Oprah Winfrey Commencement Speech at Stanford University 2008 Oprah’s audience was very receptive of her mainly because she is a respected icon known all over America. The audience was a group of diverse faculty‚ staff‚ graduates‚ family and friends. When Oprah started her speech welcoming the audience‚ she gave them an icebreaker saying she wanted to let them in on a secret to personalize her speech. She lets the audience know that her god daughter Kirby attends Stanford and she is very proud
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CONTENTS Introduction……………………………………………………....................3 Chapter 1: Speech Act Theory…………………………………...................5 Chapter 2: Indirect Speech Acts in English………………........................10 Conclusion…………………………………………..………................…..15 References……………………………………………..………...................17 INTRODUCTION Language is an inseparable part of our everyday lives. It is the main tool used to transmit messages‚ to communicate ideas‚ thoughts and opinions. It situates us in the
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Free Speech: Finding the Balance The concept of free speech has been an enduring and drama-filled issue in the United States. While Americans enjoy a much higher level of freedom than residents of oppressive and dictatorial countries in the world‚ the Constitution remains in some areas ambiguous and open to interpretation and manipulation. It has been – and will continue to be – difficult to find the balance between allowing generous expressive freedom and protecting citizens from the harmful
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Freedom of Speech Controversy surrounds the first amendment as many‚ including the government‚ try to suppress it. The first amendment consists of is that‚ “...Congress shall make no law responding an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech…” (U.S. constitution‚ Cornell University‚ December 15‚ 1791). The part that is going to be covered will be the Freedom of speech. Freedom of speech gives the people of America a voice and the power
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Education” is the primary advocate group for the removal of speech codes on college campuses‚ working to draw attention to the growing censorship problems and striving to repeal unconstitutional restrictions. FIRE was formed in order to “empower campus activists‚ reform restrictive policies‚ and inform the public about the state of rights on our campuses” (FIRE. N.p.‚ n.d. Web). The organization rates colleges yearly on their policies regarding free speech and assigns either a green‚ yellow‚ or red light correlating
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According to Singular’s Pocket Dictionary of Speech-Language Pathology “stuttering is an articulatory or phonatory problem that typically presents in childhood and is characterized by anxiety about the efficacy of spoken communication‚ along with forced‚ involuntary hesitation‚ duplication‚ and protraction of sounds and syllables.” Stuttering can be witnessed in the rate‚ pitch‚ inflection‚ and even facial expressions of a speaker. The cause of this problem is not set in stone‚ which leads to countless
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Freedom of Speech and Expression and Journalism Problems faced in the industry‚ and the solutions and guidelines to the problem. A report done by Ooi K.L Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman *Note: This is an undergraduate individual assignment report. It might not be the best report‚ yet it is still referable for other undergraduates who are doing the same subject area. ** This assignment was done for the subject UAMG 3063 - Communication Law in the third year of Degree in Public Relations under the
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Amendment of the United States Constitution‚ the Freedom of Speech is included which was created on December 15‚ 1791‚ as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment also protects free exercise of religion‚ freedom of the press‚ the right to peacefully assemble‚ and the right to petition without fear of punishment. Being in the First Amendment signifies how vital the forefathers of America felt Freedom of Speech and the other rights were to make it the first of all
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Freedom of speech is a type of liberty right. As American‚ we have the rights to express our opinion. The sole purpose of freedom of speech is to provide truth to our audience. However‚ the way one would verbally express their opinion can come off to be offensive to others. There is a correct way to bring our points across and there is also an inappropriate way‚ which is more than likely seem to be hateful. Many countries use censorship‚ to control their people speech; As American we should be
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Automatic Speech Recognition Systems Week 9 December 14th‚ 2009 Mike Sticksel This paper will evaluate several different types automatic speech recognition software packages. The author will address the following questions as it relates to ASR systems: price point of each software program; Whether or not these systems are speaker independent or speaker dependent; Whether or not they support continuous speech recognition or discreet speech recognition;
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