This paper, based on a community study of 100 speakers, aged 8-90, representing the socioeconomic spectrum of the city, reports on the extent to which the dialect of Charleston, South Carolina, has been affected by the defining characteristic of Southern phonology, that is, the Southern Shift. The shift consists of the monophthongization of /ay/ (PRICE) and of the laxing and lowering of the nuc...

current theories argue that decision making is largely based on quick and intuitive processes.the results of study on topping organizations show that successful decision-makings are intuitive rather than rational. therefore in recent years the issue of intuition and intuitive decision making as an effective management has attracted increasing attention in scientific circles and world-class rese...

This study provides a national profile of major work safety accidents in Malaysia, There have been many incidents over the years, causing loss hundreds lives. We intended to provide scientific basis for prevention measures and strategies reduce deaths.1, 2 
 Methods: is one shocking accident Malaysia beside “the highland tower collapse”. It remembered us that project costing millions dolla...

background and purpose: multiple choice tests are the most common type of tests used in evaluating the general english knowledge of the students in most medical universities, however the efficacy of these tests are not examined precisely. we compare and examine the integrative tests and discrete point tests as   measures of the english language knowledge of medical students. methods: three test...

literature is the aesthetic manifestation of language. it is ‘as old as human language and as new as tomorrow’s sunrise.’ this paper explores the interrelationships between language and literature from 600 ad to the present day.  the grammar of present-day english is closely related to that of old english with the same tense formation and word orders. the verse unit is a single line and its org...