communities of individuals who meet together to achieve a goal. Although‚ having a goal and communication does not make any community or group a discourse community. The definition of discourse communities relies on the community to have specific lexis‚ the use of genres‚ and a threshold number of members needed to keep the community moving forward towards their goal. As a college student I myself am part of a few discourse communities. In the following
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KATHRYN BRENNAN‚ Plaintiff‚ -against- BALLY TOTAL FITNESS‚ Defendant. 01 Civ. 533 (SAS) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 198 F. Supp. 2d 377; 2002 U.S. Dist. January 2‚ 2002‚ Decided January 3‚ 2002‚ Filed DISPOSITION: [**1] Defendant ’s motion to compel Brennan to arbitrate denied. Brennan ’s cross-motion to strike the defense of arbitration and stay arbitration granted. COUNSEL: For Plaintiff: Mona C. Engel‚ Esq.‚ Law Offices of Robert
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Michael McIntyre “Ian I’m on train” commentary Michael McIntyre is seen as camp‚ slightly oriental‚ straight guy with a family. His friendly bubbly persona appeals to the general public as many of his anecdotes are based on real life situations that he along with the general public have encountered. McIntyre’s persona and comic effect are enhanced by the visual acts he performs on stage‚ the use of his hands; facial expressions and tone of voice (prosodies) bring his anecdotes to life and allows
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needed to take a break. So when my grandmother offered to pay for new lessons for me I was thrilled and I took up the chance right away. When I started horseback riding I was only 5 years old‚ and I went to the lessons everyday with my best friend Lexi. Lexi was much better than me‚ and owned her own horse. I was always a little jealous of her mainly because she could jump‚ canter‚ and trot and in the year I had been taking lessons‚ I was still only allowed to trot. I wasn’t scared at all. Despite my
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Commentary on my Speech: The importance being healthy and knowing what health is. I wrote a speech directed at college students persuading them to think about the importance of being healthy. I was inspired by the use of rhetorical questions used in Tim Ryan’s ‘Draft’. For example in the first paragraph I say ‘so is that all? Is that the definition of health? This causes the listener to think about what I’m saying which links to my target audience as young people can often lose interest during
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it makes since to tell the story of multiple teens viewpoint‚ as each finds out more and more and adapts to this changing environment. As shown in this quote from page 149‚ “The girl was white as death. All Lexi had wanted was to get out of the store. She owed ginger something.” However Lexi was just one of the characters Lorentz chose to go deeper into. This achieved a suspenseful mood and made you feel like you were inside with each of them. Lorentz was smart to do this‚ it was one of the best
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Lexis Special 1 : « Lexicology & Phonology / Lexicologie et phonologie » 15 A morphophonological approach to clipping in English Can the study of clipping be formalized?1 Denis Jamet2 Abstract In this paper‚ I will endeavor to define clipping‚ and see if there are any semantic differences between the multiplicity of terms: “shortening”‚ “clipping”‚ “truncations”‚ etc. I will examine the semantic role of clipping‚ and try to answer the following question: is clipping a wordformation device
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Let every eye negotiate for itself‚ and trust no agent. William Shakespeare I. Teacher to Teacher Dialogue Agency law is very important in a basic undergraduate law course in that it represents a synergy of two otherwise distinctive bodies of law: contracts and torts. Because these topics are a precondition to a good foundation to agency‚ I never teach agency before having taught both contracts and torts. In addition‚ I have found it useful to remind students of the constant
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Assignment 4 Wills‚ Trusts & Estates In a stunning turns of events‚ Batman gave up crime fighting to start mass producing Batmobiles for GM in Michigan. Batman did this for many years. This was a disappointment to crime fighters everywhere. Batman‚ 70 years old‚ Married Catwoman‚ 35 years old‚ & they lived happily for many years. But when he was 77 years old Batman’s mind started to slip‚ often finding himself unaware of his surroundings. A few weeks after the onset of these symptoms‚ His wife
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Analysis of Transcript Coursework The transcript that I am analysing is an interview between Jonathan Ross and the well respected Hollywood Actor Robin Williams. The interview between Jonathan Ross and Robin Williams is an effective interview because they are both humorous people that have a reputation for their comedic personalities. This relates well to the purpose of the interview to entertain‚ because Jonathan Ross and Robin Williams work well in conjunction with each other as popular TV personalities
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