c. 1663-1664 Oil on canvas 46.6 x 39.1 cm (18 11/32 x 15 13/32 in.) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This is the painting I chose to do my presentation on. I will number some details I found interesting: 1- Vermeer has rendered an intense contrast by combining the dynamically expectant posture of the woman with a geometric […]
A woman in blue reading a letter
mayo 8th, 2010 · Comments Off on A woman in blue reading a letter
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Johannes Vermeer
mayo 8th, 2010 · Comments Off on Johannes Vermeer
Warm colors, memorable faces, and lighting touched with shadow are elements found in the famous paintings of seventeenth century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. In 1632, Johannes Vermeer was born in the city of Delft, in the Netherlands. According to The Life of Johannes Vermeer , his early education included a six year apprenticeship with an […]
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Using an Online Dictionary and Encyclopedia
junio 8th, 2009 · Comments Off on Using an Online Dictionary and Encyclopedia
Advantages and Disadvantages Online dictionary and encyclopedia sources offer great convenience and quick access to the information you need. These references are at their finest when they go beyond the capabilities of print, such as when they allow users to take advantage of multimedia content. You can hear famous speeches, see scans of historical documents […]
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Received Pronunciation
junio 6th, 2009 · Comments Off on Received Pronunciation
Received Pronunciation, or RP for short, is the instantly recognisable accent often described as ‘typically British’. Popular terms for this accent, such as ‘The Queen’s English’, ‘Oxford English’ or ‘BBC English’ are all a little misleading. The Queen, for instance, speaks an almost unique form of English, while the English we hear at Oxford University […]
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Calentador de comida USB
junio 6th, 2009 · Comments Off on Calentador de comida USB
Almorzar comida casera en la oficina es un lujo del que hoy en día muy poca gente disfruta, a no ser que tengas una mamá que te mime eternamente. Creada por los japoneses de Thanko, la USB Hot Lunch Bag es una lonchera que mantiene tu comida caliente mientras esperas a comértela. Sólo debes […]
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The International Corpus of English
junio 6th, 2009 · Comments Off on The International Corpus of English
The International Corpus of English (ICE) project was initiated in 1988 by the late Sidney Greenbaum, the then Director of the Survey of English Usage, University College London. In a brief notice in World Englishes, Greenbaum pointed out that grammatical studies had been greatly facilitated by the availability of two computerized corpora of printed English, the Brown Corpus […]
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SOME VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN U.S AND BRITISH ENGLISH
mayo 29th, 2009 · Comments Off on SOME VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN U.S AND BRITISH ENGLISH
1) Apartment = Flat2) Appetizer = Starter3) Apron = Pinny4) Argument = Row 5) Baby carriage = Pram6) Backyard = Garden9) Baked Potato = Jacket Potato10) Band-aid = Plaster11) Baseball = Rounders12) Bath Robe = Dressing Gown13) Bathing Suit = Swimming Costume / Cozzy14) Bathroom = Toilet15) Bathroom = Loo16) Bathroom = WC18) Can = Tin19) Candy = Sweets20) […]
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American National Corpus
mayo 24th, 2009 · Comments Off on American National Corpus
The American National Corpus (ANC) project is creating a massive electronic collection of American English, including texts of all genres and transcripts of spoken data produced from 1990 onward. The ANC will provide the most comprehensive picture of American English ever created, and will serve as a resource for education, linguistic and lexicographic research, and […]
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Tagging in delicious
mayo 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off on Tagging in delicious
Tags What are tags? Tags are one-word descriptors that you can assign to your bookmarks on Delicious to help you organize and remember them. Tags are a little bit like keywords, but you choose them yourself and they do not form a hierarchy. You can assign as many tags to a bookmark as you like […]
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NATIONAL BRITISH CORPUS
abril 7th, 2009 · Comments Off on NATIONAL BRITISH CORPUS
What is the BNC? The British National Corpus (BNC) is a 100 million word collection of samples of written and spoken language from a wide range of sources, designed to represent a wide cross-section of British English from the later part of the 20th century, both spoken and written. The latest edition is the BNC XML […]
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EUROPEANA
febrero 6th, 2009 · Comments Off on EUROPEANA
A partir de hoy 20 de Noviembre, nos encontramos ante el nacimiento de Europeana, una nueva biblioteca digital, que ha sido creada con la colaboración de todos los miembros de la UE. El proyecto comenzó el 1 de Febrero de este año cuando en Frankfurt se reunieron directores de museos, archiveros, editores y bibliotecarios, con la idea de […]
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La Encyclopedia Britannica quiere competir con Wikipedia
enero 29th, 2009 · Comments Off on La Encyclopedia Britannica quiere competir con Wikipedia
Tras seis meses en funcionamiento, Knol, la enciclopedia de Google tiene 100.000 artículos a su haber y está aun muy lejos de los 2,7 millones de artículos en inglés que mantiene Wikipedia. Pero ya se avisora un nuevo competidor para el popular sitio y se trata nada menos que de la Encyclopedia Britannica.
Los ingleses quieren fortalecer su versión […]
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