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    In 1996 at Bonneville High school in Ogden‚ Utah a young foreign exchange student from Poland sat with her friend eating lunch. As she gazed upward she could see into the window of one of the history classes. To her horror‚ visible to the entire student body was displayed a Nazi flag. The flag was being displayed as part of a class on World War II and was displayed next to a Japanese flag‚ newspaper clippings‚ and other memorabilia to highlight certain aspects of that time period. After asking

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    Knox En 1103-01 Ms. Kimbrough 29 June 2011 Freedom of Speech or Denial: An Analysis Of “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus” The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law "respecting an establishment of religion"‚ impeding the free exercise of religion‚ abridging the freedom of speech‚ infringing on the freedom of the press‚ interfering with the right to peaceably

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    the sorts of rules of language use cultures usually provide for speakers. 3. Define‚ compare and contrast speech actspeech event‚ speech situation‚ and speech network. 4. Compare and contrast the definitions of speech community provided by 20th century researchers. 5. Outline the main features of speech act theory. 6. Describe the different types of illocutionary speech acts proposed by Austin and Searle. 7. Compare and contrast the rules of language use in formal and informal settings

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    Free Speech “Congress shall make no law ...abridging the freedom of speech”. From the nation’s dawn freedom of speech has been an important right. Many examples of free speech include people being allowed to protest wars to people disagreeing what type of ice cream is best; free speech allows us to be a democracy. The debate lies between the values of free speech and autonomy against utilitarianism and unity. The absolution of free speech under current federal judicial precedence is necessary for

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    Free Speech vs. Harmful Hate Speech Freedom of speech is instilled at the beginning of the Bill of Rights and it allows citizens of the United States to express their opinions without being afraid of what might happen to them‚ much like in other countries. Many times people are directly or indirectly harmed by others’ actions that are considered a right under the freedom of speech clause. Though‚ some people worry that if we do not allow for complete freedom of speech‚ it is hard to figure out

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    Freedom of speech Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without censorship. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to indicate not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking‚ receiving and imparting information or ideas‚ regardless of the medium used. In practice‚ the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations‚ such as on "hate speech". The right to freedom of speech is recognized as a human

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    Rosa CastanoPublic Speaking Speech 3 (Informative) Outline 10/11/14 Supporting Materials: Visual Aid: Power Point Sources (located on the last page) Attention getter: What is the one thing that all radio stations‚ tv channels‚ informational ads‚ and whatever else you guys pay attention to have been talking about? “Class answers” – Ebola Intro: Today I am going to be informing you guys a little bit more about Ebola. I will explain what is it‚ the symptoms of people who have contracted it

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    freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the government for a redress of grievances" (Funk & Wagnalls 162). This Amendment guarantees each person of free speech. Does this mean that a person can stand in the middle of the street and yell anything he wants? No‚ society‚ even though it cherishes freedom of speech‚ does give this freedom certain restrictions. Why does society find it necessary to restrict freedom of speech? Does this

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    LECTURE 7: SYNTAX. BASIC SYNTACTIC NOTIONS. 1.General characteristics of syntax. The grammatical structure of language comprises two major parts – morphology and syntax. The two areas are obviously interdependent and together they constitute the study of grammar. Morphology deals with paradigmatic and syntagmatic properties of morphological units – morphemes and words. It is concerned with the internal structure of words and their relationship to other words and word forms within the paradigm

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    and Vietnam are two countries with different culture so their social and linguistic norms are different as well. This paper is an attempt to provide a cross-culture comparison of ways American and Vietnamese deal with a tactful-required kind of speech act: refusing an invitation. In this paper‚ the similarities and differences in refusal strategies between American native speakers and Vietnamese native speakers will be discussed under three circumstances: when the invitee is at a lower status; when

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