative Aspects in Puerto Rico

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Introduction Teaching English as a second language in Puerto Rico...

Everyday English

a particular bodily system or organ, the phrase "grossly unremarkable" was used, which means that overall there was not anything p...

English Company Law, Winding Up Orders and Preference Shares

of the classes rights are constructed at the initial creation of that class. The main rights here are the dividend and also the re...

English Law and Unorthodox Family Rights

prejudicial to disqualify same sex partners form marrying. This would indicate that they are either not capable of making the same...

Is there an Inherent Bias towards Employers in Unfair Dismissal Law?

this time cases would usually be brought for a breach of contract (Card et al, 2003). Unfair dismissal is first seen in the Indust...

Difficulties in Constructing Robust Legislation to Impose Enforceable Health and Safety Duties on Directors of UK Companies

a particular person responsible especially when the company also has a legal identity and can be seen as a defendant. However, alt...

Cooperative Groups For Non-Native English Speakers

of cooperative learning is to encourage student accomplishment "by coupling individual accountability with group incentives and re...

Edmondson's "BMW's Dream Factory" - Examination

Individuals from all strata of the corporation work elbow to elbow, creating informal networks where they can hatch even the most ...

Gender in Beowulf

readers know that despite her monstrousness, Grendels mother is considered to be human (Porter). When Grendel enters the mead-ha...

Distinctive Colonial Societies in the New World

Europeans would own the land and be in charge. But again, things were not simple. The intricacies of the changes which did occur d...

Indian Cultural Conflict

have taken service jobs in motels or restaurants, today, Indians are managing Fortune 500 companies, such as United Airlines and U...

Historical Changes in the English Language

our purposes, its important to note that "... the Latin tongue did not replace Brittonic as the language of the general population...

Equal Pay

treaty at Article 3 (2) (ex 3 ), which specifies similar sentiments in a more general statement (Weatherill and Beaumont, 2000). I...

Livy's History of Rome/Heroes & Villains

king also ordered killed. They were subsequently left to die of exposure and were discovered by a she-wolf. Discovered by the king...

Push 1 For English - The Automated Telephone Response

a representative, push [another number that is not always 0]" What happens when you get to a real live person? You have to tell th...

The Debate over Bilingualism

third report was a meta-analysis of the subject matter; done by a non-education professional it is assumed to be relatively free f...

The Importance of ESL in the International School Curriculum

meet the demands that society dishes out, and cultural demands as well. This is becoming increasingly more significant as the worl...

Is EU Directive 95/46/ EC an Effective Model for Future Data Protection

EU Directive 95/46/ EC concerning data protection has the main aim of protecting the privacy of the citizens. This 16 page paper c...

English-Language Learners

do with teacher preparation. Surveys during faculty meetings reveal that 70 percent of the teachers do not feel they are adequatel...

Human Resource Management; Issues of Discrimination and Motivation

be made under the human rights act, but even without looking at this is becomes apparent that the employers is undertaking this no...

Tan, Orwell and Baldwin: Language

truths with incredible power. For example, Hitler used language in an incredibly powerful way, playing on the truths of the people...

Is There an Incompability Issue Between the European Convention for Human Rights and Adverse Possession?

had abandoned or dispossessed the land. This was seen as legalising the theft of land where an owner did not exercise their rights...