Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Wuppertal, course: Varieties of English, language: English, abstract: At first sight, Rap and Gospel music do not seem to have much in common. That is why I attempt to analyze whether there are any similarities or just discrepancies. The topic deals with The Variety in the Lexicon of Rap and Gospel and therefore, the aim of this paper is the linguistic description of the special lexicon. The foundation of this paper is provided by the presentation held on the 13th...

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, University of Wuppertal, course: Romantic Women Writers, language: English, abstract: The issue of slavery can be considered to be of great importance during the 18th and 19th century in Great Britain. Since the 1770s there has been the formation of an abolitionist movement because rational thinkers of the Enlightenment criticized it for violating the rights of man and furthermore for being heresy. In 1790 the first abolition bill was presented to parliament, but it did not pass...

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Wuppertal, course: Hauptseminar - New York in American Literature, language: English, comment: Gute umfassende Argumentation, gut am Text und an Sekundarliteratur abgestutzt., abstract: Stephen Crane published his first novel Maggie: A Girl of the Streets in March 1893 on his own expenses under the pseudonym "Johnston Smith." As a young author "who was yet to find a public he was cautious about immediately identifying himself with a work that he himself regarded as...

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Sport - Sonstiges, Note: 1,7, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: "Gedanken ohne Inhalte sind leer, Anschauung ohne Begriffe ist blind. ...] Der Verstand vermag nichts anzuschauen, und die Sinne nichts zu denken. Nur daraus, dass sie sich vereinigen, kann Erkenntnis entspringen." Schon im 18. Jahrhundert hat der Philosoph Immanuel Kant erkannt, dass Theorie und Praxis unmittelbar miteinander verbunden sein sollten. Das Eine ist sinnlos ohne das Andere, nur wenn sich Inhalte und Begriffe mit den Gedanken und Anschauungen...