Matrix Vol. 6‚ No. 1‚ April 2006 TURNING TO ORWELL TO UNDERSTAND ORWELL’S PROBLEM: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC VIEW Pedro Luis Luchini luchini@copetel.com.ar Adolfo Martín García infiniteplayer@hotmail.com Abstract ________________ Drawing on the works of groundbreaking linguists and sociolinguists of the likes of Noam Chomsky‚ Ferdinand de Saussure and Benjamin Lee Whorf‚ this paper traces the origins of Orwell’s Problem by depicting the fictional sociolinguistic scenario presented in the classic
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You can always name one‚ can’t you? At least I can. Obesity can cause a lot of disease like diabetes and high blood pressure‚ which may cause the overloading of Hong Kong’s healthcare system. That’s what makes obesity not just a problem of patients but also a problem of the public. So‚ what causes obesity? Sure you’ve heard ‘being fat is cute and healthy and brings good luck’ from different TV programmers or even your parents or grannies. That’s one of the reasons why 13.4% of boys and 10.5%
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is what we are doing to stop and prevent crimes and offenses‚ whether they are on the magnitude of Columbine or the classic tale of the bully vs. the nerd. Walking into a public high school three years after the epiphany and one will witness a very different approach towards the matter. Let us take into to consideration the following scenario: Student A occupies the parking spot of Student B‚ an exchange of vulgar profanity takes place. Both parties leave and there is no fight but a growing
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CHE656 Computer Applications for Chemical Engineering Practice Process Simulation with ASPEN PLUS Exercise Problems Version 2012 Prepared by Dr. Hong-ming Ku King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi Chemical Engineering Department Chemical Engineering Practice School © May 2004-2012 – Use with Permission of the Author Only 1 Section 1 Elementary Modules‚ Mass Balances‚ and Degree of Freedom Analysis 2 1. Mass Balances and Constraints with Elementary Modules
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Problems of the Past Usually‚ when one’s past problems are pushed away and neglected‚ they grow in size until they are too much to handle. The two short stories The Swimmer by John Cheever and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner portrays how a reluctance to accept or let go of one’s past can lead to many problems and difficulties. This is emphasized through the development and actions of the characters‚ Neddy and Emily‚ the aspects of southern life and American suburbia‚ and the irony and structure
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I believe the two greatest problems facing contemporary United States are the issues of same sex marriage and drug legalization. These issues are currently being widely debated throughout America. American citizens have many different outlooks and opinions on these topics and they are all trying to persuade each other to think the same way as they do about these problems. However‚ no matter how loud these people speak out the only people who can actually do something about them are those people
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The Population Problem Two hundred years ago‚ Thomas Malthus‚ in An Essay on the Principle of Population‚ reached the conclusion that the number of people in the world will increase exponentially‚ while the ability to feed these people will only increase arithmetically (21). Current evidence shows that this theory may not be far from the truth. For example‚ between 1950 and 1984‚ the total amount of grain produced more than doubled‚ much more than the increase in population in those 34 years.
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Smoking Problem of UK Teenage 1.0 Introduction Scientific experiments have already proved that smoking is harmful to health‚ but smokers around the world are still growing‚ especially teenagers. The number of smokers is growing rapidly‚ which is worrying. According to a survey report issued by the WHO’s Imperial Cancer Research Foundation and American Cancer Research Foundation‚ now there is about 1.1 billion smokers in the world. Every year 3.15 million people are died of smoking‚ that is
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Agricultural problems in Pakistan and their solutions IMPORTANCE: Economy of every state depends upon 3 sectors i.e. agriculture‚ industry and commerce. These three are interconnected with each other as the progress or retrogress of one sector effects the other two. Pakistan is an agricultural state thus agriculture gains are of much importance than any other sector. Importance of this sector is manifold as it feeds people‚ provides raw material for industry and is a base for foreign trade
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and a problem. * A symptom is the effect caused by the problem while the problem is the reason causing the symptom. Problem is used with the intention of finding solution to it while symptom assists to recognize the problem. Would you classify excessive employee absenteeism as a symptom or a problem? Discuss. * I think absenteeism is a problem because it can be caused by some reasons. And those reasons are the symptom. For example‚ an employee is absent because he is sick. The problem is that
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