Pidgins, Creoles, and the Evolution of English
What is Maritime English?
Royal Navy and merchant ships travelled the oceans. The officers were English, but the crews were multiracial. Maritime English, or ship’s jargon, was a form of pidgin English. Linguistic descendants of maritime English share similar characteristics in the Caribbean, West Africa, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, and Hawaii.
What is a Pidgin? How Do Pidgins Normally Begin?
A pidgin is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that
Read MoreFinancial Law: Taxes, Budget, Heritage, and Public Credit
Unit 1: Financial Activity and Financial Law
Financial Activity: An activity performed by the state and other public bodies (municipalities, autonomous regions, etc.) which consists of obtaining financial resources to apply them to public collective needs (e.g., financing public expenditure). This activity is instrumental in character and is also said to be in the 2nd grade.
Financial Law: The discipline that aims to study the legal regulation of financial activity. According to Giannini, financial
Read MoreEnglish Language Review: Grammar, Literary Analysis, and Vocabulary
English Language Review
Grammar: Subject Pronouns (p. 158)
- Subject pronouns are used as the subject of a sentence.
- Examples: I, we, you, he, she, they, it.
Literary Analysis: Analogy & Allusion (p. 158)
- Analogy: A comparison used to describe or explain something.
- Example: “Stinky looked like a Volcho compared with all the BMWs and Cadillacs around the pool.”
- Allusion: A reference to a famous person, event, or character.
- Example: “He looks like Captain America from the Avengers.”
Vocabulary (p. 162)
- Consequence:
Celestina and Old Ballads: Themes, Characters, and Style
Celestina
Celestina, published in Burgos in 1499, consists of 21 acts and was written by Fernando de Rojas. Act I is of unknown authorship.
Action
The dramatic action is structured in the prologue (which is the initial act) and two parts: the first (Acts I-XIV) and second (Acts XV to XXI).
The action stems from a fortuitous circumstance: Calisto comes casually into the Garden of Melibea, falls in love, and declares his love, but she rejects him when she realizes that his intentions are dishonest. Given
Read MoreUnderstanding Human Societies: Culture, Behavior, and Change
Social Anthropology: The Study of Humanity
Social anthropology is the science that focuses on the study of human beings, dealing with how people live in society, their language, culture, and customs.
Harris’s work focuses on investigating the different lifestyles of non-Western cultures, examining the influence of modernization. He objectively analyzes real-world phenomena, attempting to solve puzzles and explain seemingly inexplicable phenomena. Fieldwork helps Harris describe and explain these phenomena,
Read MoreSpain’s Economic Evolution: Industrialization and Social Modernization
Dependence on External Factors
The contribution of external factors was crucial to the rapid growth of this phase and the consolidation of industrialized society. Technology imports revolutionized the industrial structure, alongside heavy investments and transfers. Several European countries absorbed surplus labor from agriculture. The European welfare movement generated significant tourism, with Spain as a preferred destination. Currency contributed to the influx of tourists.
Without income from
Read MoreSoftware Design Concepts: Analysis, Models, and Architecture
1). Concept Analysis
The analysis concept is basically to understand the business rules and software requirements in order to provide an optimal solution to the problem, with clear aims and objectives. It also defines the scope of the project and the functional and non-functional requirements. It consists of several stages:
- Recognize the problem: which recognizes the basic elements of the problem as perceived by end users.
- Evaluation and synthesis, which assesses the information content, defines and
Cézanne’s The Card Players: An Analysis
General Documentation
- Title: The Card Players
- Author: Paul Cézanne
- Dated: 1890 – 1895 (five versions made, believed to be 1890-1892)
- Style: Post-Impressionism
- Technique: Oil on canvas
- Support: Canvas; 47 cm x 57 cm
- Original Location: Ambroise Vollard (first owner)
- Current Location: Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Technical and Formal Analysis
Technical Elements
This oil on canvas utilizes a limited palette, characteristic of Cézanne’s style. He believed that excessive color distracted from the volume he sought to
Read MoreCirculatory and Lymphatic Systems: Functions & Components
The International Environment and the Circulatory System
The internal human environment consists of:
- International fluid (plasma): It surrounds and bathes the cells.
- Blood and lymph: They collect and distribute substances the cells need and eliminate waste from the cells through the circulatory system.
The circulatory system consists of two systems:
- The Blood Circulatory System: It carries nutrients and oxygen throughout the body and collects metabolic waste for elimination. The circulatory fluid is
Understanding Blood Vessels, Heart Anatomy, and Cardiac Cycle
Blood Vessels: Arteries, Veins, and Capillaries
There are three types of blood vessels:
- Arteries
- Veins
- Capillaries
Arteries
Arteries are blood vessels with thick, elastic walls. They carry blood from the heart to the organs and branch off into smaller arteries.
Veins
Veins are blood vessels with thinner and less elastic walls than arteries. They have valves that prevent blood from flowing backward. They channel blood from the organs to the heart and are formed by the joining of small veins called venules.
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