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    Social and political discourse

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    INTRODUCTION This textbook is for advanced students willing to build up their comprehension of political‚ social and economic texts. The textbook has six chapters: 1. Rule of Law 2. Elections 3. Visits. Talks. Agreements 4. International Organizations 5. Economy Matters 6. Natural Disasters Each chapter is a coherent unit presenting and practicing vocabulary points‚ skills of summary translation‚ annotation and rendering. It also aims at helping students expand their knowledge of extralinguistic

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    Do mockumentary films retain any trace of the ’discourse of sobriety’? Throughout film history‚ documentary and fiction films have denoted the polar opposites of film form with each representing two distinct and separate traditions‚ the cinema of reality and the cinema of fiction (Doherty 16). However what was once a clear distinction has become blurred as the increasing popularity of mockumentary continues to weaken the assumed boundaries between fact and fiction (Sicinski). Prior to this ‘blurring

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    they developed their literacy which is unique per person. The article Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics by James Paul Gee goes through different theories he has on the correct and incorrect ways that language is used when communicating during different scenarios and why. The main cause of unique levels regarding literacy are the different Discourses a person may have. First and foremost are the primary Discourses which are basically what an individual is born into; this includes culture‚ parenting

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    Ann M. Johns‚ a well-known linguist has studied the way communities communicate with each other and the specific ways they do so. In “Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership‚ Conflict‚ and Diversity”‚ Johns defines communities of practice as something that “refers to genres and lexis‚ but especially to many practices and values that hold communities together or separate them from one another” (500). Communities of practice are groups of people who use distinct language‚ objectives

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    Reality Show

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    their programmes. It was then the reality show was introduced. A good entrance and the audiences love it. From a reality show of singing‚ acting‚ modelling to even parenting‚ audiences from all walks of life enjoys it. Reality show is well understood as a television programme that feature real people doing real things. Some can be hillarious and some can even make the audiences cry. Reality show is very well accepted all over the world. Thousands of reality show have already been in a place called the

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    strong biographical evidence that suggests that the author worked on The Prince and The Discourses at the same time‚ writing the former’s first draft in 1513 and starting to write the latter during the same year. It is obvious then that in order to understand the essence of The Prince we cannot restrict ourselves only to its lines‚ but we must look beyond into Machiavelli’s other writings‚ such as The Discourses‚ to achieve a general understanding of his philosophy‚ and to better appreciate the full

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    Muppet Show Analysis

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    The Muppet Show is absolutely one of the most entertaining and most reliably engaging TV programs ever communicated. Indeed‚ even a quarter century later‚ Jim Henson’s virtuoso and mankind radiate through. Introduced from the stage‚ backstage and notwithstanding changing areas of the Muppet Theater‚ the Muppet Show highlighted a general organization of entertainers who might endeavor to give a theatrical presentation the chances stacked immovably against them. At its focal point all was Kermit the

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    Musical Shows and College Football during the Gilded Age The Gilded Age was an era that erupted with cultural activities. This American society came after the Civil War‚ and the Reconstruction. As for the past‚ American were used to the rise of industry and wanted to return to their normal lifestyles. The Gilded Age was open to new opportunities‚ and escape past regiments and open ideas to a new urban lifestyle. Because the rapid growth of industry‚ due to the Civil War and the Reconstruction‚ upper

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    Course: BaMMC 2nd Semester Exam title: Multimodal Discourse Analysis May 25‚ 2011 Character (excluding spaces): 22682 Page 1 of 14 OBLIGATORISK FORSIDE Prescribed front page 12-TIMERS PRØVER U. MUNDTLIGT FORSVAR 12-hour take-home papers without oral defence INSTITUT FOR ERHVERVSKOMMUNIKATION Department of Business Communication EKSAMENSNR. (PÅ STUDERENDE): Student Exam No.: (6 digits at the top left corner of you Student ID-card) HOLD NR.: Class No. Ex.: U02 FAGETS NAVN: Course/Exam

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    will be focusing on the discourse community of Comp. 1900. What is a discourse community? A discourse community is a group of people involved in and communicating about a particular topic‚ issue‚ or in a particular field (What Is a Discourse Community?). Comp 1900 is an introduction to computer science course. The reason why I have chosen to see this class as a discourse community is because I believe it fits into the six Swales rules for deciding if a community is a discourse community. The rules go

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