Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Potsdam (Institut fur Anglistik / Amerikanistik), course: Proseminar Deixis, 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The word "deixis" is of Greek origin and means "pointing" or "indicating." In linguistics this term denotes a word or phrase that directly and categorically refers to temporal, locational, or personal characteristics of a communicative event and its participants. Deixis lies in between the fields of semantics and pragmatics....

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Potsdam (Institut fur Anglistik / Amerikanistik), course: Seminar 'Strange Fruits', 15 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Soon after its publication on March 1st 1940 it seemed to be clear that "Native Son" was the great breakthrough in the career of the young black author Richard Wright. In his masterpiece, Richard Wright portrays the life of the 20 - year old protagonist Bigger Thomas who lives with his mother, sister and brother in a shabby, rat - infested one -...

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, University of Potsdam, course: Religious Diversity in Multicultural Britain, 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In 1187, Saladin and his troops defeated the Christians (under King Guy of Lusignan) at the Battle of Hattin and by the end of the year Saladin had taken Acre and Jerusalem. In particular the news of the Fall of Jerusalem aroused immense feelings among Christians in Europe and had still greater reverberations than the Conquest...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Politisches System Deutschlands, Note: 2,0, Universitat Potsdam, Veranstaltung: Blockseminar Bundestag und Bundesrat im politischen System der BRD, 14 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland gilt der Grundsatz des freien Mandats, der durch Artikel 38 im Grundgesetz verankert ist. Wortlich heit es in Absatz 1 Satz 2: "Die Abgeordneten des Deutschen Bundestages werden in allgemeiner, unmittelbarer, freier, gleicher und geheimer Wahl gewahlt. Sie sind Vertreter des...