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    Discovering Emotional Labour Emotional work is the control of a person’s feeling in order to display the appropriate emotions to others in different situations (Hochschild‚ 1983: Pg.7). In other words‚ a person has to put aside his or her own feelings and shows the right emotions in the right place at the right time. This concept can be applied to many aspects of our daily life and when used in terms of it being sold for a wage‚ Hochschild (1983) define it as emotional labour. By focusing on the

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    Language and power essay How do the texts attempt to influence the reader? You should refer in detail to the texts and to relevant ideas from language study Consider * Lexical and grammatical features * Graph logical features * The assumptions made about the audience Text E is a flyer published which illustrates influential power through its language choices to try and informally educate the reader of the consequences of drunk driving‚ ergo persuading them not to drink and drive

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    The Power of Language Nowadays‚ more and more Chinese migrants‚ who use English as their second language‚ live and work in America. We can call them “bilingual” since they can speak both English and their mother tongue--Chinese. However‚ although many Chinese migrants can talk with others with very fluent English‚ many native speakers sometimes find it is hard to understand what these Chinese people have said. Some Chinese linguists who are in the union CMAU argue that with the age-old culture‚

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    Were Martin Luther King Junior’s experiences of‚ actions against and beliefs about segregation different to those of Malcolm X? This essay is to compare the experiences‚ actions and beliefs of both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and whether their early life had influence upon the actions to be taken by them in later life. Segregation is the separation of people into different racial groups. This applies to many public services and daily places such as laundrettes‚ restaurants‚ shops‚ schools‚ housing

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    Malcolm x and Martin Luther King Jr. are both very similar in regards to their aspirations of what they hoped the near future to be. Though their beliefs and approach were drastically different‚ both of these men had stimulating speeches because of the use of rhetoric and impeccable persuasion. They each possessed a charismatic style and charm that captivated the audience. Consequently‚ both congregations had formed many supporters. Malcolm‚ known more for his bluntness evoked multitudes to feel

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    Malcolm X’s ideological progression throughout his life consisted of many ups and downs‚ from his time as an adolescent to when he was incarcerated to when he was free‚ leading through the civil rights movement. Malcolm joined the Nation of Islam in the 1950s under the teachings of Elijah Muhammed. Elijah Muhammed believed in and promoted black power and pride. Along with this‚ Elijah Muhammed promoted black self-sufficiency and self-reliance instead of integration. Malcolm as a young boy watched

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    The fragment I will analyse is from John Honey’s book Language is Power: The Story of Standard English and Its Enemies. It is a contemporary text which deals with the controversies around the idea of having a Standard English. Honey is in favour of having a Standard English and that is what he claims in the book‚ along with opinions of other linguistics who are against that‚ as he calls them in the title ‘enemies’. In the fragment‚ Honey exposes the ideas of linguistics who are in favour; one of

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    Name : Ricahuerta ‚ Kimberlee kate Tides - are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of the Earth. Most places in the ocean usually experience two high tides and two low tides each day (semidiurnal tide)‚ but some locations experience only one high and one low tide each day (diurnal tide) Two types of tides Spring Tides By definition‚ spring tides are the horizontal flow of water toward

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    Discovering The Truth Vs. Promoting Justice There are many goals to the criminal adjudication system. Between discovering the truth and promoting justice‚ I have the reason to believe that‚ promoting justice is more important. The reason why I believe that‚ this is more of an important goal is because promoting justice will bring everyone together as an equal society. Without an equal society the criminal adjudication process would be simply unfair. This is why I believe that promoting justice

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    The development of English as a universal language is a fact that we cannot deny‚ as we cannot deny that the language is inextricably tied to the culture of the country that it represents and even though it is true that an international language can give small languages a better chance to survive‚ it is also true that in the case of English‚ the language is been used as a weapon‚ something to control other countries and to have advantage over them in scientific research‚ technology and world affairs

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