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  2. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

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    Said, stated, described, wrote, commented, and according to are almost always neutral and accurate. Extra care is needed with more loaded terms . For example, to write that a person noted, observed, clarified, explained, exposed, found, pointed out, showed, confirmed , or revealed something can imply objectivity or truthfulness, instead of ...

  3. List of Edward Said memorial lectures - Wikipedia

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    Since Edward Said's death in 2003, several institutions have instituted annual lecture series in his memory, including Columbia University, [1] University of Warwick, Princeton University, University of Adelaide, [2] The American University in Cairo, London Review of Books, the Barenboim-Said Akademie and Palestine Center, with such notables speaking as Daniel Barenboim, Noam Chomsky, Robert ...

  4. Contrast (literary) - Wikipedia

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    Contrast is the antonym of simile. In poetic compositions, it is common for poets to set out an elaborate contrast or elaborate simile as the argument. For example, John Donne and the metaphysical poets developed the conceit as a literary device, where an elaborate, implausible, and surprising analogy was demonstrated.

  5. Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing - Wikipedia

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    Unless close paraphrasing is immediately obvious, it is good practice to cite specific passages alongside the corresponding passage from the source on the talk page to highlight their similarity; this will provide objective evidence of close paraphrasing. Notice to the contributor. It is important to discuss your concerns with the contributor ...

  6. Contrast (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Contrast is often overtly marked by markers such as but or however, such as in the following examples: It's raining, but I am not taking an umbrella. We will be giving a party for our new students. We won't, however, be serving drinks. The student knew about the test on Friday, but still he did not study.

  7. Contrastive linguistics - Wikipedia

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    While traditional linguistic studies had developed comparative methods (comparative linguistics), chiefly to demonstrate family relations between cognate languages, or to illustrate the historical developments of one or more languages, modern contrastive linguistics intends to show in what ways the two respective languages differ, in order to help in the solution of practical problems.

  8. Vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    In first grade, a child who can read learns about twice as many words as one who cannot. Generally, this gap does not narrow later. This results in a wide range of vocabulary by age five or six, when an English-speaking child will have learned about 1500 words. [10]

  9. Phonemic contrast - Wikipedia

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    Another example in English of a phonemic contrast would be the difference between leak and league; the minimal difference of voicing between [k] and [g] does lead to the two utterances being perceived as different words. On the other hand, an example that is not a phonemic contrast in English is the difference between [sit] and [siːt]. [1]