LINGUISTIC MEANS OF THE SOCIO-POLITICAL MASS MEDIA TEXTS PRAGMATICS INTENSIFICATION Graduation Master Thesis from: Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University Institute of the International Service‚ Tourism and Foreign Languages Faculty of the English and Romance Languages Chair of the English Philology Author: Plotnikova Anastasia Vladimirovna [2011-06-22] Main parts: Contents‚ Introduction‚ three Chapters‚ Conclusion‚ Bibliography. Keywords: political communication; political language;
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Every time we pick up a magazine or a newspaper we are bombarded with advertisements whether for lifestyle products‚ new television shows or any other consumer goods or services that we may or may not need. Now whether one actually takes notice of this non verbal communication between companies and consumers is besides the point and as we are only viewing these images for a few seconds at a time‚ it is understood that the consumer can follow what is going on and is able to read visual images and
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Cardinality and Modality Cardinality and Modality work together to define the relationship. Cardinality indicates the maximum number of times an instance in one entity can be associated with instances in the related entity. Modality indicates the minimum number of times an instance in one entity can be associated with an instance in the related entity. Thus‚ Modality is also called participation because it denotes whether or not an instance of an entity MUST participate
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Objectivism and Batailleist `powerful communication’ 1. Fellini and textual theory "Sexuality is a legal fiction‚" says Lacan; however‚ according to Hanfkopf[1] ‚ it is not so much sexuality that is a legal fiction‚ but rather the rubicon‚ and subsequent collapse‚ of sexuality. Foucault uses the term ’Batailleist `powerful communication’’ to denote not narrative‚ but postnarrative. Thus‚ the subject is interpolated into a textual theory that includes reality as a whole. The primary theme
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN L.N. GUMILEV EURASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY Department of theory and practice of foreign languages COURSE PAPER Theme: “EXPRESSIVE FUNCTION IN THE PUBLICIST STYLE” Major: 050119 “Foreign Language: two foreign languages” Written by: Astana – 2012 Contents Introduction 1. The style and types of stylistic
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To what extent we can say animals have language? Are animals capable of language? It is in the opinion of the author that animals do not have the capability of language; this essay will focus and put forward the evidence as to why this opinion takes place. Language is a form of communication; it can be visual‚ audio or sensory. In humans the vocal language provides only 10 per cent of how we communicate‚ body language plays a much higher role‚ however‚ both verbal and non verbal language in humans
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Listening is often confused with hearing. Roland Barthes (1985) distinguishes between hearing and listening‚ stating: “Hearing is a physiological phenomenon; listening is a psychological act.” Even if all members of the intended audience hear‚ it does not mean that they listen too. And when there are listening problems‚ difficulties in understanding the transmitted message could not be avoided. Effective listening could be prevented by many “habits” which characterize listeners‚ according to O’Rourke
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Argument Essay I enjoyed the process of writing this essay because it was a topic that hit very close to home‚ and a subject that i could relate to in regards to the N word and how it has changed throughout history. At first I must admit i didnt feel i could relate and write a decent essay‚ when it was first assigned because i couldn’t equate how language effected me personally‚ and how i could write an argumentative essay on a facet of language. I came to my decision of writing about the N
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Post-Structuralism Post-structuralism is a continuation and simultaneous rejection of structuralism – not only literary structuralism but even more so the anthropological structuralism of Levi-Strauss (Bertens‚ 2008: 93). * Post-structuralist thought has discovered the essentially unstable nature of signification. The sign is not so much a unit with two sides as a momentary ‘fix’ between two moving layers. Saussure had recognized that signifier and signified are two separate systems‚ but he
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Comm201 Spring 2012 Exam Study Guide Preliminary Version: Subject to change through 26 April 2012 This version: 12 April Lectures‚ Etc. • Three basic types of metaphor • O’Keefe’s three message design logics • Modernism‚ postmodernism‚ structuralism and poststructuralism Lunsford’s The Everyday Writer • Top 20 most common writing errors • APA citation style (in-text and reference lists) Muller & Craig‚ “Introduction” • Definitions of theory • The relationship between professional/scholarly
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