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The Culture of the Beowulf Poem

faith primarily in their thane and in "wyrd," which is a pagan reference to fate or destiny, according to Abrams, et al (1968). ...

Meaning and Rules in Teaching ESL

128). This individual clearly is quite capable, and sensitive to the nuances of language. Fu and Townsend (1998) quote ano...

Differing Views on Native American Distinctions

the historical record to present well-documented evidence that Native Americans did indeed have not only an opinion but an express...

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and How Satire is Used

be a way of discreetly getting his message across while solidifying his professional literary reputation.5 His greatest satirical...

Oxford English Dictionary Should Include the 'Wigger' Word

"N" word, which incidentally does appear in the dictionary. To an extent, there is a mystique about urban culture and a true emb...

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice According to Dorothy Van Ghent

surface is quietly polite and cheerful as convention calls for, yet below the surface she is seething. She hates the fact that the...

An Analysis of Dr. Georgi Lozanov's Integrated Learning Techniques

element and understand the theory behind it. Dr. Lazanov developed this process in the 1970s (Lazanov and Gateva, 1988). ...

Experience and Ideas According to John Locke

(Locke: The Origin of Ideas, 2003). Locke, unlike many of his peers, denied that certain knowledge was innate for human...

English Literature and Virtue

when the Beowulf poet writes "Fate always goes as it must" (43) and "Fate often saves an undoomed man when his courage is good" (...

Bilingual Education Argument

is embraced by American schools to varying degrees. Still, the subject usually attracts heated debates. Bilingual education is t...

Threepeat and the Oxford English Dictionary

it is to be presumed. And, in the end, if the goal of the creators of the dictionary is to present an accurate picture and depicti...

Minority Students and Higher Accountability In Standardized Reading Tests

doing things that are developmentally inappropriate with students because they are trying to get through a certain amount of mater...

India and the English Language

to the English, it was felt perhaps, by many other less powerful classes, that also learning the language and adhering to the Brit...

English Law Regarding Contract Law

If this were an acceptance this would have to be an "unqualified expression of assent to the terms proposed by the offerer" (McKen...

Literature Review on Paralinguistic Features of English Language Skills

will come to being able to communicate effectively" (Gassin, 1990, 437). Like Adams, Gassin (1990) also believed that the achieve...

England's Common Law, Tudor Developments, and Magna Carta's Impact

different legal systems in operation (Barker and Padfield, 1996). Therefore, law at this stage was fragmented and diverse. ...

Rural America and English as a Second Language

as an anecdote in this article is one located in a "corner" of Iowa (2001). The author explains that "urban school districts oft...

A History of the Dictionary

in that language, and the world was well on its way toward the development of dictionaries as we know them today. In 1603, Robert...

Voices of the Self A Study of Language Competence by Keith Gilyard

dialect and Black English depending on the social situation. Because the authors mother patterned this, by the time Gilyard was ol...

Storytelling and Emotions in Beowulf

as an adventurous and noble man, and offers us the romance of a story. From this simple beginning we can readily assume that Be...

English Law and its Sources

Padfield, 1996). The principle source of law currently is that of legislation. This has become to most common form of new ...

New World Colonization by England

to not only stay afloat but to allocate sufficient funding for the identification and colonization of various new lands which were...

Creating Customer Loyalty at Boots

to increase spending. For example, most, including the Tesco and the Sainsbury and Visa Nectar card scheme give the equal of a 1% ...

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Definitions

might be termed the "straightforward" meanings of the words, he frequently adds a commentary of his own which sometimes refers to ...

A Woman Soldier's Own Story: The Autobiography of Xie Bingying A Critique

dominated every aspect of their lives. As a child Xie was not even supposed to play outside with members of the opposite sex, not...

Comparative Analysis of Soccer and Football

game by looking at how it is played. The game will often begin with some form of entertainment, such as cheerleaders and/or the ma...

The Impact of Foreign Recruits on The English Football Program

One might take the view that if success is the important criterion, then the composition of...

Social Interaction Strategies and English Teaching

Herrold (1989)argued that children must be allowed to learn in an educational setting that allows them to experience learning, rat...

Global Language English?

partnerships, English became a political language. The expansion of American business interests in the Third World further suppor...

UK Company Law and Insecure Transactions

In eleven pages English law is applied to an examination of transactional company insecurity with various cases and acts included ...