Listening sub skills 1. Deducing meaning and use of unfamiliar lexical items through understanding word formation and contextual clues in utterances and spoken text 2. Recognizing and understanding phonological features of speech [especially those forms associated with supra-segmental features] 3. Understanding relationships within the sentence: the syntactic and morphological forms characteristic of spoken language 4. Understanding relationships between parts of text and utterances through cohesive
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In the previous chapter I presented the default cases of metonymy and how cognitive and communicative principles govern the selection of a preferred metonymic vehicle. These principles enable us to understand why we choose certain entities to access a target and why some vehicle-to-target routes have been conventionalized in the language. However‚ it sometimes occurs that cognitive and communicative principles are overridden because of the speaker’s expressive needs or a particular social situation
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In this report‚ I shall be looking at the attitudes towards the word sassy. I will see if there is a difference in views before two different generations. If there is suggests that the word’s meaning has changed. At first I shall discuss the data I got. Starting with under 30’s then over 30’s. Followed by a comparison of the differences in meaning and the attitude people have towards it. For under 30’s one thing that nearly all of people asked struggled with was actually defining the word. They
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arCourse : Russian language and culture Popular sports and famous athletes in Russia Russia is the successor of the Soviet Union (USSR)‚ which was the dominant Olympic team during the Soviet Era whereby‚ Russia SFSR was the largest nation in the Soviet Union with the main athletes of the Soviet team. Nowadays‚ Russia is one the most successful countries at a variety of sports and continuously ending in the top rankings (never below the third place since 1952) in number of medals and gold
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“The Myth of the Happy Yeoman lives on in Contemporary Sustainability Discourse” Discourses‚ using spoken or written language in a social context‚ are more than narratives of human existence. A contemporary feminist author and professor‚ Chris Weedon‚ paraphrases French philosopher‚ Michel Foucault in the following passage: (discourses are) “ways of constituting knowledge‚ together with the social practices‚ forms of subjectivity and power relations which inhere in such knowledges and relations
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Alliteration: The headline employs alliteration through the repetition of the letter ‘P’ in order to engage the reader as well as hold his attention. Allusion: The writer eludes to the horrors of the Holocaust in the hope of evoking a visceral response that will encourage support for the current Iraq War. Analogy The writer employs the analogy of cancer. In doing so‚ he likens gambling to the infamous malignant tumour as to suggest the devastating effects of gambling on the health of
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PHI210—Critical Thinking October 28‚ 2012 Figurate Language versus Literal Language In today’s society‚ the English language is the most widely spoken language‚ but can also be one of the most difficult to learn and speak. The many different ways that people speak figuratively with the English language may be why it is difficult for many to understand there many different meanings. The different cultures and backgrounds can also affect the understanding of the English
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Student name Proff name Course title Spring Date due The importance of Discourse and discourse community The concept of Discourse and discourse community is very important in English reading and writing. Discourses are group members’ shared “ways of being in the world” (Gee 484). According to the authors we studied‚ Porter‚ Gee‚ Swales‚ Johns and Porter‚ we willingly or unwillingly are part of many different discourse communities or Discourses. Almost everything we do in our everyday life requires
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The Overall Stylistic Analysis of Non-Fiction Discourse. The publicistic style belongs to the formal variety of English. It is “the language of mass communication which is used not only to inform but also to convince and persuade‚ i.e. its functions are referential‚ conative and‚ to some degree‚ poetical”. [1:89] The general aim of publicistic style is to exert influence on public opinion through logical argumentation and emotional appeal. Logical argumentation is provided by coherent and logical
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Workshop Three How to Analyze an Advertisement Finding Ads’ Hidden Messages There’s more to advertising’s message than meets the casual eye. An effective ad‚ like other forms of communication‚ works best when it strikes a chord in the needs and desires of the receiving consumer -- a connection that can be both intuitive and highly calculated. The following questions can help foster your awareness of this process. You may be surprised
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