Drawing on a variety of methodologies‚ including historical research and corpus linguistics‚ and a range of data such as corpora‚ dramatic texts‚ early modern newsbooks and television programmes‚ Tony McEnery takes a sociohistorical approach to discourses about bad language in English. Moral panic theory and Bourdieu’s theory of distinction are also utilised to show how attitudes to bad language have been established over time by groups seeking to use an absence of swearing in their speech as
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teacher of general English will have to prepare for lessons and evaluate homework (unless they work for Berlitz)‚ but it is unlikely that they will have to spend anything like the amount of time that an ESP teacher will spend on matters such as needs analysis‚ syllabus design and production of materials. Context would seem to be the issue here: it is scarcely an exaggeration to say that every time an ESP teacher takes on a new class he or she will be faced with a group of students who have needs which
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through repression but through ‘knowledgeable’ practices‚ which measure‚ categorise and regulate. To this regard school organise learning spaces to establish these norms and procedures so that divergences can be observed and recorded. Foucault’s analysis is highly suggestive as to the ways power can be said to operate at the heart of human subject and subjectivity. Power-knowledge formations produce subjects who are subject to regulation. Foucault associates this to the notion of ‘discipline’.
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different ways. His theory on discourse‚ power and knowledge greatly influence the studies on HRM. This paper will follow Foucauldian studies on HRM‚ discussing three contributions Foucauldianism studies on HRM including HRM as discourse‚ HRM and power‚ and an essential part of HRM‚ employee selection. Based on Foucualdian studies‚ individuals can have new understandings on HRM‚ both in theoretical and practical field. Keywords: human resource management‚ discourse‚ power‚ employee selection.
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can be defined by the dominant discourses in society‚ such as gender and sexuality. Michael Foucault’s definition of discourse is more than just the ways of thinking and producing meaning through communication. The notion of discourse defined by Foucault have become closely associated with power and knowledge (Miller‚ 1990). Dominant discourse demonstrates how reality has been socially constructed. They can be found in many forms of media and communication. Discourses become dominant because they are
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M. Foucault‚ "What is an Author?" Michel Foucault (1926 1984) dealt with many aspects of social philosophy during his career‚ but it is his philosophy surrounding the role and dominance of the author in modern literature that this essay aims to deal with. From the 19th century onwards‚ Foucault notices that through social and political frameworks‚ the presence of an author vastly dominates the content and categorisation of any publication of that author. He also throws into question the idea
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down approaches to discourse analysis: Based on the different basis of the analysis‚ the two approaches were differently preceded. While top-down approach viewing genre move as purpose relies on identification of communicative purposes‚ bottom-up processing concerns content and function. Bottom up approach see language as a whole. Taking the so call lower level elements of language to some extent for granted‚ it is to be proceeded from the most detailed features of discourse towards the most general
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understood that it was something that would be important when I was older. In Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics: Introduction and What is Literacy? James Paul Gee discusses the contribution that primary socialization has to an individual’s primary discourse and later ability to acquire other forms of discourse. The primary discourse in my household was similar but not precisely the same as the dominant discourse of this country. My family was a typical working class family‚ and even prior to pre-kindergarten
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information prior to this century and how the issues of the day were discussed‚ the stark contrast between then and now becomes so clear that it’s a wonder that we barely notice what’s been happening. The crisis is the gradual dumbing-down of our discourse since the dawn of the information age‚ and the treatment of the serious issues of our time as nothing more than fodder for entertainment. Television is the biggest culprit‚ and those of us who grew up on television have been damaged in ways
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Describe one approach to identity. Discuss how this approach can help to explain the identities of people with disabilities. The concept of identity within psychology can be traced back to the emergence of the discipline with William James’ publication Principles in Psychology in 1890 (as cited in Phoenix‚ 2007 p.45). While various identity theories abound‚ all approaches are principally concerned with explaining what identity is and how individuals form and use their identities to define themselves
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