The Speech Acts in English Legal Texts A Master Thesis Submitted to Graduate School‚ Southwest University of Political Science and Law In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Master Degree of Forensic Linguistics in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics April‚ 2008 Acknowledgements I would like to extend my gratitude to the following people‚ without whose support and encouragement‚ I could not complete the thesis. My deepest appreciation first goes to my thesis instructor
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is the Effect of Texting on Teenagers? Cell phones are becoming a modern day necessity‚ to the point that they are a must have for every teenager and adult. Human beings are growing increasingly attached to these devices‚ depending on them more and more for their communication with other people‚ job duties‚ and other daily activities that they must accomplish. One way that we are taking advantage of cell phone technology at a rapidly growing rate is through the use of text messaging. It seems
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AGAMEMNON CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY AGAMEMNON‚ son of Atreus and King of Argos and Mycenae; Commander-in-Chief of the Greek armies in the War against Troy. CLYTEMNESTRA‚ daughter of Tyndareus‚ sister of Helen; wife to Agamemnon. AIGISTHOS‚ son of Thyestes‚ cousin and blood-enemy to Agamemnon lover to Clytemnestra. CASSANDRA‚ daughter of Priam‚ King of Troy‚ a prophetess; now slave to Agamemnon. A WATCHMAN. A HERALD. CHORUS of Argive Elders‚ faithful to AGAMEMNON. CHARACTERS MENTIONED IN
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Filippova Maria Group 505 Analysis of the text “Up the down staircase” By Bel Kaufman Bella "Bel" Kaufman (born May 10‚ 1911) is a Russian-American professor and author‚ best known for writing the 1965 best-seller Up the Down Staircase. Kaufman was born in Berlin‚ Germany‚ where her father was studying medicine. Although born in Germany‚ her native language was Russian. She was raised in Odessa. She emigrated to the United States in 1923 at the age of 12 with her parents‚ moving to New York
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statement: The most important part of any essay is establishing a solid thesis statement that sets up the tone and structure for your essay. It is an argument about a specific aspect of belonging / not belonging which you can apply to multiple texts. Your texts are the evidence with which you reinforce your thesis. It’s best to prepare three thesis ideas and on the day form two thesis statements which best the question you are given. For example‚ you could prepare ideas about the nexus between place
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“The Best Boots in the World” TEXT RESPONSE ESSAY “The three characters in the story – Mikey‚ Mikey’s mother and the youth – all teach us something worth knowing (nature) about consequences (effect‚ result).” Do you agree? How can effect in your life. Valuable human life – Mikey As we live‚ we learn to value the money You are to write a five paragraph essay in response to this statement. Ask yourself do you agree? You could break the statement into questions you will need to answer – What
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Hiroshima. Expository texts such as the aforementioned often present powerful social issues which challenge not only the reader from the contemporary Western culture but also the reader from the 1946 American society. Hersey employs various techniques‚ including point of view‚ tone‚ emotive and descriptive language to position readers to respond to changing priorities‚ Japan’s reaction to the crisis and moral and ethical issues. Up until Hersey’s account of the Hiroshima bombing‚ texts that were presented
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Matheson I S S U E S IN CULTURAL AND MEDIA STUDIES S E R I E S E D I T O R : S T U A R T A L L A N Media Discourses Analysing Media Texts Some of the most important questions regarding the relationship between media and culture are about communication. How are the meanings which make up a culture shared in society? How is power performed in the media? What identities and relationships take shape there? Media Discourses introduces readers to discourse analysis to show how media communication
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linguistic evidence you use in the analysis of the texts. You may find it effective to present some or all of your findings in tabular form. However you structure your analysis‚ it should be well-organised‚ well-explained‚ explicit and easy to understand without your marker having to check constantly where data examples are located in the texts. You are also required to write one or two paragraphs drawing out the major differences between the two texts. Please indicate the total number of words
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Belonging Additional Material ‘X-Men’ Originally created by Stan Lee (writer) and Jack Kirby (artist)‚ ‘X-Men’ is a graphic novel or comic book series that has spanned many decades. ‘X-Men’ first appeared in September 1963 and has since gained a large following and spread to multiple forms of media including film and TV. Published by Marvel comics‚ the series focuses on a group of ‘mutants’ who suffer a large amount of prejudice from the general population‚ finding salvation together in the
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