PRAGMATICS 1 Definitions and background Pragmatics: is concerned with the study of meaning as communicated by a speaker (or writer) and interpreted by a listener (or reader). It has more to do with what people mean by their utterances. It is the study of the speaker meaning. It also has to do with the meaning in a particular context and how the context influences what is said. Also the study of how more is communicated than is said. Closeness‚ whether it is physical‚ social‚ or conceptual
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[pic] |Course Syllabus Axia College/College of Humanities COM/155 Version 3 University Composition and Communication I | |Copyright © 2011‚ 2010‚ 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course addresses the key elements necessary for effective academic writing in college. The course begins with focus on prewriting strategies and builds to drafting and revising essays. In addition‚ the course includes skill development at the sentence and paragraph level
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9. Clara discovered an ancient artifact. 10. Which new television show will you watch? 1. 2. 3. 4. Read the sentence Identify the Verb(s) Identify the Subject Noun(s) Draw a line between the Subject and the Verb. 5. Identify any other Nouns/Pronouns 6. Identify the descriptors. • Articles • Adjectives ANSWER KEY Diagramming Sentences #2 Nouns‚ Verbs‚ Adjectives & Articles Example: Adj SN AV A N Big John | searched the field. Nouns‚
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sentence. Another simpler term‚ a preposition is a prior explanation‚ typically found before a noun‚ pronoun‚ or substantives‚ that explains the noun‚ pronoun‚ or substantive. Examples would be beneath‚ between‚ under‚ above‚ below‚ upon‚ atop‚ into‚ onto‚ within‚ without‚ or across. (The princess found the pea ’underneath’ her mattress.) A postposition would be for the same use but used after the noun‚ pronoun‚ or substantive. (He drew a line on the map from one state and ’across’.) Students are commonly
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-Pronunciation: The Easy Consonants Week 3. - Pronunciation: Vowels Week 4.-Pronunciation: Difficult Consonants Week 5.-Greetings Week 6.- Plurals Week 7.- Gender Week 8.- Introduction to the Definite Article Week 9.- introduction to Pronouns Week 10.-Subject Pronouns Week 11.-Formal and Informal You (’Usted’ and ’Tú’) Week 12.-Capitalization Week 13. - Stress and Accent Marks Week 14.-Introductionto Conjugation Students will learn‚ recognize‚ identify and practice each of the subjects‚
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Ideology‚ Power‚ and Linguistic Theory∗ Geoffrey K. Pullum University of California‚ Santa Cruz My aim in this paper is to discuss an intensely complex cluster of interlinked concepts involving distinctions between (i) descriptive and prescriptive grammar‚ (ii) constitutive and regulative rules‚ (iii) conservative and liberal attitudes‚ and (iv) standard and non-standard dialects. I cannot hope to be comprehensive‚ but I will try to be clear. Sometimes it seems to me that the issues we are dealing
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administration in selecting this location was that it was beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. The administration wanted to avoid any judicial oversight of how it handled detainees‚ characterized as “enemy combatants.” A possible legal challenge to indefinite detention with no formal charges or judicial proceedings might arise from the habeas corpus provision of the
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Some Writing Tips History 101‚ Western Civilization since 1648 John Abbott‚ Instructor Your response papers are‚ as the phrase suggests‚ individual affairs. What I want‚ above all‚ is your personal response to the readings‚ and to the questions I’ve posed in the accompanying guidelines. In evaluating your papers‚ above all we consider their content: how well you address the thoughts and arguments presented by these documents‚ and the quality of ideas you express. That said‚ please consider
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technical terms. -use reasonable sentence lengths -use active-voice verbs and phrasal verbs ( active-voice verbs show who or what performs an action/ phrasal verbs are simple and informal‚ continuing verbs =>work out instead of devise) -use personal pronouns -use unambiguous language -place the subject as close as possible to the verb Word choice step 1: use familiar words -Avoid words that finish in –ize or –ization. -use words derived from French only times to times -Avoid foreign words or
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weeping woman all her pains. Denis Levertov‚ accentuates constantly the notion of ‘The toll of war does not discriminate’‚ within her poem “Weeping Woman” through the constant utilisation of pronouns ‘She is weeping for her lost right arm’ and ‘She cannot hold her baby any caress it at the same time’‚ these pronouns provide an inception of a faceless victim. The first two stanzas show “She cannot write the alphabet anymore on the kindergarten
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