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    What are Types of Stylistics? Stylistics is the study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective. As a discipline it links literary criticism and linguistics‚ but has no autonomous domain of its own. Types of Stylistics: 1. Computational Stylistics: Study of patterns formed in particular texts‚ authors‚ genres‚ periods via computational methods. Through the use of computers‚ it should be possible to achieve more accurate detection and explanation of such linguistic patterns.

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    the predilection for execution or commitment in responsibility assigned from the others in order to achieve benefit sharing (Favara‚ 2009).  Kelly (2008) categorizes followership into five groups which is  "Sheep" ‚ "Yes-People" ‚ "Alienated" ‚ "Pragmatics" and "Star followers". Sheep and Yes-people are dormant workers in common. Exact order must be assigned directly to these groups. However‚ the enthusiasm for achievement in yes-people is predominant (Kelly‚ 2008). These people are willing to support

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    Dillard are two writers who were able to witness the flight of the birds. They each described the flights differently‚ though. John James Audubon has a pragmatic view and Annie Dillard uses diction in describing both the birds and conveying the effect the birds have on them as observers. Audubon’s view in describing the birds is pragmatic while Dillard’s descriptions use diction. Audubon looks at the birds practically. "163 had been made in twenty-one minutes." He writes an exact number‚ making

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    produced by a person there are several components involved include; Phonation‚ resonance; producing sound‚ fluency; voice‚ intonation and variance of the pitch. The components of Language include phonology‚ syntax‚ morphology‚ grammar‚ semantics‚ and pragmatics the social aspects of communication. Swallowing disorders: They include

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    Distinctive features of the Cognitive Linguistic approach to language study Draft John R Taylor and Jeannette Littlemore To appear in: J Littlemore and J Taylor (eds)‚ Bloomsbury Companion to Cognitive Linguistics. 2014. 1. Defining and positioning Cognitive Linguistics Cognitive linguistics began as an approach to the study of language‚ but it now has implications and applications far beyond language in any traditional sense of the word. It has its origins in the 1980s as a conscious

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    often not aware that they are committing academic dishonesty. Researching this issue was not hard to do. Two exceptionally well written articles were found using the keyword search phrase academic honesty in distance learning. The first article Pragmatic Methods to Reduce Dishonesty in Web-Based Courses (Chiesl‚ 2007) was published in the fall of 2007 was found in the EBSCOhost database and the second article Academic Honesty and Online Courses (Grijalva‚ Nowell‚ & Kerkvliet‚ 2006) was published

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    interest‚ as the speaker contends? While some of us may be fortunate enough to find a job that is totally consistent with his interests‚ I agree with the speaker’s broad assertion that most people‚ when planning their career‚ take into the account such pragmatic needs as the salary and the difficulties and complexity of the job they are looking for. In fact‚ when it comes to choosing our job‚ it is determined not just by personal talents or interests‚ but also by other subjective factors posed by ourselves

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    self-fulfilling prophecy Chapter 9: Thinking‚ Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis Grammar: Phonology‚ Semantics‚ and Syntax; Phonemes and Morphemes (language hierarchy) Sentence structure (Noam Chomsky: surface structure and deep structure) Pragmatics and Pragmatic Rules Child Speak and telegraphic speech‚ language development‚ language versus communication (is language adaptive?) Classification and Categorization: defining features v. family resemblance‚ prototypes v. exemplars Hierarchical organization:

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    the difference between western and eastern culture The major difference between Chinese and Western culture is that China is an oriental country‚ and its traditional culture is completely different from western heritage. Chinese culture is older than 5000 years‚ and Chinese people have developed their own music‚ musical instruments‚ painting techniques‚ traditional Chinese medicine‚ and not to forget‚ cooking methods etc – completely different and unique when compared to Western culture. Chinese

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    The Five Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions Business had been evolve seen the beginning of human civilization. Today business has evolved into an age of globalization‚ which is every countries in the world has connected together as one enormous network .This Globalizations phenomenon also presented many difficulties of doing business between country to country especially doing business outside of home country. One of the biggest problems is the different of the cultures such as customs‚ tradition

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