Chun Kit Dixon Wong U0907754 Writing 1010 – 006 10 February 2015 In “Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics: introduction” James P Gee presents his analysis of discourse. Gee discussed Discourse and discourse. With the capital “D which included saying‚ writing‚ doing‚ being‚ valuing‚ believing and so forth. The other discourse with the little “d”‚ it only means connected stretches of language that make sense (Gee‚ 1989:Page 5) Using the right grammar to talk to people it doesn’t workout every single
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September 26‚ 2014 Comparative Essay on European Colonialism 1500-1750 During the 1500 to 1750s‚ Europe began their expansion into the Americas. There were many reasons for Spain‚ France‚ Portugal‚ and England to head to the Americas. While the factors driving these European powerhouses to the ‘New World’ were similar in nature‚ England stands out as the most successful Colonial ruler in most facets of colonization due to its handsoff approach‚ allowing for the colonies to thrive through successful
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In 1492 there were regional and cultural differences in the Native American peoples of North America. In an essay compare and contrast the southwestern‚ Eastern Woodland and Great Plains cultures in the following ways: geography and climate; Social/political organizations; and economic and lifestyle. A series of events and conditions existed in the old world in 15th-century that made new world expiration and only possible but desirable. (1) Identify these events and conditions and explain how
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How has imperialism affected humans‚ that is a good question to ask. Although imperialism was sometimes bad it was mostly good. There are three major improvement that happened in imperialism in this essay. One improvement was the new religions during imperialism. The second is the new way of transportation. The final and last major improvement was the new way of farming. The first major improvement was the new ways of religions. It made up new kinds of religions for people in those countries that
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Summary: The author of this page about imperialism in north africa wrote much about the beginning of northern african imperialism including the war between Algeria’s army and the French that lasted for 50 years‚ while also during the same time tens of thousands impoverished immigrants from the Mediterranean basin were flowing into Algeria; taking the people’s land and resources‚ and further weakening the country. Not only were the immigrants and the constant war weakening the country but the French
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US Imperialism In Japan Imperialism is a policy. Based on this policy‚ a country uses diplomacy and military forces to expand its power and influence across the world. This will eventually result in becoming a superpower. When it comes to imperialism‚ America has a lot to say because it sure was a great imperialist between 1867-1917. Many American believed U.S. had to “expand or explode” because of its fast growing population. When the population grows‚ industrial production demand for more resources
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Concept of Discourse Community”‚ John Swales reveals that language use tends to be socially constructed‚ and that a discourse community tends to differ from a speech community. A discourse community is commonly defined as a group of people that share a common set of values‚ and establish ways in order to effectively communicate about their goals. A common example of a community discourse is a group of people that share the same culture and speak the same language. Swales argues that discourse communities
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Administrative and guerrilla gatherings have affected Colombia’s positive reception of free discourse. The dedication to free discourse keeps on being constrained and formed by current occasions. One conspicuous occasion joined with free discourse was the cause of paramilitaries. These gatherings conceived out of exact financial and political goals drove a war against social peace and expression that took the lives of
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On Discourse Analysis‚ looking at a sample of spoken discourse from Michelle Obama’s Democratic National Conference Presentation. In this paper I aim to apply different methods of discourse analysis to a selected extract of transcribed language. I have chosen to transcribe a speech given by the First Lady of the United States‚ Michelle Obama. Firstly‚ to briefly outline the context‚ the speech was given during the Democratic National Convention in September 2012‚ in the run up to the presidential
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my third discourse class I have taken at UMKC and I can honestly say the past two classes have helped me with my literature and written skills greatly. Since my freshman year at UMKC I’ve learned new tools when doing anything involved in discourse. I use the tools that I learned in my pervious discourse classes to help construct my notes or thoughts and put them on paper. The writing lab at the university has been a great on campus tool that has helped me advance my skills in discourse or simply
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