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Penelope Eckert’s paper Linguistic Variation as Social Practice seeks to investigate the social dynamics within the male/female and jock/burnout matrix, as well as the linguistic qualities each subset expresses and compare it to the linguistic variables in the Northern Cities Vowel Shift, which is comprised of the following phonological qualities include the raising of /æ/, the fronting of /ɑ/, the lowering of /ɔ/, the backing and lowering of /ɛ/, the backing of /ʌ/, and the lowering and backing…

bringing prejudice, suffering and violence along with it. Nancy and Henri helped out wherever they could, helping their friends, their neighbours and even strangers the best that they were able to. Passively resisting and then overtly assisting in confounding and frustrating the Nazi and Vichy authorities at every opportunity. After all, they had been invaded, their Country was no longer theirs alone and they felt the same anger and feelings of helplessness as the rest of France. They…

Ramsay: King of the Kitchen "Away from the cameras, he was as good as gold" is a confounding comparison for the outrageous Gordon Ramsay (James). This acknowledged chef has earned his place in the culinary world through hard work and determination. Although several people believe Gordon Ramsay is a cruel, heartless man, he is a compassionate chef, who promotes human rights, exposes illegal practices, and brings awareness to domestic violence. A diversity of influences helped shape Gordon…

Forging the Partial Narrative: The Causatum of the Human Historian History is a truly fascinating concept. It is a recorded truth; an inevitable phenomenon that remains dormant until acted upon; exhumed by the discerning historian to forge a coherent narrative. This historical construct, however, is subject to the personal biases and interpretation of a single human individual whose views are shaped by upbringing and a unique life experience. Alexander Pope’s age-old adage, to err is human, is…

Does poverty cause psychopathology or does psychopathology cause poverty? That is the question underlying the debate between social causation and social selection as potential theories to explain the relationship between socio-economic status (SES) factors and psychopathology. Social causation theory suggests that stress resulting from adversity, including living in poverty, increases risk for psychopathology; meanwhile, social selection theory contends that genetic predisposition to…

A theory can be defined as a supposition of ideas or systems of ideas which explain something. It explains the ‘why’ and allows us to make predictions about behaviour. Fayol (1949) defined theory as “a collection of principles, rules, methods and procedures tried and checked by general experience.” Management theories are implemented in the organisation to help increase their productivity and service quality. When applying new strategies in the workplace, many managers commonly use a…

Sit still. Pay attention. Stop looking out the window. All things that boys hear at best a few times during their school year. Many boys come into the classrooms on the first day to a teacher who are preconditioned to think that they will be trouble and so they are treated accordingly like they are causing trouble even if they are not. There is a reason as to why boys are doing academically worse than girls and a large portion of it is the societal expectations that they will do worse even…

Exercise 7 (set 1) 1. What are three versions of the null hypothesis? The three versions of the null hypothesis are: (1) “the observed difference was created by sampling error”, (2) “there is no true difference between the two groups” and (3) “the true difference between the two groups is zero.” (Barker, 56-57) 2. Is the null hypothesis typically stated in social scientific research? Why/why not? The null hypothesis is not usually stated in social scientific research. Researchers rarely state…

The upper point on the main sequence which is the most densely populated with stars where the red giants seem to begin is called the turnoff point; the exact location of turnoff point indicates the age of the cluster. Deriving the distance and age of M52 We have already identified main sequence, turnoff point, and giant red for M52 shown in figure by comparing with Figure 1. A best fit line this will help to find the distance to open cluster M52 by using the techniques of best fit line. In…

Throughout The Disappearing Spoon, Sam Kean tempts the reader with tales about the periodic table. The most interesting aspect of this novel was how it proves that elements can both create and destroy all matter. The elements are the most powerful and confounding force in the universe and humans are merely an awestruck audience in a cosmic performance. Prior to reading this novel, I did not appreciate the extent to which my life was impacted by the elements, their characteristics and their…