“Its gotta be the shoes!” (Mars Blackmon) There are many groups/discourse communities I belong to. A discourse community is a group of people who have a common interest. They also have their own way of speaking‚ writing‚ behaviors and values. My favorite one is the sneaker head community. What is a sneaker head? A sneaker head is a person who buys shoes to wear and collect. It has become a culture‚ and has made this sneaker loving community have its own way of speaking‚ writing‚ behaving‚ and showing
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Do I Fit in? Years and years go by as people who are new to American society try to adjust to changes in lifestyle. Since America was built on a basis of immigrants I know I am not the first to ask the question “Do I fit in?” There are many stories‚ but I am only covering the topic of my background and my Discourse. I will disclose my social habits of my Discourse I use day to day but not at school. When I use the word “Discourse” it is the combination of of saying‚ writing‚ doing‚ being‚ valuing
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The three types of Hebrew parallelism: “synonymous‚ antithetical‚ and synthetic”. Parallelisms are ideas that don’t always interact with other words but they are repetition of words in structure form. One of the three forms of parallelism is synonymous‚ which can be defined as “closed similarity between line structures of the writing (Tullock & McEntire‚ 2006 p. 189).” Secondly‚ the antithetical form of parallelism is when the “second line contrast with the first line (Tullock & McEntire‚ 2006 p
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Hmm‚ Rap: Allusion: Poetry In most song‚ allusion is portrayed throughout the entire song. Without the use of allusion‚ the song would be bland because the artist is simply stating what they mean. When artists use allusion‚ they intend to make the song more interesting‚ so they can get higher rating. If an artist wants to speak on a recent breakup they might use a lot of similes and figurative language to make their word play more interesting and make it enjoyable music. M The rap song Rolex performed
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Activity Report on Discourse Communities Communication is key for every organization or group to make progress and achieve results. Whether an organization be purely academic or for entertainment‚ it is through communication both will meet their goals. Discourse communities as defined by Swales are communities of individuals who meet together to achieve a goal. Although‚ having a goal and communication does not make any community or group a discourse community. The definition of discourse communities
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A discourse community can be defined as a group of people who share knowledge of a certain topic‚ share similar backgrounds‚ and have a common goal. A lot of them also had unique ways of communicating with each other which outsiders could not understand. They give everyone something that makes them feel like they belong somewhere and are important too. Being in one of these communities is a good way to be a part of something with people who are easy to relate to and can help you grow fundamentally
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An introduction paragraph is the way a person opens up a business statement‚ a development concept‚ a project letter or any other written idea that needs to convey a message to other people. The goal of the paragraph is to outline the basic tenants of the upcoming document. It needs to be done concisely and in plain words that will help someone understand as well as get them to read the rest of the report. Difficulty: Moderate Instructions Things You’ll Need: * Computer or word processor
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homonyms 1.3 Diachronically approach of homonyms 1.4 Synchronically approach in studying homonyms CHAPTER II. 2.1 ETYMOLOGICAL AND SEMANTIC CRITERIA IN POLYSEMY AND HOMONYMY 2.2 Modern methods of investigating homonyms 2.3 The two main sources of homonymy are: 2.4 Polysemy and Homonymy: Etymological and Semantic Criteria 2.5 Typological analysis of homonymy and polysemy in three languages III. CONCLUSION IV. THE LIST OF USED LITERATURE
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Introduction Every day we are confronted with lexical hierarchies in our correspondences‚ without actually thinking about it. One type of branching lexical hierarchies is the taxonomy‚ which structures the vocabulary of a language‚ for example hyponymy. Semantic relations‚ which are defined in terms of logical relations‚ underlie lexical hierarchies. Taxonomy is a way of classifying words arranged in a hierarchical structure (Murphy 2003: 218). II. Hyponymy According to Yule (2007: 243)‚ hyponymy is “the
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Cohesion is a device used in connecting two sentences and indicating the relationship between them. Without cohesion text is merely collections of more or less isolated elements of text‚ which are not related to one another. Cohesion constructs the elements of text relating to each other. This relationship implies the continuity or unity‚ which is necessary for the interpretation of text. Cohesion is used to link one sentence to the preceding one or
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