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The Correlation Between Register And Cohesive Devices Of The Text - A Comparative Approach In English And Albanian Language
Get PDFThe paper presents a study of the use of cohesive devices (their distribution and frequency) across different registers. The topic was chosen due to the fact that the correlation between register and cohesive devices has not been thoroughly investigated in linguistics. In addition to the fact that each language has general preferences for certain cohesive devices, it also has speciic preferences for certain cohesive devices that are sensitive to text type. Different genres and registers are characterized by particular kinds of cohesive devices and may make
different uses of them. The work consists of two parts. The irst part deals with the theoretical background on the concept of cohesive devices .The second part which is the practical part deals with the results of an analysis of cohesive devices across registers. Three different registers were analyzed: iction (a novel ),technical and scientiic style ( legal text ) ,newspaper style ( Daily Telegraph ) The results obtained prove that distribution of different types of cohesive devices is inluenced by register
Patterns of the Technical Elements of Calvino’s Folktales - a Perfect Play of Combining Words
Get PDFCalvino - one of the masters of the contemporary literature and rewriter and transcriber of Italian folktales used an original way of narration, with combining and straightforward indings at the limits of the literary game and functional to fulilling his inquisitive, coherent and literary journey. This article will speciically focus on analysing, basing on scientiic criteria, the features of the Italian folktales, the patterns of its technical elements as well as the ways it has been concerted, rewritten and transcript by Italo Calvino. The writer has wisely selected the most beautiful, original and rare versions of the Italian folktales. He translated them from different dialects enriching them with a variety of approaches from the selected version while preserving their character and inner unity untouched so rendering them more complete and articulable. He managed to integrate, with a mastery hand, the invention of words in case of ellipses or in cases of disintegrations of the lines, by organizing narration with a dexterous language which relects the dialect roots while avoiding “cultivated” expressions. The elastic language used by Calvino is well- intertwined with the dialect, the images, and the expressed rephrasing. In some of its folktales Calvino changed names and lines from the original or changed narration while still respecting the traditions of the original region, or named anonymous characters in order to incite readers’ curiosity. Patterns of the technical elements of the Calvinian folktales have been realized with technical intelligence and artistic mastery
Examining Students’ Perceptions of Effective School Characteristics in Relation withCertain Variables
Get PDFEducation is one of the oldest activities in mankind history. In practice, it is divided into two as formal and informal education. The ultimate goal of schools is student learning. The aim of this study is to determine perceptions of secondary school students regarding effectiveness of their school in terms of effective school characteristics and to ind out if their perception varies depending on gender and grade level of students. Present study is a sample of descriptive research as it attempts to highlight relationships between circumstances and whether such relationships vary depending on certain variables. In the study, the Scale for Effective School (SFES), which is developed by Günal (2014), was used as data collection instrument. The validity evidences of the scale, which was administered to ind out students’ perceptions about school effectiveness, were obtained by Explanatory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Conirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). As an evidence of internal reliability of the SFES, Cronbach’s alpha coeficient for total scale was also calculated and found to be α=0.91. Study group was taken from 13 secondary schools in Trabzon province during the 2012-2013 academic year. As a result of the study, relatively the most important subscale of effective schools was found to be “Teaching Leadership”. The second most important subscale was “Positive School-Parent Relationship”
Comparative Perspective of Financial Sector Development of Two EU Candidate Countries in Transition: Albania and Macedonia
Get PDFAlbania and Macedonia in a difference of two years met the important criteria of the accession imposed from European Union and now they are candidate countries. These two countries are transition economies of the Western Balkan or known as South- East European countries and regarding the latest international official reports they have been progressing through the financial sector reform and economic growth. This study aims to investigate on the progress of
the financial sector of two neighborhood economies and specify the characteristics and
commonalities this sector share. Based on statistic data of World Bank (WB) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) this study will firstly cover an overview of the macroeconomic situation of Albania and Macedonia. The transition situation and the neighborhood of these economies impose the idea of a lot of commonalities but specifically the study will effort the specification of the differences between them. The Financial sector reform and development covers most of the study through the compare of main financial indicators of Albania and Macedonia and their relation to the economic growth. In specific the focus is on the banking sector indicators through the evidences on the ownership of the capital of the banks, their ratio on the state capital or foreign one, privatization method of the banking public sector, difference in the lending and borrowing rates etc. These two economies are as near as far from each other despite similar rules and regulations especially on the financial sector
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Attitudes of Foreign Enterprises in Post-Communism Society: Case of Albania
Get PDFAlbania is a post communism country; openness of the market has increased Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and firms are competing to build an image for themselves as most reliable, effective and honest actors of sustainability and wellbeing. These companies have adopted new customer centered models which automatically made them better off compared to approaches of communism marketers. This study will specifically provide information about the enhancement which occurred after the political changes of 90s in Albanian Marketplace. Based on the survey conducted with banks and telecommunication companies operating in Albania research will estimate the importance of CSR in Albanian Marketplace and the value customers give to sustainability
Religious Integration – Adopted Standards for Albania
Get PDFThe religious tolerance is one of the rarest values of the tradition of the Albanian people. It is widely accepted that Albanian people are well known about these values, about an excellent coexistence among the believers of different religious communities that are in Albania, mainly Muslims and Christians.
Albania has long aspired being a full-fledged member of the European Union, while its main challenge has been meeting the required standards in several areas. As far as religion is concerned, as Albanians, we feel very proud of the met standards in this very field. If one were to screen the Albanian religious framework, relationships between the Albanian state and all the religious communities, as well as the interreligious relationship, one will conclude the issue of religious belief and its relationship with the state is fully compliant with EU acquis. This paper aims to emphasize and analyze one of the main issues pertaining to this unique situation in Albania; the interfaith tolerance in Albania, which serves as a unique example the whole world. The main issue treated in this paper is the historical religious tolerance and its relationship as regards to the national interests. “A nation cannot have a future without being completely recognizant of its past.”
In this study we bring the essentials of this phenomenon, promotional roots of these values, while viewed from a previously untreated point of view, and in an attempt to answer the questions: Where does it stem from the religious coexistence in Albania? What are the main promoters of this phenomenon? What has been the attitude of the religious clergy in Albania? Have they been and are the imams and priests, the promotion of tolerance and religious coexistence in Albania?
These are some of the questions answered in this modest study, focusing on how nice and with how much delicacy the lectures of the Clergy have addressed this issue to the faithful or to the world in general.
Since they enjoyed undisputable reputation and influence in the majority of the population, in the most critical moments of national history, the leaders of Muslims believers, not only have promoted tolerance and religious coexistence, but they have considered the believers of other faiths as “brothers” preaching this conviction in front of their Muslim believers. These preaching’s were firstly begun by Vehbi Dibra, who was the first Chairman of the Muslims and all clerics without exception to this day.
Also unforgettable are the sermons of priests like: Fr. Gjergj Fishta, Fr. Shtjefën Gjeçovi, or Metropolitan Visarion Xhuvani to conclude with pearls of Orthodox priest, Fan S. Noli, who amazed the world with his three speeches in front of world leaders, the League of Nations, being representative of all Albanians, although Orthodox believers were only 20% of the population
The Impact of Greek Crisis on the Western Balkan Countries
Get PDFGreece is experiencing one of the deepest economic and financial crises in history and its tremendous impact is not affecting only the Eurozone countries but also the economies of all South and Eastern European countries. The crisis is especially visible in countries influenced by the movements and deviations of Greek economy like the main regional trade partners or the ones that have a relatively high percentage of foreign direct investments. Among these countries the most affected are Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria and Croatia. The main aim of this research paper is to investigate and identify the impact and spillover effect of Greek crisis on the main Western Balkan countries. The chances of a rapid improvement of Greek economy seem to be diminishing and the tremendous impact on these countries are resulting in currency devaluation, increase of unemployment rate, decrease of real GDP and decrease of remittances. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of the crisis based on the main macroeconomic variables such as real GDP, inflation and unemployment rate. By using E-views program, a regression model will be built to help
understand which of these macroeconomic variables was mostly affected and what will be the short term and long term effect of the crisis on the whole region
The Extent of Judicial Administrative Control the Power of the Administrative Court
Get PDFThe application of the principle of legality must meet various requirements dealing specifically with its extent or its reach in the administrative activity. The question that we will seek to answer in this paper is the following: with the entry into force of the Law on Administrative Courts and the start of the functioning of administrative courts on November 2013, how far extends Albanian judicial review? What are the limits of this control? What is the actual power of the Albanian administrative court? The Law on Administrative Courts has defined and directed the limits of judicial control over the legality of administrative actions towards three aspects: facts, time and discretionary power. Therefore, this paper aims to present an analysis of the different aspects that direct and limit the judicial review of administrative acts and which are: the reach of judicial review in the legal qualification of the facts, the reach of judicial review in time, and the reach of the judicial review in the exercise of discretionary power by the public administration
Some consideration about the gender violence in two States of Eastern and Western Europe
Get PDFThe purpose of the essay is to overcome interpretative dualism between Italian people and Serbian people about gender violence against women. In a comparative approach it will find elements of continuity between the decline of male domination in Italy and the decline of patriarchal power in Serbia as a result of a variety of historical and social causes that, inside the paper, are explained. The emancipation of women finds a block in the violence suffered by partners in some familiar contexts. While globalization and unemployment seem to deprive men of the marks of traditional power, but “men in decline” have an post-patriarchal “identity revanche” in assuming the dominant role of perpetrators in private life. Gender violence ‒ is pessimistic conclusion of Ignazia Bartholini ‒ has an instrumental function within the relational dynamics otherwise destined to run out; has a substantive valence and specific characteristics of type cultural, ethnic, sexual able to give meaning to reality of men otherwise dispossessed of their identity
Empirical Evidence of Elasticity of Export and Import Towards the Change of Prices and Income - The case of Republic of Macedonia
Get PDFThe imbalance of balance of payments and the presence of continued growing current account deficit are significant value for the stability of external equilibrium for different time prospects especially for long-term periods. A growth of global prices reflects immediately at the imbalance of the external equilibrium, reflecting as a value for having a balanced stability. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the sensitivity and the changes of trade, export and import from one side and the change of prices and income on the other side. The aim of this paper is to use the Thirlwall and ARDL model as most used models for quantifying the elasticity of
these categories. The results for the case of Macedonia show that there is a significant elasticity of imports from the change of domestic income, and relative elasticity of exports from the change of global income. Variables that are used in this paper are: export, import, GDP, price ratio, ratio of domestic export prices to world prices, and ratio of foreign prices of imported goods and domestic prices for the period of 1990-2012