The Height of Discourse After I watched two hours of intense play and the huddle split‚ I observed high fives and complex handshakes of some sort. “Hampton on three. Hampton on three. ONE‚ TWO‚ THREE‚ HAMPTON!” They started coming my way; as an ex-basketball player‚ deep down I yearned for a handshake or some kind of acknowledgment‚ but I sat there like a fork in the road. Each member parted around me to my left and to my right‚ some giving head nods and some giving nothing at all. I quickly realized
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DISCOURSE AND GENRE: THE ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURE AND PATTERN OF JOURNAL ARTICLE IN CONAPLIN 6 I. INTRODUCTION The demand for scholars to publish journal-article is increased due to the need to develop education quality in Indonesia. In the era knowledge and globalization‚ the ability to write scientifically becomes very important. Therefore‚ the fact that the number of research papers emanating from universities in Indonesia is just a seventh of the total published by neighbouring Malaysia has
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metaphor in legal discourse and the legal process. However‚ research on the role of metaphor in legal discourse carried out by linguists is scant. It is the aim of this thesis to look into the heuristic and constitutive role of legal metaphor from a hybrid perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and cognitive approaches including Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) and Blending Theory (BT). iii While Charteris-Black (2004) proposes a pragmatic discourse model to metaphor analysis which integrates
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This speech includes three different types of discourses‚ which are deliberative‚ epidictic‚ and forensics. In particular‚ the most prominent discourse is deliberative discourse. Here‚ I am going to analyze this speech in chronological order. At first‚ this speech is the response against the action of the Soviet Union that they located its armament in Cuba. At the beginning‚ Kennedy strongly accused the Soviet Union. In this speech‚ Kennedy (1962) addressed “that statement was false” and “that statement
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with a literary viewpoint. I plan to break down the logistics of military communication‚ and show how they form a discourse community. According to Bizzel‚ a discourse community “is a group of people who share certain language using practices.” To put it in simple
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Speeches for Equality Martin Luther King Junior announces that the “bank of Justice is bankrupt” in his I have a dream speech given in 1963. When he talks of how the check of justice is no longer handed to people whom share his opinion‚ I think that he is telling everyone that there should be a promise of equality in this nation; a promise to help the bank of Justice bring back checks and money for everyone. His persistency of revolts and boycotts were to bring a point of view hidden y the prejudice
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Many criticisms can be heard or read of the Obama administration‚ especially if coming from the Republicans. But something must be to consider‚ Obama broke with many state policies of Bush Jrs‚ especially in foreign policy towards Latin America. A thorough analysis of whether Obama is more pragmatic and less ideological than Bush jrs. But there is something that differentiates the foreign policy of Obama and his predecessor. Obama seeks to defend human rights and democracy in Latin America‚ seeks
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Literatures and Foreign Languages Let Us Learn and Resource Together 23 November 2008 Rhetorical Analysis of “A More Perfect Union” Speech The speech titled “A More Perfect Union” was delivered by Senator Barack Obama on March 18‚ 2008 near the historical site of the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. The speech responds to the video clip of Barack Obama’s pastor‚ Reverend Jeremiah Wright‚ making racially charged comments against America and Israel. The pundits
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Moreover‚ Barack Obama in a press conference reflecting on his first 100 days in office‚ was asked about his plans to address unemployment in the Black and Latino communities and his response was troubling‚ exhibiting a foreshadowing of what was to come‚ of those expecting radical changes‚ which would disappoint his most ardent supporters (p. 170). Obama responded by announcing that his focus was on bringing the economy back‚ after the disastrous legacy of George W. Bush‚ and using the strategy that
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“Of relating to‚ or characteristic of the United States or its inhabitants.” This is an American according to the dictionary. A person who represents the stripes and stars of the United States flag. People living in freedom‚ liberty‚ and pursuit of happiness. This is right‚ but in my opinion an American is someone who honors the United States on what it has become in your first person view‚ liberty‚ and to be a hard worker to get to your goals in America. Honoring the United States is a huge
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