THE USE OF THE GET-PASSIVE IN AMERICAN SPOKEN DISCOURSE The Use of the GET-PASSIVE in American Spoken Discourse Paulina Rivarola Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto October 2010 1 THE USE OF THE GET-PASSIVE IN AMERICAN SPOKEN DISCOURSE 2 Abstract The present study analyzed the use of get-passive in informal spoken American English. Following Carter and McCarthy (1999‚ p. 46-47) a series of get constructions connected with be passives were considered and exemplified. However
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miraculous works such as the series of the 3 discourses‚ Emile(education based)‚ and Julie. Not only have his works enlightened society as a whole ‚but also the government‚educational‚ and romantic aspects of it. First of all‚ Rousseau wrote the series of the 3 discourses in order to justify the critical aspects of society. The series consists of the 3 books;The Discourse on Sciences and Arts‚ The Discourse on Inequality‚ and The Discourse on Political Economy and the Social Contract
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Chapter 1 Discourse Organization of Asian Fashion Blogs Introduction Background of the study Blogging has emerged as one of the most popular forms of online discourse. The ease and lack of expense in setting blogs has raised intriguing possibilities for language learning in social media. The unique nature of its architecture and its low cost have not only affected how different bloggers can publish and distribute their work to a wider audience but also how they see themselves as writers. According
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info: Toronto Star [Toronto‚ Ont] 03 Oct 2010: E.7. ProQuest document link Abstract (Abstract): First there ’s music. [Tamra Davis] ’s [Jean-Michel Basquiat] is at its best as it reflects the artist ’s own instinctive response to the very best of musicians from Charlie Parker to Jimi Hendrix and in the way he transposed their intelligent funk to his canvases. Michel Basquiat - hardly innovative but well made - can brag of having the soundtrack of the year. Another [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] comparison
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The Five Major Discourses of Matthew are extensive and all end with the same words: “when Jesus had finished these words…” Matthew recounts part of the history of Jesus by placing the discourses in strategic positions by following a sequence. In the first discourse the “Sermon of the Mount” (Mt. 5: 3-7:27)‚ this discourse was one of the most important sermons given my Jesus‚ because he was at the center of His preaching. Also‚ he teaches his disciples how to pray the Our Father. In this sermon‚
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starvation‚ malnutrition‚ or famine. Their efforts caused them to learn to defend themselves‚ grow food‚ hunt‚ and create their own local government‚ which all created a feeling of separation and independence from Great Britain. George Percy‚ in A Discourse on the Plantation of Virginia‚ addresses how the men were killed. He says that they were “destroyed by cruel diseases […] and by wars‚ and some departed suddenly. but for the most part they died of mere famine”. When the settlers arrived in Jamestown
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Chapter 8 The Economic Order-Quantity (EOQ) Model Leroy B. Schwarz Purdue University The economic order-quantity model considers the tradeoff between ordering cost and storage cost in choosing the quantity to use in replenishing item inventories. A larger order-quantity reduces ordering frequency‚ and‚ hence ordering cost/ month‚ but requires holding a larger average inventory‚ which increases storage (holding) cost/month. On the other hand‚ a smaller order-quantity reduces average inventory
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Running head: BIRTH ORDER REPORT Birth Order Report Ruthie Stark - Redman Grand Canyon University PSY 255 – Personality Psychology Professor‚ Cassandra King - Henry Birth Order Report The usefulness of birth order as a construct would be beneficial to determine whether or not an individual is predisposed to have a tendency toward maladaptive perfectionism or non-perfectionism‚ which would provide insight for those who desire to ‘know” who an individual is whether it is associated with counseling
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Discourses in higher education and their implications for student experience. What are the ways in which discourses emerge in higher education and what are their implications for a student experience? Discourses in higher education are apparent in almost every interaction a student has with any aspect of the higher learning institution including but not limited to staff and policies and procedures (including assessment procedures). The notion of subjectivity‚ or the subject position of
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Good Order and Discipline For the military leader‚ the maintenance of good order and discipline is essential for a military force to be effective. An undisciplined military force is a losing one (Hoversten). General Robert E. Lee was one of the greatest military leaders of all time and was firm when it came to discipline. It was important to him that his soldiers understood that‚ in addition to efficiency‚ discipline guaranteed a solder’s safety; that if his forces did not prepare themselves for
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