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Navigating Tokyo & Kyoto: A Practical Guide for Tourists

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Getting Around Tokyo & Kyoto

Understanding Tokyo's Address System

While you can often plug in your destination's name into a map, understanding Tokyo's address system can be incredibly helpful. Tokyo is divided into "cities" (e.g., Chuo-ku, Shinjuku-ku), which are further divided into neighborhoods and then smaller numbered districts called "chome." An address typically consists of a word followed by three numbers.

Thankfully, maps are readily available at train stations and on main thoroughfares. These maps, along with numbered lampposts, can help you navigate. However, be prepared for a bit of a challenge, as building numbers are assigned based on their construction order, not consecutively.

Tips for Navigating Tokyo's Streets

Tokyo can be

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Essential Boating Safety: Fueling, Navigation Rules & Regulations

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Essential Boating Safety Checklist

Before Fueling Your Boat:

  • Dock boat securely.
  • Passengers disembark.
  • Check fuel lines and vents.
  • Shut off engine.
  • Shut off all fuel valves.
  • Close windows and doors.
  • After fueling, turn on ventilation system for 4 minutes.

Navigation Rules and Guidelines

Right of Way:

  • Starboard: Refers to the right side of the boat.
  • Power vs. Power: Both vessels keep to the right.
  • Power vs. Sail: Power-driven vessel gives way to the sailing vessel.
  • Crossing Situations (Power vs. Power): The vessel on the operator's left gives way.
  • Overtaking: The vessel overtaking another is the give-way vessel.

Understanding Navigation Lights

  • Nighttime: Red light indicates the left side of the vessel.
  • Masthead Light: White light on all power-driven vessels.
  • Only
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Strategies for Literal and Non-Literal Communication

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Presumptions

Linguistic Presumption (LP)

The hearer is presumed capable of determining the meaning and the referents of the expression uttered.

Communicative Presumption (CP)

Unless there is evidence to the contrary, a speaker is assumed to be speaking with some identifiable communicative intent.

Presumption of Literalness (PL)

Unless there is evidence to the contrary, a speaker is assumed to be speaking literally

Conversational Presumptions (ConPs):

  • Relevance: The speaker's remarks are relevant to the conversation.
  • Sincerity: The speaker is being sincere.
  • Truthfulness: The speaker is attempting to say something true.
  • Quantity: The speaker contributes the appropriate amount of information.
  • Quality: The speaker has adequate evidence for what they say.

Strategies

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Linguistic Concepts: Definitions and Examples

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Linguistic Concepts

2. (1.5p) Define the following concepts as they have been used in this course, giving an example of each:

Meronymy

Meronymy is the semantic relation between a lexical item denoting a part and that denoting the corresponding whole. Meronyms are mentally triggered, since our minds have scripts, e.g., knowledge about event sequences due to knowledge of the world. We have scripts for events that commonly occur in our lives, such as going to a doctor's office, a restaurant, a library, or the supermarket.

Converses

Converses are pairs of opposite terms characterized by the following feature: when one member of the pair is substituted for the other, the new sentence can be made logically equivalent to the original one by interchanging... Continue reading "Linguistic Concepts: Definitions and Examples" »

Thomas Edison: A Life of Innovation and Curiosity

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"Why?" That was Thomas Edison's favorite question from the time he learned to talk. He spent his whole life exploring why and how things work. And once he knew how something worked, he tried to figure out how to make it better.

Although he was smart and curious, he did not do well in school. In those days, students memorized facts, but he wanted to ask questions and explore.

"Why?" That was Thomas Edison's favorite question from the time he learned to talk. He spent his whole life exploring why and how things work. And once he knew how something worked, he tried to figure out how to make it better.

Although he was smart and curious, he did not do well in school. In those days, students memorized facts, but he wanted to ask questions and explore.... Continue reading "Thomas Edison: A Life of Innovation and Curiosity" »

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English Grammar and Vocabulary Guide: Units 1-6

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Unit 1 People

                      GRAMMAR
"Be" Negative statement I+am+not+eating  Yes/No questions are+you+reading  "Possessive adjectives"   (my,your,his,her,its,our,your,their) 
                      VOCABULARY
"Occupations" (chef-pilot-dancer) "Countries" (Mexican,Japanese,French) "Nationalities" (Mexico-France-China) 
Unit 2 Work ,Rest an Play
                      GRAMMAR
"Simple Present Tense" Do+Verb (I-You-We-They) Does+Verb+S/ES (He-She-it) "Prepositions of time" At (12 o clock-10:00 am) On (Days-Years-Evening) In (Morning-Aftermoon) "Adverbs of frequency" (Always-Usually-Often-Sometimes) 
                      VOCABULARY
"Daily activities" (Get up-Brush your teeth-Go to bed) "Celebrations
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Fundamentals of Linguistics: Properties and Systems

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Chapters 1-3

1. Basic Components of Linguistic Knowledge

Syntax: Rules for combining words

Pragmatics: How language is used

Semantics: Meaning of words and sentences

Phonology: Sound system of a language

Morphology: Smallest unit of meaning in language

2. Properties of Human Language

a. Vocal-Auditory Channel: Speech is based on sounds.

b. Interchangeability: The same person can both transmit and receive messages.

c. Complete Feedback: While speaking, we can monitor what we are saying.

d. Arbitrariness: No direct connection between a word and its referent.

e. Discreteness: Language is based upon a vocabulary of independent, movable units.

f. Displacement: We use speech to refer to things in other times or places.

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Character Descriptions in The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Sibyl Vane

A poor, beautiful, and talented actress with whom Dorian falls in love. Sibyl’s love for Dorian compromises her ability to act, as her experience of true love in life makes her realize the falseness of affecting emotions onstage.

James Vane

Sibyl’s brother, a sailor bound for Australia. James cares deeply for his sister and worries about her relationship with Dorian. Distrustful of his mother’s motives, he believes that Mrs. Vane’s interest in Dorian’s wealth disables her from properly protecting Sibyl. As a result, James is hesitant to leave his sister.

Mrs. Vane

Sibyl and James’s mother. Mrs. Vane is a faded actress who has consigned herself and her daughter to a tawdry theater company, the owner of which has helped her... Continue reading "Character Descriptions in The Picture of Dorian Gray" »

Symbolism of Settings in The Scarlet Letter

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Symbolism of Settings in The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter, a historical fiction masterpiece by Nathaniel Hawthorne, uses setting to powerfully connect fact and fiction. The diverse settings, such as the marketplace, the forest, the scaffold, and Hester's cottage, serve as symbols supporting the novel's themes.

The Marketplace: A Symbol of Puritan Society

The marketplace represents the austere Puritan society. As a main gathering place, it was always populated, and all laws were strictly enforced. Every action was observed and judged, reflecting the rigid nature of Puritan life.

The Forest: A Place of Autonomy and Truth

In contrast, the forest is the antithesis of the Puritan world. Here, individuals are autonomous, governed only by their own... Continue reading "Symbolism of Settings in The Scarlet Letter" »