1.Choice and use of words in speech or writing. 2.Degree of clarity and distinctness of pronunciation in speech or singing; enunciation. [Middle Englishdiccion,a saying, word, from Old French, from Latindictiō, dictiōn-,rhetorical delivery, fromdictus, past participle ofdīcere,to say, speak...
Also, the findings of the study suggested that for the target readers' better understanding, translators should give footnote for culture-specific symbols. As to the word choice (i.e. the sense of archaic words), the translators have not preserved this feature as precisely as it appears in ...
each error type to focus on specific types of errors or exclude certain types from the display. This feature provides flexibility in how you review and analyze the errors in your spoken audio. While hovering over each word, you can see accuracy scores for the whole word or specific phonemes...
and they took over the various cuneiform signs used for writing Sumerian and gave them sound and word values that fit their own language. ■ The Babylonians and Assyrians did the same, and so did peoples in Syria and Asia Minor. ■ The literature of the Sumerians was treasured through...
In many cases, writing can include morespecific word choice. For example, “As a kid, I always played basketball,” can be improved to be “Every day after school as a kid, I ran home, laced up my sneakers, and shot a basketball in my driveway until the sun went down and I could...
But the best way to find out what questions your specific audience is asking is to talk to your salespeople and front-line team members. You can also try social listening to see what questions or concerns come up in conversation. (HubSpot’s social inbox can help here.) 2. Offer a uniq...
The Art Director’s Guild sponsored a book signing event at their gallery space in North Hollywood yesterday, with co-author Karen Maness on-hand to sign copies of the new book, The Art Of The Hollywood Backdrop. The book is a cooperative project between the authors, Karen Maness and Richa...
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superfluid condensate complete with vortices, so it's hard to get information on specific areas—you get domains of the crystals behaving as single particles.((016))By poking random spots, I've got the idea that the crystal is composed of different isomer territories which compete along their ...