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    Beauty's Discourse

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    Every element in a design communicates something. Every element has an effect on the whole exhibit. Every design comes with an aesthetic. When the elements of our design work together in a style that unites them into something unified‚ we create a more significant aesthetic. When we choose an aesthetic that’s in synchronize with our message it becomes even more significant. Whenever we think about aesthetics we think about making things beautiful. Beauty for beauty’s sake is not meaningful in the

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    The Discourse Theory Ranjit Kumar Jha KathmanduUniversity2012 Second language Acquisition or second language learning is the process by which people learn a second language. Second language acquisition is also the name of the scientific discipline devoted to studying that process. Second language refers to any language learned in addition to a person’s first language; although the concept is named second language acquisition‚ it can also incorporated the learning of third ‚forth or

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    first paragraph discussing about Gee’s article‚ you state that it “also describes what a discourse community is and defines its characteristics” (Dobias 7)‚ but I feel that in order to dive deep into the article and reach the heart of it‚ you might also want to say how Gee describes a discourse community. You could say that his article “also describes a discourse community as any group of people that uses a discourse when communicating amongst its members‚ providing several characteristics to identify

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    The text “Our Selfies‚ Ourselves”‚ by Sarah Hampson‚ highlights the issues shaped by selfies. From celebrities cunningly self-promoting themselves‚ to politicians trying to reveal their hidden identities (Sarah Hampson. Our Selfies‚ Ourselves)‚ selfies currently occupy a vast chunk of society’s interests and concerns. With the aid of smart phones‚ selfies have become the most used technique in self-portraiture. In short‚ selfies are just another way of expressing what’s going on in someone’s mind

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    The Publics Public

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    Q1 : Five Organizations in Nairobi County and it’s Publics based on categories of Wragg. Unga Group Limited - Unga Group is a flour milling company in Kenya. Unga is headquartered in Nairobi with flour mills in Eldoret‚ Nakuru and Mombasa and is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. The company was founded in the early 1900s. Its name is abbreviated to UGL. It is categorized as a company deals with Functional Publics as they are those publics which enable the organization to perform its chosen

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    Dance Discourse Community

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    that means that you have been apart of the dance discourse community for a long time and it is ever near and dear to your heart. However‚ I think you need to make what your discourse community is more known because from your story I can not tell what it is. I am confused on which one is your discourse community. Is it just being a dancer your discourse community or is the App state dance team your discourse community Or is Amber’s Studies your discourse community? You spoke about Senior Spotlight a

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    What’s the BIG IDEA? A Student’s Guide to How “Academic Writing” becomes “Academic Discourse” By Dee Broughton You may think that the purpose of college is the education of students‚ and certainly‚ to some degree‚ that’s true. But your professors are not just teachers. They are academics who research and study in their chosen fields in order to contribute to the body of knowledge in that field. In short‚ your major field‚ such as ELT or chemistry or food science‚ exists in the university because

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    American society‚ and their management of care for the elderly differs significantly from ours. Within the Ju/’hoansi culture‚ a “stream of complaints” from elders towards caregivers is viewed as “custom‚” and is a seen as a particular attribute of old age.1 The elders’ complaints criticize hoarding and stinginess. Also‚ their complaints establish caregiving responsibilities‚ and forms a social contract that reinforces those obligations. In chapter

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    “Hingston opens up with getting a letter from one of her relatives discussing the cost of reserving plots. One thing that could be motivating Hingston to write the essay the way she did was how death is effecting her life and how she is planning on being cremated when she dies. Hingston states‚ “A traditional American funeral cost $8‚300 vs. $1‚400 for cremation” (38). Money is a big motivator in our society and unless you’re rich‚ no one wants

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    Models in Discourse Processing Teun A. van DIN INTRODUCTION In this chapter it is shown that models play an important role in both oral and written discourse processing. Although the term model has several other meanings‚ it will here exclusively be used to denote a specific kind of knowledge structure in memory. 1 In particular‚ the notion of model is intended here to account for the role of personal knowledge people have about real or imagined situations in the process of discourse production

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