speech, writing and thought in spoken British English: A corpus-based approach1 Dan McIntyre a, Carol Bellard-Thomson b, John Heywood c, Tony McEnery c, Elena Semino c and Mick Short c a Liverpool Hope University College, UK, b University of Kent at Canterbury, UK, c Lancaster University, UK Abstract In this paper we describe the Lancaster Speech, Writing and Thought Presentation (SW&TP2) Spoken Corpus. We have constructed this corpus to investigate the ways in which speakers present speech
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The most significant thing I learned last week was that I need to be more prepare for my briefings. I thought I could go in front of the class and just wing it without any practice or a dry run. I was mistaken; I made it through the topic of CMSAF James Cody’s view on the Enlisted Performance Report but I struggled. I had to back track and try to hit points that I had missed. During the briefing is when my déjà vu moment was. It reminded me of my senior year when I would give briefings in my
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efficiency, proficiency, and overall effectiveness. Background: In 2003, John Amasi, the Director of Production and Engineering for RL Wolfe introduced the concept of Self Directed Teams into their newly acquired plastics manufacturing plant in Corpus Christi, Texas. Problems: Line workers were treated a lower grade than the maintenance staff. Lack of incentive for extra work and the lack of empowerment for decision making. No control over the day to day activities and no team work Oppotunities:
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Generic Benchmarking Worksheet Task A: Problem/Opportunity Statement Instructions for Task A: In the Response row, write out the problem/opportunity statements for the scenario for each of the team members. Response to Task A: Generic Benchmarking—The purpose of generic benchmarking is to identify potential solutions to the problem statements defined in Task A. You will do this by looking at how companies in other industries have dealt with similar issues. Task B1: Generic Benchmarking:
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hormone. The stimulation of the luteinizing and follicle stimulated hormones is what cause ovulation. Afterwards the follicle turns into corpus luteum, and it creates progesterone and estrogen.ovulation last about 14 days before a woman period. This is how the can get pregnant only through ovulation. 4.PROGESTATIONAL PHASE-during this phase the progesterone from the corpus luteum is high. The endometrium keeps growning because of the estrogen and progesterone. When a woman is pregnant the eggs produce
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occurs in one of the phases of the ovarian cycle. The luteal phase begins immediately after ovulation and ends with the start of menstruation. So the corpus luteum reaches its peak of functional activity 8 days after ovulation secreting the steroids estrogen and progesterone. Implantation can occur, but if it does not occur, then the corpus luteum regresses, steroid levels drop, and the functional layer of the uterine endometrium is shed through menstruation. 3. Describe the function of
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The media Anne O’Keeffe Historical overview of media discourse ‘The media’ is a very broad term, encompassing print and broadcast genres, that is anything from newspaper to chat show and, latterly, much more besides, as new media emerge in line with technological leaps. The study of ‘the media’ comes under the remit of media studies from perspectives such as their production and consumption, as well as their aesthetic form. The academic area of media studies cuts across a number of disciplines
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MEDINFO 2001 V. Patel et al. (Eds) Amsterdam: IOS Press © 2001 IMIA. All rights reserved Building a Text Corpus for Representing the Variety of Medical Language Pierre Zweigenbauma, Pierre Jacquemarta, Natalia Grabara, Benoît Habertb a DIAM — Service d’Informatique Médicale/DSI, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris & Département de Biomathématiques, Université Paris 6 b LIMSI-CNRS & Université Paris 10 Abstract Medical language processing has focused until recently on a few types of
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Christopher Marlowe was an English poet of the Elizabethan era, late 1500 to early 1600. He obtained his education from University of Cambridge, The Kings School, Canterbury and Corpus Christi. In 1589 while attending Cambridge University at its Corpus Christi College he wrote The Passionate Shepherd to His Love. It first appeared in print in poetry collections published in 1599 and1600. Marlowe’s theme of “The Passionate Shepherd” is the rapture of springtime
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the Romans. These laws helped to form the foundation of modern law. It basically started the use of judges to prosecute the aggressor and award the victim. The Justinian Code was written by Emperor Justinian. He wrote a series of books called “Corpus Juris Civilis”. He inspired the modern concepts of Justice, which actually came from his name. This code formed civil law and one main legal system that governed western civilization. The Magna Carta, which most people either know of or have heard
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