ethnomusicologists mean when they say, “Music is universal, but it is not a universal language”? Ethnomusicologists perceive music in a semiotic view in which the music is a series of symbols that can be interpreted, not a series of words that can be read. 2. What are the potential problems in classifying music as “classical,” “folk,” or “popular”? In each culture, different styles of music may be considered to be one classification in one culture, and something else in another. What may be popular to some
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview MMG (mechanomyography) is a technique for interpreting mechanical activity based on muscle contraction. The prediction of muscular tissue condition can be found using MMG, a technique that muscular mechanical waves produced during a fiber’s contraction and stretching that are sensed over skin surface [22]. The purpose of this research is to explore various methods of muscle activity through MMG signal to recognize multiple hand gesture. The evaluation of muscle
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Quick List of Common Literary Terms Abstract Language—Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things, people, or places. The observable or "physical" is usually described in concrete language. Allegory—A narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface one. A story, fictional or nonfictional, in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts. The interaction of these characters, things, events is meant to reveal an
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Associate Program Material Appendix C Rhetorical Modes Matrix Rhetorical modes are methods for effectively communicating through language and writing. Complete the following chart to identify the purpose and structure of the various rhetorical modes used in academic writing. Provide at least two tips for writing each type of rhetorical device. NOTE: You may not copy and paste anything directly from the textbook or a web site. All information included in this assignment must be written
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Nicely written! I have found one of the most fascinating aspects of this course to be the idea of social imagination. Using it to "think outside the box" and coming to a conclusion that may seem far-fetched or implausible it very useful, especially when looking at the topic of race. Growing up, you never really think of why we classify people by race or the science behind it, you just kind of accept it and go with the flow. But when you apply your social imagination to this topic, you see how flawed
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problems, while others, such as computer graphics, emphasize the computation of specific results. Still others focus on the challenges in implementing computations. For example, programming language theory studies approaches to describe computations, while computer programming applies specific programming languages to solve specific computational problems, and human-computer interaction focuses on the challenges in making computers and computations useful, usable, and universally accessible to humans
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which were issued previously to clarify rules have been discontinued. The old UCP 500 was subjected to major drafting changes. Every single article has been re-drafted and tightened with a view to not only to bringing simplicity and clarity to the language but to remove ambiguity and reduce document rejections. UCP 600 Summary of New Provisions Set out below is a summary of the new provisions: • a leaner set of rules, with 38 articles rather than 49 articles; • a new section of “Definitions”
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OF LANGUAGE FEATURES IN ENGLISH ADVERTISEMENTS Abstract This paper presents an analytical study of the language features of English advertisements at lexical, syntactic and discourse levels. In order to conduct a data-driven study, the author builds a corpus of 60 English advertisements. It is hoped that through the detailed survey of three types of advertisements: namely, daily consumer goods ads, technical equipment ads, service ads, similarities and differences in advertising language features
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in Fayetteville, North Carolina teachers are directly compensated based upon the State’s classification system. The classification system is "a job structure made up of a series of classes with a number of jobs in each" (Milkovich & Newman, 2004, p. 126). The classifications include a bachelor's degree, master’s degree, speech language, and psychologist. Faculty also receives more money to their classification when they
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NARRATION L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S 10 1. Identify the purpose and structure of narrative writing. 2. Recognize how to write a narrative essay. Rhetorical modes simply mean the ways in which we can effectively communicate through language. This chapter covers nine common rhetorical modes. As you read about these nine modes, keep in mind that the rhetorical mode a writer chooses depends on his or her purpose for writing. Sometimes writers incorporate a variety of modes in one essay
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