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Ferdinand de Saussure and His Contemporary Linguistics Contributions

But as a structuralist, de Saussure was most interested in how words acted as separate units which constructed the whole of langua...

Levi Strauss' Myth Analysis by Applying Ferdinand de Saussure's Structural Linguistics

but an anthropologist and he made use of the theorist in his studies, including kinship and myths. The idea of Saussures t...

Anthropology and Linguistics

One of these pioneers was Claude Levi-Strauss, Strauss, an influential man within the fields of social studies, philosophy, relig...

First World War and Franz Ferdinand's Assassination

joined the crowd lining the Archdukes route to City Hall" and were successful in killing not only Franz but his wife Sofia, who wa...

Structuralism and How It Evolved During the 20th Century

that are related to cultural phenomena ("Structuralism," 2003). It examines elements of infrastructures and sees them as "relatio...

Parts of Linguistics

Linguistics is the study of language and how people make and understand the meanings of 'utterances.' There are numerous component...

Austro Hungarian Empire and First World War's Causative Factors

rise of nationalism. People of common geographic origin, language, and history began to see themselves as members of large cultur...

L'attente de Vladimir sur Godot

continuellement interrompu par Estragon. Il ne finit jamais lhistoire. En dautres termes, il doit continuer ? attendre Godot, o? G...

Language Teaching and the Effects of Linguistics' Knowledge

teaching of language. In addition, one of the most fascinating aspects of the development, understanding and use of language is th...

A Communication Ethnography

In six pages this research paper compares and contrasts the ethnographical linguistics study by Shirley Heath, 'Ways with Words' w...

Mexican Independence Contributions of King Ferdinand the Seventh

In fifteen pages this paper examines how the bid for Mexican independence had been unknowingly strengthened by the actions of King...

Contemporary Chinese Poetry's Thematic and Linguistic Structure

Chinese poetry is replete with metaphor, simile, comparison, and personification as well with other linguistic contrivances which ...

AAVE Debates and Linguistics Terminology

In six pages contemporary linguistics are examined in a terminology overview that includes register versus dialect, descriptive ve...

An Analysis of The Necklace

A 5 analysis of the short story by Guy de Maupassant. 7 sources,...

Utopia Views of the French Enlightenment

failure of the Catholic faith to suppress Copernicus. By the start of the...

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

fantasy resides and where reality resides. There is a very fantastical quality to Don while Sancho is the common man. The ...

Existentialism, God, and Man’s Purpose

The philosophy of existentialism originated among late nineteenth century philosophers such as Keirkegaard...

Women's Contributions and Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

to drop, though it often seems to hold them loosely." He admires them for these qualities and then discusses how the American peop...

Media Technology Pioneer Lee de Forest

In five pages this paper celebrates the virtually unknown film and radio contributions of inventor Lee de Forest. Six sources are...

Eamon de Valera and Irish Politics

run in Ireland. Perhaps it was his earliest experiences in America that led to his stubborn refusal to accept the Irish political ...

Anthropology and Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca's Naufragios

as treasurer. With two other Spaniards and an Arab Moor, he was the only survivor who remained on the mainland," thus setting the ...

Irigaray's Spiritual Concepts Analyzed

way to change. She has come up with a way of looking at things that transcends traditional feminist thought. The thesis of this pa...

Being 'American' Concept Creation

In five pages the ways in which 'being American' as a nationality concept are considered in an examination of four authors of earl...

Guinevere, Legendary Wife of King Arthur

In ten pages this paper charts the evolution of the Guinevere myth considering its Celtic origins and the contributions of Thomas ...

Life and Theoretical Contributions of Pierre de Fermat

the work of Apollonius concerning plane loci (Ball Fermat.html). In his youth, Fermat was friends with the French scientis...

Philosophical Contributions of Ibn Sina

a fictitious narrative (Marenbon 40). His texts successfully incorporated quantitative and qualitative perspectives (Nasr and Raz...

Majority Rule, Tocqueville, Olsen

This essay refers to the writing of contemporary author Theodore Olsen and nineteenth century author Alexis de Tocqueville to argu...

Jean Piagot’s Contribution to Adolescent Psychology

The time of Piaget was a time when new awareness was also coming to the specific condition of children, as they were seen as separ...

Sir Samuel Hughes

Expeditionary Force" (Masterliness, 2008). From the information presented thus far it would seem that many admired and res...

Amelia Earhart

simply a hobby, although she actually bought a plane. It was in 1928 that she was approached by Captain Hilton H. Railey who asked...