Systemic Functional Linguistic Comparison of News Text and Spoken Conversation. Introduction A news text and a spoken conversation will be considered by using a systemic functional linguistic approach. Linguistic evidence will be given to support the register analysis of field‚ tenor and mode which highlight the differences and similarities between the context of use of the two texts‚ and an explanation given as to why the variation in registers occurs. TEXT 1 – NEWS TEXT
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Within the recent adventure to the AIC‚ there was one piece that wholly struck out with great interest which demanded to be analyzed. That piece was the Polychrome Jar with Rainbow Macaw and Floral Motifs (Ascension Number: 2006.749)‚ which was done by an Acoma Pueblo artist with no given name‚ in New Mexico during the 1880s. The piece on its own merit features a wide variety of floral designs as well as some birds in either in flight or sitting. Around the piece itself‚ there are some smaller and
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James Paul Gee’s introduction to Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics and his article‚ What is Literacy?‚ approach literacy studies from psychological and sociological viewpoints. He states that the focus of literacy is social practices (“it’s not just how you say it‚ but what you are and do when you say it). Early in the writing‚ Gee defines Discourse as a combination of acts: saying‚ writing‚ doing‚ being‚ valuing‚ etc. He views Discourse as a social construct not dissimilar from Culture. In fact
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Freedom versus Predestination: A Comparative Analysis Shane Furlong Humanities 4640 April 14‚ 2013 (Week 5) Freedom versus Predestination: A Comparative Analysis This week’s essay is a comparative analysis of the theories of freedom (indeterminism) and predestination (religious determinism). Our analysis will attempt to prove the superiority of the theory of freedom over the theory of predestination. First‚ we will examine the theory of predestination as it is explained in the text “Ethics:
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Book Review: An Introduction to Sytemic Functional Linguistics‚2nd Edition An introduction to systemic functional linguistics‚ 2nd edition‚ is an updated overview of the concepts and methods of linguistic analysis in the framework developed by M.A.K. Halliday. The book introduces the concepts and demonstrates how the techniques of systemic functional linguistic theory can be applied to the analysis of texts. Written in ascending order‚ the book begins with the general understanding of language
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INTONATION IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION ENGLISH DEPARTMENT INTONATION IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE ABSTRACT Intonation is very important for English learner because when you talk a sentence without having a correct intonation‚ it may change the intended meaning of the whole sentence. This study will briefly compare Vietnamese intonation and English intonation as well as the differences between these two language intonations and to offer some
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Example of A grade linguistic analysis paragraph. AS English Language As a practice sample I have selected an extract of spoke discourse and transcribed it to illustrate the style of my investigation. I have extracted a sentence of spoken discourse by from a transcript where the teacher is the main speaker. “I’d like you to add that to your mind maps” The extract of spoken discourse displays a variety of linguistic features and accommodates a variety of sociolinguistic theories in conjunction
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Student Number: 11032901 Module Code: PC5003 Kousta‚ S.-T.‚ Vinson‚ D. P.‚ & Vigliocco‚ G. (2008). Investigating linguistic relativity through bilingualism: The case of grammatical gender. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning‚ Memory‚ and Cognition‚ 34 (4)‚ 843-858. Language is the expression of feelings‚ thoughts‚ ideas and experience through the use of sounds or symbols (Goldstein‚ 2011). Whether we “think in language” or whether language shapes our thoughts is still a matter of
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UNIVERSITY OF GHANA DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS MA (TESL) SANDWICH PROGRAMME June 2011-06-20 CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT ONE Name: Joseph Narh Padi ID: 10191761 Course Code: TESL 645 Course Title: Theories of Second Language Learning Lecturers’ Name: Prof. Kofi Agyekum and Mr. John Tetteh Agor Question: Outline the assumptions of Contrastive Analysis and critically examine the procedures associated with this hypothesis. Introduction This paper will try to explain
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THE LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH AND INDONESIAN ESSAYS MADE BY EFL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS Teguh Budiharso Abstract: Linguistic features of English and Indonesian essays made by EFL (English as Foreign Language) undergraduate students were analyzed by using content analysis. The objective was to identify the similarities and differences in sentence complexity‚ grammar‚ and mechanics of the essays. Errors in the forms of incomplete sentences‚ run-on and stringy sentences were found as well
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