PPT-Meaning of American English in America’s

Founding Dean Gordon Smith BYU Law School Why corpus linguistics The s earch for meaning in naturally occurring speech and text Why not just ask people The Observers Paradox tells us that data is not . “. the communicative value an expression has by virtue of. . what it refers to. , . over and above its purely conceptual content” (Leech, 1974: 14) . For example, . the word ‘woman’ is defined conceptually by three properties ‘human’, ‘female’, ‘adult’. In addition, the word includes other psychological and social properties such as ‘gregarious’, ‘subject to maternal instinct’. Leech maintains that ‘woman’ has the putative properties of being frail, prone to tears, and emotional. Introduction. Language . Traditions. Food . Politics . Understanding of liberty . Life Style . Different . Goverment Policies; Health System. Importance of Family . What else? . What is Turkish? Or What is Bosnian? . Lesson. 4. To clarify . the concept of meaning of life as the foundation for survival and flourishing.. Objective of this Lesson. Born in a time of peace and prosperity.. It focuses on what is right and good about people.. “. the communicative value an expression has by virtue of. . what it refers to. , . over and above its purely conceptual content” (Leech, 1974: 14) . For example, . the word ‘woman’ is defined conceptually by three properties ‘human’, ‘female’, ‘adult’. In addition, the word includes other psychological and social properties such as ‘gregarious’, ‘subject to maternal instinct’. Leech maintains that ‘woman’ has the putative properties of being frail, prone to tears, and emotional. 9-9 . American Imperialism . Warm up. : Inferences. 1) To the left is a political cartoon of Uncle Sam that depicts the concept of Imperialism. Based on this cartoon, what inferences can be made about the term Imperialism?. The Unhealthy Chesapeake . Life in the American wilderness was harsh.. Diseases like malaria, dysentery, and typhoid killed many.. Few people lived to 40 or 50 years.. In the early days of colonies, women were so scarce that men fought. Story #1 – Rope Burn. h. umiliation . hu. -mil-i-. ation. fringes . frin-ges. expectations ex-. pect. -a-. tions. coaxed coax-. ed. sincere sin-. cere. hesitating . hes. -i-ta-ting. What is happening in this sentence? Is it English?. After . changing baby Jane’s nappy, he put on a jumper, put her in the push chair and walked to the postbox. . Distinguishing . between Languages . Thomas Paine, “Common Sense”. Briefly describe/summarize Paine’s argument about the colonies connection to Great Britain. . EXPLAIN 1 piece of evidence that could be used to support his claim . Reading and discussion prep. If there is a book assigned for the week I will expect you to use that to prepare. If there is not I will post some a extract on-line (usually primary source). I also expect you to give yourself a background knowledge of the subject. “. the communicative value an expression has by virtue of. . what it refers to. , . over and above its purely conceptual content” (Leech, 1974: 14) . For example, . the word ‘woman’ is defined conceptually by three properties ‘human’, ‘female’, ‘adult’. In addition, the word includes other psychological and social properties such as ‘gregarious’, ‘subject to maternal instinct’. Leech maintains that ‘woman’ has the putative properties of being frail, prone to tears, and emotional. Are there any core values that most Americans share? . Do you think that the colonists helped shape these values?. The Impact of the early colonial period:. Religious conflicts in Europe influenced the colonists’ ideas of religious tolerance..                             1.1 [kwti] 1.1 seke [sike] it is black 1.1 seksu [siksu] he or she is black 1.1 [hs] ޴h޴s޴k] crows hempes hempsa psa ޽mps] shirts/cloth glu. . glue, agglutinate, conglomerate. l. ump, bond, glue. Root. . Meaning . Examples. . g. rad, . gress. . s. tep, go. grade. , gradual, graduate, progress, graduated, egress . Root. .