Sociology: Understanding the Individual and Society Relationship
Sociology: Individual and Society
The human being is a social being and needs to live in society to develop their intelligence. The study of society has been an important topic in philosophy, although, as has happened in other domains of knowledge, in recent centuries it has become independent, constituted as a special science (sociology), primarily from the works of A. Comte, M. Weber, and É. Durkheim. We must use sociological knowledge to analyze the concepts, methods, and criteria of philosophical
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The Sociability of Human Beings
The tendency of humans to live in society.
Biological Foundations of Sociality
- Indeterminacy: Instinctively, humans must learn. This learning is possible thanks to intelligence and a social body.
- Long Period of Immaturity: Adults must deal with the maintenance and care of offspring for longer periods. Our biological nature makes the company of others a must.
- Lack of Outstanding Physical Qualities: The human being does not possess traits that make him stand out physically
Verb Alternations in English: A Comprehensive Study
Verb Alternations in English
Middle Alternation
Easily, Often, Only, From Both Ends:
✓✓ This verb participates in the middle alternation because it allows both the transitive variant NP1 (Agent) V NP2 (Patient) and the intransitive variant/middle construction NP2 (Agent) V PP/AdvP, which receives a non-eventive, generic, habitual, or potential interpretation. Moreover, it is possible because the direct object (DO) of the transitive variant undergoes a change of state and is affected (its physical
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Dangling (or Unattached) Participles
A participle should describe the grammatical subject of the main clause. For example, “When I was looking out the window, the day seemed very cloudy.” is correct. However, “Looking out the window, the day…” is incorrect because it implies that the day was looking out the window. A dangling participle occurs when the speaker intends to describe something other than the grammatical subject of the sentence. It is an -ing or -ed clause with an understood subject
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Linguistic Community
A linguistic community is a human society historically rooted in a particular territorial space, recognized or not, that self-identifies as a people and has developed a common language as a natural means of communication and cultural cohesion among its members.
Contact Languages
Contact languages refer to a situation in which there is direct and common interaction among speakers of two or more languages. Previously, language contact occurred primarily between neighboring territories
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Oral and Written Language: Key Differences
Oral and written language are two different codes with distinct textual and contextual differences, each serving different functions and used in different situations. They are part of the same language.
Features of Spoken Language
- Face-to-face communication: Social interactions build the text, and the situation makes details explicit.
- Spontaneity: The speaker may amend but not erase what has been said. It is fleeting and therefore more informal.
- Nonverbal codes: