Wednesday, August 1, 2012
LO HAGO PORQUE PUEDO, PUEDO PORQUE QUIERO Y QUIERO PORQUE ME DIJERON QUE NO PODIA
LO HAGO PORQUE PUEDO, PUEDO PORQUE QUIERO Y QUIERO PORQUE ME DIJERON QUE NO PODIA
SOCIETIES IN NEW GUINEA
In this set or
materials, the reading passage cites Margaret Mead’s research of three
societies in New Guinea
which leads to a conclusion, and the listening passage cites some criticisms on
Mead’s studies which cast doubt on the conclusion in the reading passage.
The reading passage describes Margaret Mead’s
studies of three different societies in New Guinea. According to her research,
the first society shows that both men and women have “feminine”
characteristics. In the second society, both men and women have “masculine”
characteristics. In the third society, men have feminine characteristics and
women have masculine characteristics. In conclusion, the author drew to the conclusion
that gender characteristics come more from society than from biology.
The listening passage casts doubt on the
conclusion in the reading passage by showing some critics of Mead’s studies of the
three societies. While it is true that the three societies in New Guinea show
three different remarkable gender characteristics, as the reading passage
states, it is also true that her results are too neat and it is supposed that research
is not usually that tidy, as the listening passage states. It can be said that
she found what she was looking for rather than looking
Polysemy
In this set of materials, the
reading passage cites some information about polysemic words which leads to a
conclusion, and the listening passage cites some more information about the polysemic
words which add to the conclusion in the reading.
The reading passage defines Polysemy and gives
clear examples. According to the reading passage, one word has different
meanings in English. As examples, sound is a polysemic word that has different
kinds of meanings; it has12 adjective meanings, 12 verb meanings, 4 meanings in
verb phrases and 2 adverb meanings. Another word is set; it is has 57 noun
meanings and 120 verb meanings.
The listening passage adds to the conclusion
some more important information to the conclusion in the reading passage by
showing that special subset of polysemic words has not only different meanings
but also opposite meanings. Polysemic words have different meanings, as the
reading passage states. Besides, a special group of words that has opposite
meanings. For example, bolt and fast mean “cannot move” and “move quickly”. Another
word, sanction means “permit” and “permit”.
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