who played those kind of games as a kid. There is also a little bit of Kung-Fu‚ Karate Judo and etc. influences on the styles. In this ethnography‚ I will discuss how MMA is more than just a combination of different fighting systems; it is also a discourse community‚ in other words according to John Swales‚ it is a made up of individuals who share “a broadly agreed upon set of common public goals”. This form of fighting can be traced back since the Greco-Roman times during the ancient Olympics when
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individual and the law not the will of the people(Plato 51 c 53a) He is famous for his common enlightenment position that we are better off being noble in our state of nature of noble savages this point is driven through more clearly in his work Discourse on Inequality‚ (Rousseau 1755) The Social Contract is more open to the view that we can benefit from modern society. He sets out to determine the basis
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“Its gotta be the shoes!” (Mars Blackmon) There are many groups/discourse communities I belong to. A discourse community is a group of people who have a common interest. They also have their own way of speaking‚ writing‚ behaviors and values. My favorite one is the sneaker head community. What is a sneaker head? A sneaker head is a person who buys shoes to wear and collect. It has become a culture‚ and has made this sneaker loving community have its own way of speaking‚ writing‚ behaving‚ and showing
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In “Discourse on Education” students would study education in other countries and the role that colonization plays in the curriculum and ultimately‚ the culture of the students. How does the organization of a country or region’s schooling system impact student’s values? There is a lot of direction to go with this Critical Inquiry course‚ but I choose to focus on an education system’s effects. The students would first have overviews of how a country’s education works with lectures of the curriculum
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Political discourse fails to explain the rise and nature of authoritarian governments in industrialized societies when it presupposes the rational political actor. Time and time again‚ the rational‚ self-interested political agent fails to measure up with particular political situations and circumstances‚ often leading to unpredictable catastrophes. This rational political actor has its origins in the Cartesian‚ ahistorical‚ self-conscious subject—a subject capable of using the "light of reason"
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Critical Discourse Analysis Social communication is increasingly becoming a subject of scientists’ discussions from different disciplines‚ as well as ordinary language users. In contemporary social sciences‚ especially in linguistics‚ we see a clear shift to discourse. Discourse allows us to talk about use of the language‚ as well as the language as a socio-cultural activity. In this sense‚ discourse‚ on one hand‚ reflects the social reality‚ on the other hand‚ it shapes it‚ therefore participate
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1. What effect does Choi observe? What cause does she attribute it to? The religion and traditional notion those effect Choi observe. Actually‚ religion of the old Korea society that had make people think boy is more important than girl. Therefore‚ she was going to attribute it. 2. What specific changes in Korean culture does Choi attribute to the introduction of Confucianism? When downsizing was widespread‚ it means there are more people was layoff. Therefore‚ these people will spend lesser than
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Every element in a design communicates something. Every element has an effect on the whole exhibit. Every design comes with an aesthetic. When the elements of our design work together in a style that unites them into something unified‚ we create a more significant aesthetic. When we choose an aesthetic that’s in synchronize with our message it becomes even more significant. Whenever we think about aesthetics we think about making things beautiful. Beauty for beauty’s sake is not meaningful in the
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first paragraph discussing about Gee’s article‚ you state that it “also describes what a discourse community is and defines its characteristics” (Dobias 7)‚ but I feel that in order to dive deep into the article and reach the heart of it‚ you might also want to say how Gee describes a discourse community. You could say that his article “also describes a discourse community as any group of people that uses a discourse when communicating amongst its members‚ providing several characteristics to identify
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Types of synonyms 6 1.3. Origin of synonyms 9 1.4. Difficulties connected with distinguishing synonyms 12 1.5. Summing up 13 2. Media discourse 14 2.1. What is media? 14 2.2. What is discourse? 17 2.3. What is media discourse? 19 2.4. Topics of media discourses 20 2.5. Summing up 21 3. Practical part 23 General overview 23 Analysis 26 3.3. Summing up 28 Conclusion
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