Varieties of Chinese

The issue of dialect and education and, in particular, what dialect is correct to use in the classroom has generated a debate in schools. “Linguistic research defines a dialect, or language variety, as a variety of a language that is associated with a particular regional or social group.” Contrary to popular belief, dialect is not a lesser or ungrammatical way of speaking. All dialects are logical even though they may vary in pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary (Godley, Sweetland, Wheeler, Minnici & Carpenter, 2006). Some people may say standard dialect is the only way, people may say that it’s best to welcome non-traditional dialects or, some think that having bi-dialectal classrooms is the best and benefits all students. Bi-dialectal means…

The Stanley Parable has an excellent standard engagement curve. For this paper two curves will be talked about. First, the broad engagement curve, where the curve is the title and content is the episodes. This curve is based on discovery. Second, the finer engagement curve, where the curve is the episode and the content of the graphs are the segments. This curve is based on the engagement type of catharsis. Both curves are determined by the tension created in the game, and naturally only works…

Introduction Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart in rural Bentonville, Arkansas and was a business genius and a true visionary of retail and merchandising that revolutionized the way retailers operate. Sam opened up warehouse type stores by the name of Wal-Mart Discount City, which led to the development not known until the late 1980’s to late 1990’s of what and how big Wal-Mart would become. Wal-Mart became the world’s leading retailer by mastering the art of their very own supply chain through…

retail stores now sell more toys, beauty products, and dry good food products. Dollarama has evolved to turn into a mini department store versus a dollar store. Prediction is that Dollarama will continue to grow and become a competition for department stores. Competitive Advantage Dollarama’s competitive advantage is because of their simple, growth oriented business model (Dollarama Inc., 2015, p. 23). They use direct sourcing when buying product. As stated previously, this helps lower cost of…

The land of milk and honey, a place where deals are agreed upon in back rooms, and the contracts negotiated by a boss. An entrepreneur guise is wearing many hats, along with the gift of gab when closing profitable deals; At the end of the day all an entrepreneur wants is to make a profit, and supply their customers with quality merchandise, and for those of you who are not familiar with the term, self made entrepreneur, an entrepreneur is a business person who is the boss of his own business,…

Porters Degree of Rivalry - Stacy In the retail world, there will always be a high level of competitive rivalry, mostly because there are a high number and variety of firms. Retailers, such as, Target, Kmart, Shopko, Carrefour, and Best Buy are all competing in a similar retail environment and must all remain highly competitive to survive. Walmart has the competitive advantage in the retail industry and they must create new strategies and sustainability to remain number one. Keeping prices…

the head (“ate”) precedes its complement (“a man”). In the process of analyzing Jordanian Arabic, I accumulated a variety of questions that I could not yet answer, but that I was interested in addressing in future interviews. Among these questions, several, such as whether movement was occurring within the recorded sentences, were significant enough that I immediately contacted the native speaker via the phone and obtained additional sample sentences to confirm or refute my hypothesis. Other…

1.From the article in our reading this week there is no doubt that Dollar Tree domestic growth has taken on the strategies of the “Prospector” and “Analyzers” approach from the Miles’ and Snow strategy typology model. That said, evidence show that Dollar Tree used the prospector approach aggressively by buying out the competition. From 1995 to 2006 Dollar Tree acquired stores in the same industry throughout North America from New York to California (Parnell, 2014). Each acquisition caused the…

tower blocks have a southern orientation, which is great. The layout of 1 Utama For easier navigation, 1 Utama has appointed themed zones which are: 1. High street which opens up endless style opportunities with its fine selection of fashion labels. 2. Oval which takes pride in being one of the largest promotional spaces to be offered in a Malaysian shopping center, providing complete flexibility for a variety of events such as fashion shows, festive functions, art and music…

INTRODUCTION Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an American multinational retail giant that was founded in 1962 by Samuel Walton. Walmart’s vision statement: “To be the best retailer in the hearts and minds of consumers and employees.” Walmart is headquartered at Bentonville, Arkansas, USA and is the largest private employer and biggest grocery retailer in the USA. It does business in almost 11,530 locations all over the world dealing in various variety of products and services. Walmart operates…