Philosophy and the postmodern perspective on organization theories
Étude de cas - 17 pages - Sciences politiques
Postmodernism refers to a general term that encompasses diverse fields such as literature, art, philosophy, architecture, fiction, and so on… It is originally an architectural movement constructed in opposition to modernism. Whereas modernism corresponds to a perspective whose epistemology...
The difference between sentences that are evaluated by linguistic significance alone and sentences that are evaluated by linguistic significance and other circumstances
Dissertation - 30 pages - Linguistique & langues
Significant differences among sentences of natural language does exist. It is not a matter of theoretical philosophy or theoretical linguistics but simply common sense. The difference I would like to focus on the sentences that are evaluated by linguistic significance alone and sentences...
Can a theory of truth serve as a theory of meaning? If not, why not?
Étude de cas - 2 pages - Littérature
Recent developments in the theory of truth by Tarski1 have brought new material for inquiries in the theory of meaning - this is what indeed thinkers such as Davidson believe; but are they right believing this ? More exactly, in what sense can we legitimately discuss the idea that a theory of...
The hidden motivations behind the religious discourse of George W. Bush and his decision to go to war in Iraq
Dissertation - 91 pages - Sciences politiques
Today's American exeptionalism is not only related to the myth of the American dream and to the U.S. military and economic superiority, but also to the role of religion in the American domestic and foreign policy. The president, himself, a born again Christian, does not hesitate to use a...
"Wonderland as a poetic world"
Fiche de lecture - 5 pages - Littérature
Published in 1865, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland offers us a story characterized by humour, fantasy and nonsense. Originally entitled Alice's Adventures Under Ground, it tells how the young Alice dreams she follows a White Rabbit down to a rabbit hole, and how she strolls in a...
The experience of the Indian and Pakistani immigrant communities in Great Britain from 1948 to 1971
Dissertation - 56 pages - Histoire contemporaine : XIXe, XXe et XXIe
The history of Indian and Pakistani presence in Britain is long as it dates back to the seventeenth century. Yet the influence of the South Asian community was almost insignificant at that time, for its size remained very small. Only after the Second World War (1939-1945) did South Asian...
Is this really possible to make a transparent translation?
Dissertation - 5 pages - Linguistique & langues
To say the least, The Translator's Invisibility, written by ?Lawrence Venuti', Professor of English at Temple University has provoked many debates and controversy within the field of translation and has therefore, become a classic text. At the beginning of the book, Venuti quotes Norman...
The Mother Tongue (Bill Bryson)
Fiche de lecture - 3 pages - Littérature
In the fourth chapter of Mother Tongue (Penguin 31/10/1991), “The First Thousand years”, Bill Bryson highlights the history of the development of the English tongue. In a small area of northern Germany, the country language is very closed to the Old English. This place was indeed...
European cultural policy: Should we talk about a real European policy or about a European cultural action?
Mémoire - 8 pages - Union Européenne
When the foundations for a European construction were laid, the cultural dimension was implied: it was a union of individuals which was originally hoped for. Is it possible to imagine that such a union will not imply a cultural dimension? Besides this, the culture appeared in the European...
Work on Construction Grammar and Grammatical Constructions
Dissertation - 2 pages - Linguistique & langues
If one wants to understand what lies at the heart of Construction Grammar, one should first tackle the following questions: what do speakers of a given language have to know, and what can they "figure out" on the basis of that knowledge, in order for them to use their language...
Post-structuralism and deconstruction
Dissertation - 8 pages - Littérature
Literary theory has penetrated all spheres of modern day life. It has shifted from being a prerogative of Academia to being a part of a popular culture. Yet, how can the term "literary theory" be defined lucidly? According to McLaughlin, literary theory is the "debate over nature and function of...
Bajan dialect
Dissertation - 11 pages - Linguistique & langues
Barbados is a small Caribbean country situated in the East of the West-Indies Archipelago. The capital is Bridgetown. In the administrative side, Barbados is divided into 11 'parishes' and has about 270,000 inhabitants. Historically speaking, Barbados was colonized by Great Britain, in...
International business law Canada
Étude de cas - 6 pages - Droit international
In this document we are going to look at the CANADA. Canada is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system, defining itself as a bilingual and multicultural nation, the French and English are of equal status, the official languages. Industrialized and technologically advanced...
Translation of Poetry
Fiche - 7 pages - Philosophie
Document: 28 pages essay about translation of Poetry Extrait: Translation, as defined by Uwajeh (1993), is a special way of language use, where what was expressed in some text of a given language, SL, is re-expressed in some other text of another language, TL, adjudged...
Application mobile de gestion de réservation au restaurant
Mémoire - 29 pages - Informatique
Le présent mémoire résume notre projet de fin d'études. Ce projet consiste en la réalisation d'une application mobile de gestion de réservation au restaurant. Cette application est siglée Application Mobile de Gestion de Réservation au Restaurant (AMG2R). Ainsi nous présentons tout au long...
A comparative account of the French and the English versions of one Beckett's text
Dissertation - 12 pages - Littérature
Translation is usually studied from another language to ours, in order to consider changes that have to be made. With Samuel Beckett, it is interesting to analyze the process of translation from French, which is not his mother tongue, to English. In fact, Beckett was, in the 50's, one of...
Relationships in a multicultural company in the Middle East - publié le 10/03/2009
Étude de cas - 7 pages - Ressources humaines - GRH
Dubai is a city of all superlatives. It is a specific place which reveals few important characteristics. Indeed, it is also considered as a city of significant symbols of luxury and tourism. Thus, our company which offers cheap accommodation is composed of a small team which includes the manager...
Typology: analysis of Serbo-Croatian
Fiche - 3 pages - Linguistique & langues
The basic word order in the Serbo-Croatian language is absolutely not rigid when words are marked in nominative and accusative cases, since it indicates the role of the words. However, in rare cases when it is unmarked, because of the inflectional type of this language, SVO...
Adjectives in Cognitive Linguistic
Dissertation - 16 pages - Linguistique & langues
During the seminar, we have buckled down to the arduous task of understanding and using a brand new theoretical field of study as far as the great family of linguistics is concerned. This paper and the database we have come to build out are the concrete results of a work which turned out to be...
Cultural differences that make life in the UK 'difficult' for international students
Dissertation - 24 pages - Sociologie & sciences sociales
Every year the United Kingdom (UK), attracts students from all over the world who expect to enrol themselves in a Higher Education program. Their impact on the British educational system is significant, as non-UK domiciled students constitute 13% of all the students, 16% of full-time students,...
Relationships in a multicultural company in the Middle East
Étude de cas - 7 pages - Management organisation
Dubai, the city of all superlatives, is the specific place where is based, the business that we are analyzing through a classic problem closely linked to the multiculturalism of the company. This territory reveals few important characteristics; indeed, it's one of the city symbols of luxury...
Culture and Doing Business in Japan
Dissertation - 5 pages - Marketing international
Usually when companies' think of having a good market share in their home market they try to develop the company in a foreign market. This process of internationalization is important for the company to develop its potential market for several reasons (market is saturated, develop new product...
The "Frenglish"
Fiche - 1 pages - Linguistique & langues
Since the beginning of the XIXth century, English was in vogue in some circles. Little by little we can see the birth of a new way of speaking, a French language much anglicized, which is called usually the 'Frenglish'. But why was this kind of language born and what is...
Critical Theory: theatre and post-structuralism
Dissertation - 6 pages - Arts divers
The idea of Post-structuralism derives from philosophy. It is a discipline which has always tended to emphasize the difficulty of achieving secure knowledge about things (Barry;1995:63) .Philosophical writing, although following the structure thesis, followed by anti-thesis, then a synthesis of...
La traduction : quelles difficultés implique-t-elle dans la communication entre pairs de langue maternelle différente ?
TD - Exercice - 7 pages - Psychologie
Lorsque nous abordons les difficultés rencontrées lors de la traduction de textes en psychologie, il faut tenir compte de plusieurs aspects : la connaissance des deux langues, la signification des mots, les perceptions, l'époque et le contexte dans lesquels les textes ont été rédigés,...
E-Branding in the Swiss Hotel Industry
Dissertation - 14 pages - Marketing tourisme
This research goes through the evolution of branding to e-branding and analyzes it for the Swiss lodging industry. From a database of 2'448 hotels in Switzerland, this research explores domain names used by Swiss Hotels. Based on many criteria such as: registration date, region (canton),...
The Cajun identity
Dissertation - 4 pages - Sociologie & sciences sociales
I have chosen this subject for my first class about Louisiana. The Cajun people just fascinate me as I consider them as the last French people in America. Paradoxically, when they speak French on television, we have to subtitle their words to understand them better. I wondered how they could...
Once upon a time in Latin Europe
Dissertation - 12 pages - Histoire moderne : Renaissance à XIXe
Europe is composed of several backgrounds. History, languages, values, and beliefs, each part are closely related to the other. How then may we characterize those parts? To understand Latin Europe, we have to define its past and discover where the word Latin comes from? Latin, is derived...
Differences between the instructions on beauty products across nations: France and Britain
Étude de cas - 5 pages - Marketing international
Initially I didn't have any idea about the topic I wanted to talk about, but realizing that I had purchased many beauty products in Ireland and that I used to read its directions, I decided to take more of an interest in it. I just thought it was pretty funny to read these instructions without...
IKEA: International advertising strategy 2013
Étude de cas - 16 pages - Stratégie
In our current world completely flooded by globalization, companies need to develop themselves worldwide in order to stay competitive and sometimes to survive. However, managing its entry in a foreign country requires a communication strategy that needs to be studied in relation to the market...
