“The Concept of Discourse Community‚” an excerpt from the book Genre Analysis‚ by John Swales attempts to indicate the actual definition of a discourse community. Swales main argument is that there is a difference between a speech community and a discourse community. Also‚ that there are six characteristics a group must meet in order to be a discourse community. Swales then provides examples and discusses issues concerning the idea of a discourse community. In the beginning of Swales argument‚
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of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new‚ when an age ends and when the soul of a nation‚ long suppressed‚ finds utterance .... We end today a period of ill fortune‚ and India discovers herself again." - Jawaharlal Nehru (Speech on Indian Independence Day‚ 1947). The day when India woke up to freedom back in 1947 was a day of great celebration. A country got rid
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Averting your eyes away from something is easier said than done. When we drive down the road and see an accident‚ our natural instinct – as macabre as it may be- is to take a peek at the carnage. The average person will see the accident‚ stare perhaps for a couple more seconds then they should‚ and then continue on with their lives. When we see an accident on the side of the road‚ we may be exposing ourselves to sights or sounds that we would rather not see or hear. When we go on the internet‚ we
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security operatives clearly understand the philosophy‚ the leadership structure and operational schemes of the sect. This is in spite of the fact that many supposedly leaders of the group are in the custody of security agencies. 5. Unguarded utterances
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institutional censorship or discipline‚ but their special position in the community imposes special obligations. As scholars and educational officers‚ they should remember that that public may judge their profession and their institution by their utterances. Hence they should at all times be accurate‚ should exercise appropriate restraints‚ should show respect for the opinions of others‚ and should make every effort to indicate that they are not speaking for the
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STYLISCTICS The expressive means (EM) of a language are those phonetic‚ morphological‚ word-building‚ lexical‚ phraseological and syntactical forms which exist in language-as-a-system for the purpose of logical and/or emotional intensification of the utterance. Phonetic EM: pitch‚ melody‚ stress‚ pausation‚ drawling‚ whispering‚ a sing-song manner of speech (onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ rhyme‚ rhythm). Morphological EM: the Historical Present (the Present Indefinite instead of the Past Indefinite); use
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APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE - Assignment SUBJECT ASSIGNMENT: APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE Name and surname(s): Jose Lanchipa Bueno Login: Group: 27 Date: 02/10/2011 1 APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE - Assignment INDEX Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 References .....................................................................................................3-5 …………………………………………………………………………5- 7 …………………………………………………………………………8-9 ..............................................................................
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TEACHING LISTENING AS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE Introduction: English as a foreign language has the greatest motion in Bangladesh. Status of English as the "library language" and the increased "international inter-dependence" are the two reasons of this which led to a greater focus on face-to-face language usage crossing the margin of pen and paper exercise. As the decline of Grammar-Translation method in 1960s proved that language learning might not be limited to "reading and writing" or ’literacy’‚
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there are 14 judges sit in a row. They wearing white‚ dirty green and yellow ochre. The first 7 judges are holding a key from left. The 14 judges are representing the 5 Gods which are Air‚ Water‚ Fire‚ Light and Earth. The Gods of Air are Shu and Utterance. Besides that‚ the Gods of Water are Tefnut and Isis. The Gods of Fire are Nut and Perception. The Gods of Light are Ra-Heru-khuti-tem and Horus whereas the Gods of Earth are Geb and Nephthys. From the left in the left bottom‚ soul of Hunefer
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Evidently‚ identity of every person can be integrated by breaking through its imposed silence and finding a language of self-utterance. As we have already seen‚ Cordelia is an active character and Elaine disregards all signs of her‚ either by destroying her or by covering her so that she cannot be seen. More convincingly‚ her removal is not easy for Elaine because Cordelia exists in her consciousness and becomes a part of her identity. As said before‚ Elaine has a dual identity‚ which is composed
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