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    Rhetorical Arts Writing in the Applied Math Discourse Community A discourse community that I would like to be involved in is the Applied Mathematics discourse community. Although James Paul Gee claims that it is not that simple to join a discourse community‚ it is even more so in the applied mathematics discourse community because of how broad it is. A lot of the time‚ people engulfed in the Applied Math discourse community are usually part of another discourse community. For example‚ Angela Gallegos

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    Discourse Marker

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    Discourse markers: a teachers’ guide and toolkit A ‘discourse marker’ is a word or phrase that helps to link written ideas. These words are generally more formal lexical items that find little use in speech – which is perhaps why they do not always come naturally to students. Discourse markers can be used‚ for example‚ to link ideas that are similar (e.g. the adverbs‚ also and similarly); and they can be used to link ideas that are dissimilar (e.g. however‚ alternately). As such‚ this useful

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    which also deal with men or shadows of men who may be described as hollow at the core. The Gunpowder Plot: This conspiracy arose from the English Catholics’ resentment of King James I and his reign’s treatment of their religion.  A group of extremists led by Rober Catesby planed to seize power by killing King James I and his ministers at the State Opening of Parliament (November 5‚ 1605)‚ leaving England without a government. Francis Tresham‚ one of the conspirators‚ gave the plan away when he

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    the discourse marker Well

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    The Analysis of the Characteristics of Discourse Marker WELL 话语标记语WELL特征分析 摘 要 言语交际中的话语标记语虽在句子中不占据句子成分‚却是在交际中很常见的现象。本文以言语交际中的话语标记语WELL为研究对象,分析和判断它在交际中的特征,为正确理解话语交际意图,准确对其进行翻译提供参考。 关键词 话语标记语;WELL;交际意图;翻译 Abstract It is very common in English to use the expression form like “well”‚ “oh”‚ “you know”‚ “you see”‚ “I mean”‚ “that is to say”‚ “in other words”‚ “as I said”‚ which are all discourse markers. They are small words which do not contribute to the propositional content of the utterance which

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    FINAL ESSAY FOR APLIED LINGUISTICS COMMENT ON THIS VIEWPOINT “Applied linguistics is not a discipline which exists on its own. It is influenced by other disciplines and influences them as well. It is a two-way process. For this reason‚ applied linguistics examines theories from all sorts of different areas (semantics‚ syntax‚ pragmatics‚ sociolinguistics‚…) and from all sorts of perspectives so that it help find out effective solutions for language -related issues such as teaching methodology

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    properties common to us all: innate structures universal to all man. Levi-Strauss focused his attention on the patterns or structures existing beneath the customs and beliefs of all cultures. Methodologically‚ Strauss drew his models from structural linguistics‚ analysing forms of social activity as though they were languages. In other words‚ the things a society does‚ the way people in this society act‚ is compared to language; behaviour is acted out unconsciously as is grammar in the case of language

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    Discourse Communities In today’s world‚ there are many different discourse communities that consist of how someone speaks at home versus how someone speaks at school. In Amy Tam’s essay‚ “Mother Tongue‚” she explains her discourse communities and how they affect her life. I think it is safe to say that she is not the only one who deals with this. I myself find myself talking differently when I am with my family versus when I am at school and I know there are so many others who feel the same way

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    To appear in the Handbook of Discourse Analysis‚ edited by Deborah Tannen‚ Deborah Schiffrin‚ and Heidi Hamilton. Oxford: Blackwell. Computer-Mediated Discourse Susan C. Herring 1 Introduction 1.1 Definition Computer-mediated discourse is the communication produced when human beings interact with one another by transmitting messages via networked computers. The study of computer-mediated discourse (henceforth CMD) is a specialization within the broader interdisciplinary study of computer-mediated

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    Outline 1. Cognitive Linguistics: some basic facts 2. Branches of Cognitive Linguistics 1. Cognitive Linguistics: some basic facts What is cognitive linguistics? Cognitive linguistics is a branch of linguistics that focuses on the conceptual structures and cognitive processes that underlie linguistic representation and grammar in language. [3] Cognitive linguistics is the study of language in its cognitive function‚ where “cognitive” refers to the crucial role of intermediate

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    Synonymy in Media Discourse

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    Table of contents Introduction 2 1. Synonymy 4 1.1. Definition of synonymy 4 1.2. 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

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