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    This paper investigates the contribution of early Arab scholars in general phonetics and phonology and its impact on modern phonetics. It is important to note that phonetics and phonology were not independent disciplines. Rather, they were part of other disciplines. Therefore, in terms of early Arab contribution to phonetics and phonology, their scholarship can be derived from three major areas: (i) Arabic linguistics whose pioneers are Alkhalīl Al-Farāhīdi through his book Al'ain, Sibawayh through

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    mixture of travel, psychology, science, and humor to investigate where happiness is. Rhetoric has enjoyed many definitions, accommodated differing purposes, and varied widely in what it included. The traditional definition of rhetoric, first proposed by Aristotle, was the art of observing in any given case the “available means of persuasion.” It is such a wise definition. In a broader sense, good rhetoric can refer to the effective use of language in any form of discourse. To me, good rhetoric is persuasive

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    As indicated by Lewis (2011), values do not directly affect behaviour. Nonetheless, values have an extremely solid impact in the manner a man feels about something, how a man conducts, and how an individual sees. Michaelson, et al (2014) explored on the work motivation theory, which proposes that values encourage people to work for an organisation and this theory tries to adjust qualities to association execution and fulfilment. Most scholars in organisational behaviour concur that values are principles

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    Digital Transformation - Digitalization: High Tech or Human Touch? By Henry Alzamora | Submitted On September 27, 2016 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Henry Alzamora There is a fact that

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    The Pros and Cons of Technology Essay

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    The question of whether modern technological development has been beneficial or detrimental to human beings is perhaps the most pressing question that faces our society. If technology is harmful, then we need to minimize or eliminate the danger. If technology is not the source of the problems and concerns that are frequently attributed to it, then we need to find another cause for the social and psychological pressures faced by our society, so we can address these problems. Ever since the advent

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    Land Without Bread by Luis Bunuel There are numerous ethnographic surrealist films that have an intriguing relationship to aesthetics and politics. A film that exemplifies this relationship is “Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan” (Land Without Bread). This film is only 27-minutes and is directed by the infamous Luis Bunuel in 1933. Bunuel was a Spanish filmmaker of the 1920’s to the 1970’s. He is often attributed to being one of the major contributors to the surrealist movement of the 1920’s. “Ethnographic

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    What Is Human Rights?

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    What is Human rights? Human rights are the moral philosophy or norms that illustrate certain standards of human behaviour, and are regularly confined as legal rights in national and international law. Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, colour, sex ,place of residence, national or ethnic origin, religion, language, or any other status. It is our right to know about human rights without discrimination. These rights has significances of interrelated, interdependent

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    May 2014 8. Jack C. Richards, Communicative Language Teaching Today, Cambridge University Press 2006 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicative_language_teaching 10. http://www.pittcc.edu/academics/programs/arts-and-sciences/foreign-languages/Philosophy 11.https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/which-best-describes-you-ii-teaching-method-h%C3%A8cto

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    Critical Theory #1 The critical theory arose from the Frankfurt School, the collective works of German theorists. Critical theory’s roots are centered on the works of The Institute for Social Research and those researchers who promoted Karl Marx theory of idealism. Intellectuals at the school developed kritisch Therorie, the critical theory of society, which was created to directly interpret Marxism. These theorists wanted to revise Marx’s theory that capitalism and the concept that the best way

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    fact, they are praised for their satire. Napp Nazworth of the Christian Post writes about the double standard with the media using political correctness and cites examples of Charlie Hebdo and Piss Christ: “The Associated Press removed a photo of an art piece called "Piss Christ" from its website Wednesday after a journalist pointed out the company's double standard. AP has refused to publish the Charlie Hebdo cartoons

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