Mukachevo State University Report Text linguistics Prepared by Kamenkova Nastia 2014 Text Linguistics A text is an extended structure of syntactic units i.e. text as super-sentence such as words‚ groups‚ and clauses and textual units that is marked by both coherence among the elements and completion .A non-text consists of random sequences of linguistic units such as sentences‚ paragraphs‚ or sections in any temporal and/or spatial extension. A naturally
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Video games are very popular with children all over the world‚ they keep kids occupied and entertained. A lot of parents are concerned about how these video games are affecting their children. Are these video games good or bad for our children? Video gaming has both positive and negative effects on children. Video games are not only entertaining but also educational; they create challenges for children to take on in order to proceed to new levels. Video gaming is also very influential with a child
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Reading Reading is the receptive skill in the written mode. It can develop independently of listening and speaking skills‚ but often develops along with them‚ especially in societies with a highly-developed literary tradition. Reading can help build vocabulary that helps listening comprehension at the later stages‚ particularly. Micro-skills involved in reading. The reader has to: • decipher the script. In an alphabetic system or a syllabary‚ this means establishing a relationship between
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Text Messaging and its Effects on Teens ’ Grammar Background Information "IYO TXTng = Gd 4 or NME of GMR?" If you cannot understand the previous statement‚ then you most likely have not been exposed to the language of text messaging. Who are the creators of this language? The answer is today ’s teenagers. The translation for the opening sentence is‚ "In your opinion‚ is texting good for or the enemy of grammar?" Text messaging has surely given our society a quick means through which to communicate
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Text 6: Glory Glory Be to Chocolate- Naught But Nic Contextual detail: Taken from the authors book “From the Devils Pulpit” the text was publish in 1997 and was written by the author John Agard. John Agard is a man who was born in Guyana. This is significant because Guyana is located on the Caribbean Coast of South America‚ a country where simple foods are seen as luxurious as they have one of the poorest economies of South America. Text 6 Genre Poem taken from a section of the book “From the Devil’s
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CEO Decisions Saves Xerox Nicole Jeglum MGT/230 Due date: 01/08/2014 University of Phoenix The video regarding decisions made by Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy discussed choices made by her to save the company. Within 5 years of being at Xerox‚ Anne Mulcahy went from working in the sales department to opening the desk jet printer division. From there she moved up to President of Xerox and finally landed the position of CEO. At this time Xerox was on the verge of bankruptcy after being fined
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[pic]Effective Reading skills Reading daily‚ Reading deeply‚ Reading widely are the few important skills of reading from which we can enhance our understanding of passage‚ ameliorate our vocabulary‚ correct our grammatical mistakes‚ increase our thinking capacity and helps in improving or learning any part of a language. The more you read the one thing you realize the key to doing well in the examination‚ and the key to perform or present any task in a well equipped way. There are many techniques
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Because both my parents came from China‚ I took Chinese. But I cannot read or write Chinese and barely speak it. I love my North American citizenship. I don’t’ mind being called a "banana‚" yellow on the outside and white on the inside. I’m proud I’m a banana. After all‚ in Canada and the United States‚ native Indians are "apples" (red outside‚ white inside); blacks are "Oreo cookies" (black and white); and Chinese are "bananas." These metaphors assume‚ both rightly and wrongly‚ that the culture
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The Cracker Barrel Restaurants John Howard King’s College‚ London Discrimination against lesbians and gays is common in the workplace. Sole proprietors‚ managing partners‚ and corporate personnel officers can and often do make hiring‚ promoting‚ and firing decisions based on an individual’s real or perceived sexual orientation. Lesbian and gay job applicants are turned down and lesbian and gay employees are passed over for promotion or even fired by employers who view homosexuality
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Robert T. Kiyosaki focuses on the different life decisions that determine or contribute to a person’s future in hopes that people will realize that they could turn their life around if they really were determined to do so. In chapter one‚ Mike and Robert Kiyosaki feel like outcasts `because they go to an elementary school full of rich students where they seem to be the only ones who are poor and it hurt them but “that hurt was good‚ because it inspired us to keep thinking of a way to make money”
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