The first of the four Approaches I will discuss is Attention to Speech. Taglimonte (2006: p.8) suggests that it is “the style from which every other style must be calibrated”. William Labov devised a sociolinguistic interview designed to produce a range of types of speech. His main interest was to obtain and identify data that represented people’s casual speech‚ rather than speech that was altered due to the presence of an observer. Most of the interview was conversational and produced two types
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Attention Seeking All of this speech is based on my opinions. There is a popular term amongst younger people – ‘attention whore’. The Urban dictionary describes this term as an individual who will go to any lengths in order to receive attention; it does not matter whether the attention comes from positive or negative means. Now‚ the term attention whore is a negative term. People bandy the term around for anyone they deem to be engaging in [usually] negative attention seeking behaviour. THIS
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point in time. This focus requires a lot of mental effort or concentration and this is what cognitive psychologist term attention. Attention refers to the concentration and focusing of mental effort (Best‚ 1995). Focus is selective‚ divisible and shiftable. Focus is selective when we pay attention to some things and not others. It is shifable when we are able to move our attention from one thing to another and focus is divisible when we can attend to two or more activities
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Attention getter Background info Not carrying a cell phone is a negative habit to get into because it affects a person’s safety‚ privacy‚ self-esteem and communication. One effect of not carrying a cell phone is safety‚ driving a car. For instance‚ when someone is driving a car‚ it would be unsafe not to carry a cell phone. Not carrying a cell phone is not safe because an individual might find them self in a problem or even a real emergency might happen. If their car breaks down they will
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computer tasks. Speaker credibility Sounding confident in what you are speaking about. Occasion ? Speaker ________________________________ Topic ________________________________ What devices will you use in the introduction to gain audience attention? Vocal What steps will you take to relate the topic to this audience? Make the speech seem interesting to any age group. What is the main idea you want to convey to the audience? How to perform a system restore. What are the
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Limited Attentional Capacity Essay In our daily lives‚ driving is a daily part of our culture. Texting is also a big part of our culture. The problem lies when people of our culture do texting and driving at the same time. Also‚ athletes are affected by concussions‚ which have a correlation to driving. Important factors that are involved while driving are reaction time‚ coordination‚ and control. This “Acc Anaylsis Prev 2007 Cog distract” article is about a hands on test to record the mistakes
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great number of distractions‚ but the child may also drift off into his/her own dream world instead of keeping track of what is going on. Many children with an ASD have attention deficits and are easily distracted. Whether distractions caused by other children in the class‚ or by the flickering of fluorescent strip lights‚ once attention is lost it means that the child is not concentrating on the learning matter in hand. In group learning discussions children with ASD are very shy and they show interest
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Analytical Rhetoric: “’Center of Attention’: The Gender of Sports Media” In Michael A. Messner’s article of the topic of sports portraying in the comparison between the genders‚ he justifies the theme by claiming that “Sport is a man’s world.” Throughout history‚ sports in America were mostly participated and entertaining to the masculine role. As for the women‚ through the men’s eyes‚ the female role in sports are observed as pawns in the game‚ only described by Messner’s translations‚ “Women
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disadvantages of modern movies that made huge effects on people. In general‚ we watch movies for relaxation from stress‚ entertainment‚ and learning or reinforcing one’s linguistic skills in relative languages. There are many advantages by watching a movie compared to disadvantages‚ in my opinion disadvantages depend upon a person’s perception. There are many types of movies. Some examples are horror‚ comedy‚ mystery‚ drama‚ action‚ science-fiction‚ and romance. Some movies are good in changing people
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WATCHING SCARY MOVIES PROVE THE GENRE CAN HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT. There are people who do not want to watch scary movies. Aside from the fact that they can soil their pants; they don’t want to get scared‚ period. They just don’t get the idea that being scared and entertained can occupy the same zip code. Surprise‚ surprise‚ surprise! Watching a scary movie has its benefits; more than just being entertained it can have a positive effect on your health and well-being‚ READ ON. **SCARY MOVIES CAN MAKE YOU
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