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    The first aspect that been discussed by Irina Rudyk in “Power Relations in President Bush’s State of the Union speech based on Critical Discourse Analysis is meaning. From this context‚ Rudyk analyse the choices of vocabulary employed by the speaker which is President Bush. Besides‚ meaning is also the presupposition on how the listener or the reader interprete the speaker’s speech based on their ideology on a particular matter such as in Bush’s speech‚ he talked about the enemy and the peacefulness

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    of Two Cities‚ by Charles Dickens‚ and Pride and Prejudice‚ by Jane Austen‚ some of M.H. Abrams’ four approaches reading and understanding literature apply. The four approaches include: mimetic‚ pragmatic‚ expressive‚ and objective. The pragmatic approach deals with instruction from literature. Pragmatic is the best approach to understand A Tale of Two Cities. Sydney Carton‚ one of the protagonists‚ starts the novel as an ungrateful man. Throughout the story he changes and becomes a better person

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    Ideal-Real-Islamic Leadership to practice‚ help and lead the society for the purpose of accomplishing the duty of Man as the Deputy of ALLAH ALMIGHTY. Hence discussing various styles and themes of Leadership‚ e.g. Islamic and western‚ help us finding more pragmatic leadership and managing the conflicts among Muslims on the issue of contemporary and leadership. The Concept of Leadership in Islam Contents Acknowledgement Introduction Chapter 1 A theoretical framework for the study of leadership in Islam

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    1. The status of TG. Language is a means of forming and storing ideas as reflections of reality and exchanging them in the process of human intercourse. It’s social by nature and inseparably connected with people. It develops with the development of society. The language consists of 3 parts: the phonological system (i.e. sound system)‚ the lexical system (set of naming means of language) and the grammatical system. (The principles of systemic approach to language and its grammar were developed in

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    The pragmatic Charlotte Lucas does not have a romantic concept of matrimony‚ however deems marriage to the most disagreeable‚ pompous‚ Mr Collins as the best alternative for a ‘woman of small fortune’ in her society. Through her dispassionate materialistic rhetoric she states; ‘I ask only a comfortable home; and considering Mr Collins character‚ connections‚ and situation in life‚ I am convinced that my chance of happiness with him is as fair‚ as most people can boast on entering the marriage state

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    Passive followers Passive followers do as they are told but do not think critically and are not particularly active participants. Conformist followers Conformists are more participative than passive followers‚ but do not provide challenge. Pragmatic followers Pragmatic followers are middling in their independence‚ engagement‚ and general contribution. Exemplary followers Exemplary followers are ideal in almost all ways‚ excelling at all tasks‚ engaging strongly with the group‚ and providing intelligent

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    advertising 18 2.1. General Characteristics of the Ad-slogan 18 2.2. Lexis 19 2.3. Grammar 20 2.4. Style 23 2.5. Comparative Advertising 31 2.6.Conclusion 33 Chapter 3. Pragmatic aspects of advertising 34 3.1. Pragmatics and Advertising 34 3.2. Concept of Appeal 37 3.3. Relational Aspects of Advertising 39 3.4. Speech Acts in Advertising 41 3.5. Conclusion 44 Conclusion 46 Bibliography

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    It is easy to mistake one’s beliefs about the world as absolute knowledge. In this paper‚ I argue that any view of knowledge as absolute‚ or objective‚ is a misrepresentation of the limits of human understanding. In contrast‚ I argue for the pragmatic use of truth as conceived by William James. I contend that if one views truth as a practical instrument valued solely for its ability to help humans‚ one can place scientific and religious beliefs on equal footing. By valuing truth for its practical

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    structuralist approach‚ in particular‚ its lack of focus on pragmatics. Widdowson’s critique includes a number of speaking-listening interactions‚ for which there is usually much and sometimes an enormous amount of non-linguistic context. However‚ my guess‚ Widdowson’s page 710 disavowal notwithstanding‚ is that the the weaknesses of structuralist approaches to language learning are less pronounced in writing-reading settings‚ though‚ of course‚ pragmatics have significant roles in those forms of production

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    illuminates. Literary theory‚ Abrams holds‚ can be divided into four categories: mimetic theories‚ which focus on the relationship between text and universe (by "universe" he means all things of the world apart from audience‚ text and author); pragmatic theories‚ which are interested in the relationship between text and audience; expressive theories‚ which are concerned with the text-author relationship; and objective theories‚ the most recent classification‚ which focus on analysis of the text

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