...Mary Cunningham Business Manager AREAS OF EXPERTISE Operational management Marketing & PR Health & Safety management Competitor analysis PERSONAL SUMMARY An experienced business manager with a consistent track record of successfully employing best business practices that improve efficiency, reduce operating costs whilst increasing productivity, all to tight time scales and within budget. Having a professional attitude and an ability to be flexible and handle change in a positive manner. Possessing excellent communication, leadership and organizational skills, Mary is presently looking for a Business Manager position with a forward moving company. People management Business administration Customer service WORK EXPERIENCE Fenn Property Management – Coventry BUSINESS MANAGER June 2008 - Present Organizing and planning essential central services such as reception, security, maintenance, mail, as well as day to day running of the venue. Responsible for making sure that contracts, insurance requirements and safety standards are correctly complied with. PROFESSIONAL CIM MBA PERSONAL SKILLS Team player Professional appearance Goals orientated PERSONAL DETAILS Mary Cunningham 34 Anywhere Road Coventry CV6 7RF T: 02476 888 5544 M: 0887 222 9999 E: mary.c@emailaddress.co.uk DOB: 12/09/1985 Driving license: Yes Nationality: British Duties: In charge of 10 members of staff. Develop and utilise customer database for phone calls, product...
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...History of English (Source: A History of English by Barbara A. Fennell) The English language is spoken by 750 million people in the world as either the official language of a nation, a second language, or in a mixture with other languages (such as pidgins and creoles.) English is the (or an) official language in England, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; however, the United States has no official language. Indo-European language and people English is classified genetically as a Low West Germanic language of the Indo-European family of languages. The early history of the Germanic languages is based on reconstruction of a Proto-Germanic language that evolved into German, English, Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, and the Scandinavian languages. In 1786, Sir William Jones discovered that Sanskrit contained many cognates to Greek and Latin. He conjectured a Proto-Indo-European language had existed many years before. Although there is no concrete proof to support this one language had existed, it is believed that many languages spoken in Europe and Western Asia are all derived from a common language. A few languages that are not included in the Indo-European branch of languages include Basque, Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian; of which the last three belong to the Finno-Ugric language family. Speakers of Proto-Indo-European (PIE) lived in Southwest Russia around 4,000 to 5,000 BCE. They had words for animals such as bear or wolf (as evidenced in the similarity of the words for these...
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...A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE GUIDE Professor Michael D.C. Drout WHEATON COLLEGE A History of the English Language Professor Michael D.C. Drout Wheaton College Recorded Books™ is a trademark of Recorded Books, LLC. All rights reserved. A History of the English Language Professor Michael D.C. Drout Executive Producer John J. Alexander Executive Editor Donna F. Carnahan RECORDING Producer - David Markowitz Director - Matthew Cavnar COURSE GUIDE Editor - James Gallagher Design - Ed White Lecture content ©2006 by Michael D.C. Drout Course guide ©2006 by Recorded Books, LLC 72006 by Recorded Books, LLC Cover image: © PhotoDisc #UT088 ISBN: 978-1-4281-1730-3 All beliefs and opinions expressed in this audio/video program and accompanying course guide are those of the author and not of Recorded Books, LLC, or its employees. Course Syllabus A History of the English Language About Your Professor...................................................................................................4 Introduction Lecture 1 ...............................................................................................................5 The Foundations of Language: Brain, Development, Acquisition ......................................................................6 Signs and Meanings: Semantics .........................................................13 Sounds of Language: Phonetics..........................................................20 Sound...
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