Its mainstay is the use of "informants" who tell linguists, in interviews and on paper, about their language. Unfortunately, these informants tend to be better-educated than their fellows and are often fluent in more than one language.The author’s attitude towards Dr. Gil’s contentions ...
introducing the motion. Their speech will usually begin: “This House believes/proposes that…”. They must also define any key terms relating to the debate. The PM will then introduce the main points, or contentions, in favour of the motion....
Although non-Muslims may be amused, Muslims themselves seem to be in denial of the evidence that something has gone badly wrong in romantic relationships amongst their community. If pressed, they will fall back on the fact that divorces are less common amongst Muslim couples (although that’s f...
It is conclusory but never proves its contentions, and when you hack away all the obfuscatory verbiage, and draw inferences from the data they published about the numbers they egregiously left out, the central technical result of the paper is simply that black and white students tend to be ...
Arguments, opinions and statements that are represented as facts (‘truths’) supported by definitions, theories and contentions that are part of a particular discipline. This term was developed by the social theorist Michel Foucault and is often used to provide a deeper understanding of the power...
Ultimately, data sovereignty can drive investment in local structure, but it can also provokes economic predicaments like amplified business operational costs, trade contentions, stifled ingenuity, and shrunken consumer choices. This scenario necessitates a thorough evaluation of these potential impacts when...
Environmental policy debates are gaining momentum in the public square from scholars and citizens alike. From all sides of the debate, a growing consensus is emerging that advocates a shift in the environmental regulatory system in the United States from one that emphasizes command and control regula...
But if Europe cannot put its own house in order, how can it be taken seriously as a conflict manager outside. Finally, while a debate rages over whether Putin’s imperial ambition or the threat posed by NATO expansion was responsible for the Ukraine invasion, it is also clear that many ...
simply did not work. Some historians suggest that witnesses observed some sort of blurry smudge. Zworykin would claim years later that the image of a cross was transmitted. But in the critical 1934 interference proceedings there was no evidence submitted to support even these modest contentions. ...
321Accesses Abstract In 1892 Henry Salt had little doubt that the emerging modern political state had the capacity to strongly protect the interests of animals, so long as the ‘humanitarians’ had the last laugh. I share his optimism. I am highly suspicious of claims that liberalism is an ...