The following abbreviations have been used throughout this section:ab. about NW northwest(ern) adm. administrative penin. Peninsula betw. between pop. population boro. borough poss. possession cap(s). capital(s) prot. protectorate CEN. central prov. province co. county reg. region col. ...
These influences include Afrikaans, a South African language that grew out of a variety of Dutch spoken in the 1500s. South African English also borrows from African languages such as isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho and Setswana, and the indigenous languages of the Khoesan and Nama people....
It may well be, however, that the meanings and intentions behind the use of such representations in 1990s Britpop are very different from those which underlay their use in the songs of the Beatles and fellow 1960s British groups.doi:10.1007/978-1-349-62210-8_11Andy Bennett...
In natural viewing, and when looking at words, there is typically an indication of forthcoming visual information from extrafoveal areas of the visual field before we make an eye movement to an object or word of interest. This "preview effect" has been studied for many years in the word rea...
As code-switching has been studied extensively since the earliest publications in the second half of the twentieth century (N. Abdullah 1975; Clyne 1967, 1987; Lehtinen 1966; Pfaff 1979; Poplack 1980, it is now commonplace that bilinguals can switch in many different ways depending on (a) ...
Ahead of Legion Go S shipping, we will be shipping a beta of SteamOS which should improve the experience on other handhelds, and users can download and test this themselves. And of course we'll continue adding support and improving the experience with future releases. Frequently-asked questions...
e.g. She thinks it’ll solve the problem, but I think she’s barking up the wrong tree. the rat race noun. a way of life in modern society, in which people compete with each other for power and money. e.g. He decided to get out of the rat race, and went to work on a farm...
0227 What's all the fuss about -- Daily Easy English Expression 04:27 0228 down and out -- Daily Easy English Expression 05:34 0229 to go Dutch -- Daily Easy English Expression 04:16 0230 to dress up -- Daily Easy English Expression 03:51 0231 get your head out of the clouds --...
S. campus is a pretty diverse group of people. First of all, you will find students of all ages. Although most students start college at around the age of 18, you will see students in their 30s and 40s and even occasionally in their 60s and 70s. Students on a U.S. campus come ...
"ethnic minorities." Next to the majority Han, the Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, and Uygur peoples comprise the largest ethnic groups. Although China's ethnic minorities do not account for a large portion of the population, they are distributed over a vast area, residing in every corner of China...