Comp II 25 January 2014 Ambiguity: Friend or Foe Often times during our earlier years‚ we stumble upon ‘loopholes’ within our language. We then take these ‘loopholes’ and mend them to our advantage. These ‘loopholes’ that I am referring to are words that have many different meanings‚ however actions can also be grouped into this. Much like the cartoon‚ “Future MBA” illustrated by Mike Shapiro. In this cartoon you see two students sitting at their desks‚ both with paper and pencil on the desk
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Steven Skaggs’ essay on the Grateful Dead’s "Dark Star" and how it is an example of transcendental aesthetics put a new meaning to the way I listen to the Dead’s music. Skaggs goes deeply into semiotic theory‚ and how the song "Dark Star" has an underlying journey within itself. Though I had never heard of semiotics before reading Skaggs’ essay‚ I think that I now understand its basis. Semiotics is the study of signs in their capacity as "ways of knowing". This means that certain words‚ sounds‚ and
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Various everyday sentences can be interpreted in numerous ways. For example‚ whenever my father asks me‚ “Did you finish all of your studying‚” one can imply two different things. One meaning could be that he is simply asking if I had completed studying for my exams. However‚ if the “all” is stretched‚ another meaning could be that he presumes I have not finished‚ or even started‚ studying and is asking for justification. Another example is when my friends say‚ “You’re funny” after I say a joke.
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Allusions were used sporadically by Bradbury to help the reader use printed word to paint mental images. They can be defined rather simply‚ as they are merely a reference to a historical or contemporary‚ person‚ place‚ event‚ or work of literature‚ but they can help the story flow nonetheless. The first allusion was encountered when Montag approached the woman with books in “The Hearth and the Salamander” and she quoted ‘“‘Play the man‚ Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle‚ by God’s
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Run‚ Eat‚ Sleep and Repeat “Life is often compared to a marathon‚ but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best‚”–Michael Johnson. By definition‚ discourse means written or spoken communication or debate. My non-academic discourse community is the track & field community and I can relate this‚ very easily‚ to my academic discourse. One of the most influential activities that shaped
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You and I from part of many different discourse communities even though we don’t realize it‚ but we actually get ourselves involved without even knowing. Discourse communities are everywhere not just in schools‚ colleges‚ nor churches they are all over our community. From interacting with your roommate in your dorm to since club you are involved they are all discourse communities. Dancing by its self won’t function as a discourse community but once we talk about Dance Teams we are creating a discourse
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1. “William Lutz introduces the idea of “weasel words”‚ suggesting that advertisers use strategic diction to manipulate the viewer or reader while in fact saying nothing at all” (“Weasel Words: The Art of Saying Nothing at All 414) This use of quotation is used to explain the meaning of “weasel” words and how important it is. It engages in a conversation between the writer and the other voices by exemplifying Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale to explain how Aunt Lydia uses the weasel words to control
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Gee start to explains just how a Discourse is not the like discussion‚ details the various types of Discourses‚ as well as introduces several brand-new terms to reinforce his disagreement. Gee’s overall claims‚ in his words‚ is "the emphasis of proficiency research studies or used linguistics need not to be language or ability‚ however‚ social practices. Gee begins by explaining that language is not especially grammar yet it exactly what you state‚ just how you state it‚ and also what you are and
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Idioms are defined as phrases whose individual word meanings are not equal to their total figurative meaning (Swinney & Cutler‚ 1979). As the definition suggests‚ literal processing of the words is not enough for comprehending most of the idioms. Yet for some them‚ it is possible for literal meanings to lead the final figurative meaning. Decomposability refers to the degree of the contribution that words of an idiom make to the overall meaning of an idiom (Gibbs 1993). Non-decomposable idioms are
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HIDDEN FEATURES IN THE SEMANTICS OF URDU ko AND se Abstract Urdu clitics play a key role to make a syntactic configuration and to express its semantics. Occasionally‚ they vary in semantics in different syntactic environments. The role of dative/ accusative ko and instrumental/ablative se is discussed in this paper to show that dative and accusative ko are though two different case markers and have distinctive functions‚ they sometimes play an ambiguous role in forming active and passive
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