relations between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh are influenced by the fact that Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan from 1947 to 1971, when it achieved independence after the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. As part of historical Shimla Agreement, India sought to make sure that Pakistan would take steps to recognize Bangladesh. Pakistan sought China's help in blocking Bangladesh's entry into United Nations until 1974. Behind the
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Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg Lehrstuhl für Englische Sprachwissenschaft einschließlich Sprachgeschichte Hauptseminar: English Etymology Master Module (8 ECTS) Dozentin: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Knappe Summer Semester 2014 Origin Unknown and the word key Touhid Ahmed Chowdhury Matrikelnummer: 1762055 European Joint Master’s Degree in English and American Studies (2) Pestalozzi Straße 9/C- 3401, 96052 Bamberg Telefon: 01521 852 5560 Email: noyon.sust@gmail.com 18th August 2014 Table of Contents
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ORIGIN OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE INTRODUCTION What is English? English is a Germanic language of the Indo- European family (a group of hundreds of related languages and dialects including most current languages of Europe, Iranian plateau and south Asia). It is the second most spoken languages in the world. A rough estimate says that there are 300 million native speakers of English and 300 million people who speak English as a second language
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thereby attracting the international attention. Infect, the post-independence period in the history of Indian English writing is generally equated with the modern period. It must be said in the light of all considerations that the post independence Indo- English prose and poetry has characteristics which make it distinctive and different from the writing of the earlier period. Indian women poets writing in English from Toru Dutt to Kamala Das reveal the mind boggling variety of themes as well as
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Females can release 30,000 eggs at one time and they are dispersed by ocean currents. * One female lionfish can lay over 2 million eggs a year. * Also, lionfish reproduction occurs throughout the year and as frequently as 4 days (whereas Native Indo-Pacific lionfish breed once a year) Slide #4 * With no known predators -- except human beings -- they can wipe out 90% of a reef. The venomous, fast reproducing fish are aggressive eaters and will consume anything and everything, gorging so
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The Ancient Greek World: Religion Throughout the world, many are faced with the question of religion: who and what we believe in. This question has caused wars, political arguments, debates, and the list goes on. Religion opens up the minds to profound possibilities and questions throughout our world of history and across cultural boundaries. Religion can enlighten our knowledge of other worlds and disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, and literature. Taking a look back into our ancient world
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influence on the growth and development of Buddhism in general and this has occurred largely because of its own innovatory contributions.(Eliade, M. p.16-29) The spread of Buddhism into China began in Central Asia and was facilitated by the efforts of the Indo-Scythian king Kanishka (Encyclopedia Britt. 273-274) of the Kushan dynasty which ruled in northern India, Afghanistan and parts of Central Asia in the 1st and 2nd centuries (Encyclopedia Britt. 274). He is said to have undergone an Ashoka-like conversion
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I would probably want to do the same thing. Americans don’t need to die over wars they don’t have any business being in. Quotation #2: “If in order to avoid further Communist expansion in Asia and particularly in Indo-China, if in order to avoid it we must take the risk by putting American boys in, I believe that the executive branch of the government has to take the politically unpopular position of facing up to it and doing it, and I
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SAARC Ministerial Declaration on Cooperation in Combating Terrorism ***** We, the Foreign Ministers of Member States of SAARC, are deeply concerned about the continuing scourge of terrorism afflicting the region which has caused extensive social disharmony, loss of human life, destruction and damage to property. Terrorism poses a serious threat to peace and cooperation, and friendly and good neighbourly relations. It jeopardises the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of States, while
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than three hundred languages and dialects spoken in India, Hindi, the national language, is predominant, spoken by over forty percent the population. There are two main groups categorizing language in India, including the Indo-Aryans in the north and the Dravidians in the south. Indo-Aryans predominantly speak Hindi, but have numerous dialect variations. However, in this age, English is becoming a popular second language for many Indians. In America today, Indians are commonly well educated, English
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