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    patient-physician communication‚ it can be used by physicians working in any medical specialty. The presentation is divided into four major components in which presenters give a brief overview of the issues and background related to the initiative‚ show a short video‚ lead the group in a role play and discussion sessions based on the video‚ and summarize the presentation’s goals and findings. Included in the kit are a video‚ a presenter’s guide and supporting overhead transparencies‚ and participant

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    In the film ‘The Truman Show’ directed by Peter Weir Truman’s mind is manipulated in many ways in order for him to have very small aspects of freewill. Truman is forced into relationships. He’s emotions are attacked with his family’s issues and the stress of money. He cannot escape the dome because of his fears and physical barriers that Christof has created. He is able to go wherever he pleases within Seahaven‚ but is unable to escape the dome without Christof’s consent. Truman has only some

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    of a group in my English 101 class. We were assigned with researching and writing a paper on a discourse community of our choice. The community we decided to focus our work on was the Edge at Mason‚ a group that helps bring people together through team-building strategies. The need that our work was attempting to respond to was the need to come up with a solution to a potential problem within the discourse community. This problem arose from the lack of any formal supervisior or scribe during the community’s

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    people stay in them. We have 5 very special people on the show today. Now‚ first we have to get to know you. Please state your name and blood type. Tom: What does blood type have to do with ANYTHING? Dr X: Just answer the question. Tom: Uh…Tom…and I don’t know my blood type… Dr X: Right then. And you‚ please state your name and blood type Elsa: Elsa‚ and why do YOU have to know my blood type? Dr. X: Because it’s MY show. YOU’RE just on it because your life sucks! Elsa: No. That’s

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    This discourse analysis essay will be critically analyzing the advertisement for LEGO that has been attached above. I will pay close attention to the purpose‚ structure‚ audience and tone of this advertisement as well as unpacking its linguistic features. The purpose for this LEGO advertisement will be identified first; followed by the study of how its structure‚ audience‚ tone and certain linguistic features will affect its persuasiveness. The purpose of this advertisement is to persuade (UNISA

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    willing‚ opinion‚ etc. In case of communication‚ some public figures might influence language use in socio culture. The figure public not only as the entertainer for society but also as a trendsetter of any aspects such as the fashion style‚ hobby‚ and the language style. The later aspect is the interesting one that we want to analyze in our mini research. The influence of figure public language style toward society is could studied in Critical Discourse Analysis (commonly abbreviated to CDA). Fairclough

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    Each of the sources above gives different aspects of cardiology discourse community that would help to create a healthy lifestyle to the patients‚ who are experiencing or suffering from different kinds of heart diseases. The interview that has been conducted with Dr. Besma Mikhail gives an overview of how it feels for being doctor in the community. It focuses on the emotional aspect of the medical discourse community. Also‚ it clarifies the challenges‚ and the amount of work needed to achieve this

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    References: Albelda‚ R. 2012‚ Jan/Feb). Different anti-poverty programs same single-mother poverty. Dollars & Sense: Business Source Premier‚ 298‚ 11-17. Cawthorne‚ A. (2008‚ October 8). The straight facts on women in poverty. Retrieved from http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/report/2008/10/08/5103/the-straight-facts-on-women-in-poverty/ Gasbuddy. (2013). Search

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    A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government by Nakae Chomin explores the various values and ideas of three men‚ in regards to the future of Japan. This trio consists of the Gentleman‚ who enjoys Western ideals; the Champion‚ who prefers traditional Japanese values; and Master Nankai‚ a sage who enjoys to drink and talk politics among others. This story uses these characters‚ primarily the Gentlemen and the Champion‚ to represent political views that were present in Japan during the Meiji Period

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    1. Berger says that "Discourse analysis... focuses attention not only on the content of written material but on the style that writers use‚ the language they use to express themselves‚ and the strategies they adopt to get their ideas across. The focus‚ we may say‚ is on the ’how’ not the ’what’" (p. 174). Explain the difference between the "how" and the "what." Instead of concentrating on the content they concentrate on the style of the content. When reading a review of a movie‚ we are still reading

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