the role of cohesion in a coherent English text is discussed in the light of literature. In order to further understand the significance of cohesion in discourse‚ we have analysed two English texts; a poem‚ ’Daffodils ’ by William Wordsworth and an advertisement from a UK website gumtree.co.uk. A report is then developed on the textual analysis‚ which discusses that different genres have different elements that bring coherence. However‚ it is noticed that lexical cohesion forms strong cohesive ties
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University of Edinburgh July 2008 Copyright 2008 by Phaisit Boriboon All rights reserved. To My Parents‚ ปอบุญมา แมคําปน บริบูรณ‚ in Heaven Abstract This study presents a multi-faceted analysis of EFL learners’ voices in a Thai context‚ aimed at testing a hypothesis that the discourse of foreign‚ western-compiled textbooks project identities disconnected from EFL learners’ lived experiences‚ adversely affecting their meaning-making during discursive practices. I employ a multi-modal
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work in “Oroonoko” and‚ among those to peruse such is Daniel Pigg. In his article‚ “Trying to Frame the Unframable: Oroonoko as Discourse in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko”‚ Pigg brings to the fore the multi-faceted nature of the main character in Behn’s work Oroonoko which for him‚ makes it impossible to ‘frame” him or represent him in a set way. Pigg’s
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Ideology through Translation: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Chomsky’s “Media Control” and its Persian Translations Zahra Khajeh Islamic Azad University‚ Bandar Abbas Branch roshanak82kh@yahoo.com Hajar Khanmohammad Islamic Azad University‚ Central Tehran Fer987295kia@yahoo.com Abstract Among factors that might manipulate translators’ mind while producing a text is the notion of ideology transmission through text or talk. Adopting Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) with particular emphasis on the
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Sociolinguist Dell Hymes developed the following model to promote the analysis of discourse as a series of speech events and speech acts within a cultural context. It uses the first letters of terms for speech components; the categories are so productive and powerful in analysis that you can use this model to analyze many different kinds of discourse. Mr. McGowan patricularly enjoys applying this model to storytelling. The SPEAKING Model Setting and Scene "Setting refers to the time and place
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A2 English Language Coursework Investigation: How and why are power differences established in police-suspect interactions through language use? Word Count; 2677 Introduction Equality is a fundamental element of the English legal system yet power disparities amongst those enforcing the law and those suspected of breakingoften apparent. With Brown and Levinson’s Power and Politeness theory assessing the significant contribution language strategies have in creating such differences I have chosen
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part of and exert instrumental power due to hierarchy. In many‚ but not all‚ if we resist instrumental power we are punished. Fairclough- 2001 (part of a critical linguistic group) • Power in discourse- the ways in which power us manifested in situations through language • Power behind discourse- the focus on social and ideological reasons behind the enactment of power. (Gender‚ class etc.) • You cannot look at how power is communicated through language without looking at the society. • Language
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A discursive investigation to explore people’s perception of attitudes towards singleness since the war Abstract Previous work‚ for example Wetherell and Reynolds‚ into this topic are has shown that the socially constructed nature of singleness has polarized interpretative repertories; two are positive as in independence or self-actualisation and negative as in deficit or social exclusion. Research carried out by Edley and Wetherell identified two interpretative repertories; Jekyll or sensible
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Essay Mahly J. Martinez (2008) SPEECH ACT THEORY AND APPLICATION IN THE EFL CLASSROOM. • Introduction ( Recent interest in teaching speech act theory (beyond the form) (Garcia‚ M‚ 2000) • Communicative competence Theory (Sassan‚ B 2007) • Speech Act Theory (Overview) (Austin 1962 – Searle‚ 1965‚ Yule 1991) • Indirect and Direct Acts (Sassan‚ B. 2007) • Practical Activities for Applying the speech act theory in the EFL Classroom (Fujimori‚ 2004) • Pedagogical implications (Garcia‚ M. 2000‚ Vez
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To what extent has theory and research on families been successful in transcending the individual-society dualism. One of the interrogative themes in social psychology is that of individual-society dualism refers to the extent to “whether the individual or society is privileged in the explanation of social psychological phenomena” (DVD). There has been a great deal of psychological theory and research into the composition of families and the subsequent construction of self in children‚ however
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