Journal Article Evaluation: Barinaga‚ E. (2007) ‘Cultural diversity’ at work: ‘National culture’ as a discourse organizing an international project group‚ Human Relations‚ 60(2): 315-340. Ester Barinaga’s paper on multinational work teams and how they organize themselves using ‘national culture’ and ‘cultural diversity’ as discursive resources is critically discussed‚ with special attention paid to the limitations of her research approach. This review proceeds as follows. First‚ the theoretical
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How does Obama persuade the audience that the killing of Osama bin Laden was legitimate? Obama’s purpose of the speech is to persuade the audience that the killing of Osama bin Laden was legitimate. To do this‚ Obama has to appeal to all of his audiences‚ but particularly towards the American citizens because they were the people who were affected most by 9/11. Obama also targets his speech at al Queda as well as other terrorist groups to convey the actions he will take to keep his American people
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A Critical Discourse Analysis of I Have a Dream Speech through the Semantic Use of Monetary Symbols to Reflect Injustice Abstract This paper is a critical discourse analysis of I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King to show how he uses metaphors to reflect injustice. The paper aims first at giving a glimpse of the econo-‚ politico-‚ and socio- cultural background which triggered the speech. From there‚ I move on to studying the macro and micro layers of the speech and to
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natural thing to do. However‚ Michelle Obama proclaims that a college degree comes with the obligation to spread newfound knowledge to future generations and to improve the state of our country. While this is a noble statement‚ it does not change the fact that college attendance and the acquisition of a degree never oblige one to do anything. Rather‚ the choice belongs to the graduate. Throughout her commencement speech at Bowie State University‚ Obama repeatedly announces that graduates have
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3RD WRITING ASSIGNEMENT In a really famous “Discourse of the Method”‚ Descartes is basically teaching us how to think like a real philosopher‚ and giving us information about his education‚ sufficient rules of logic‚ moral code‚ and how these moments are shaping the founding of the Cogito. Descartes is trying to build a new foundation through the entire treatise‚ and demolish the old foundation. In the first part Descartes is talking about his opinion about education and good sense. He tells
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As the Obama administration ’s early August debt-deadline continues to approach‚ it has become near impossible to ignore all the coverage and chatter about the looming U.S. debt crisis. Headlines have been dominated by the constantly shifting story‚ while those with interests in the stock market have been nervously monitoring their assets. Doomsayers have called it potentially one of the largest financial crises in history‚ while lawmakers have insisted the American government‚ with the "too big
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ending the war in Iraq”‚ President Obama uses a lot of euphemisms to sound politically correct‚ to minimize the impact of the war in Iraq and to justify the continued presence of the US military in Iraq. This essay includes a rebuttal of these euphemisms and shows how the euphemisms used downplay certain situations arising from the war‚ and how they are used to justify the continued occupation of Iraq. Euphemisms used in the speech. The euphemisms used by Obama are mainly words or phrases that paint
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Discourse: based on ideas of Michel Foucault‚ discourse theory refers to the idea that the terms in which we speak‚ write and think about the world are a reflection of wider relations of power‚ and since they are also linked to practise‚ are themselves important in maintaining that power structure In the Order of Things (1970) Foucault focuses on fields of knowledge‚ such as economics‚ or natural history and the conventions according to which they were classified and represented in particular
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same-sex partners?” Be ready to answer those questions and more the next time you go to the doctor‚ whether it’s the dermatologist or the cardiologist and no matter if the questions are unrelated to why you’re seeking medical help. And you can thank the Obama health law. That is nasty business to me I think those questions are insensitive‚ stupid and very intrusive I can’t think of any situation where a dermatologist will need to know any of that but the scary fact is all doctors of any field will be pushed
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Rodrik is constantly using the term “critical assumptions” as a description to why Economics‚ or in specific‚ economic models do work in reality. However‚ it is important to be able to understand what he means by saying “critical”. How is a critical assumption different from any other assumption? Rodrik‚ however‚ did not leave us hanging in doubts. He explains that: “We can say an assumption is critical if its modification in an arguably more realistic direction would produce a substantive difference
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