Is using the Internet a boon? In this fast-paced world where everyone is competing to be the first in whatever they are embarking on‚ face-to-face communication with a person is getting rarer and flipping the books to get information has been a method gone outdated. However‚ this has been replaced by one powerful tool that does these and even more. This is none other than the Internet. Internet has been defined as the global system of interconnected computer networks designed to serve the people’s
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Universität Potsdam Philosophische Fakultät Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik Seminar: Analysing Conversation Wintersemester 2011/2012 Test Paper Transcript B 1. Analysis of generic text structure and function | Global Organisation | Generic Structure and Communicative Function | Lexical and Grammatical Means | 1 Les: Oh hello2 (0.2)3 Les: Is uh Mister Bathgate the:re?4 (0.7) | Opening Phasegreetingreason for call is the wish of speaking to Bat‚ here it
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Smoking Ban Introduction Nearly 20% of adults in the United States smoke‚ according to a 2008 report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than 77% of them smoke every day. Smoking had steadily declined among adults in recent years; though the trend has stalled between 2004 and 2006‚ according to the latest CDC report there was a 1% drop in smoking prevalence among U.S. adults in 2007. (Simon‚ 2009) The addictive effects of tobacco have been well documented. Tobacco
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country that needs addressing like knowing that Dianne Feinstein and Barack Obama are trying to put a ban on assault weapons for american citizens in this ban they are going to try to ban any and all ar style rifles or ak style rifles. any rifle or pistol that has more than 5 rounds rifle any detachable magazine they are going to try to ban any military style looking rifle they are going to ban. is it good or is it bad that they are banning this that is a decision to whomever the reader is to make
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The pursuit of knowledge carried on by scientists for the past several centuries has produced results over which opinion is sharply divided. Science‚ originally intended to conquer and harness the forces of nature for the good of man‚ is looked upon by some as the chief cause of the suffering of humanity today. On’the other hand‚ there are a good many people who consider science to be the harbinger of all progress‚ prosperity and comfort. The contro¬versy has been raging for a long time‚ though science
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Narratives in Conversation By Agatha Xaris Villa INTRODUCTION This essay focuses on the study of the narrative most prevalent in everyday conversations – the conversational narrative. First‚ it discusses a definition of the narrative from a structural level based on the structure of conversational narrative presented by William Labov (1972). Next‚ it enumerates some of the important functions which the narrative is able to achieve both on a personal level and also on the interpersonal. Lastly
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The smoking ban The smoking ban was introduced in Britain on July 1th 2007. When it came into effect it was prohib ited to smoke cigarettes in most of public places and workplaces in England like bars‚ pubs‚ cafés and in busses and trains. This law has brought a big debate. In this assignment I will investigate the debate and create a discussion with a part of my own opinions. 1. In text 1‚ Robin McKie claims how good it is for everyone that the smoking ban is getting intro duced. According
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their health. In 1972‚ the surgeon general released a report The Consequence of Smoking which discussed the potential effects of second hand smoke. The first kind of smoking bans came around in the 1970s. Restrictions were implemented on smoking in public places like government buildings and some airlines. The full ban of smoking on all airline went into effect in June 1996. (Committee on Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Acute Coronary Events) According to the “American Nonsmokers Right Foundation’s
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ADVERTISING – A BOON OR A BANE? Advertisements are a necessary evil. But they do more harm than good. They have invaded our personal lives and personal spaces and have led to crass consumerism. There should be some watchdog to oversee the advertisement industry. WHEN THINKING of advertisements‚ the age-old question‚ whether the chicken or the egg preceded the other crops up. Similarly‚ was it business or the advertisement industry that came first? We may not have an answer to the chicken/egg
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English 131 W 2010. Jan. 28 Genre Conversation Although genre is commonly regarded as a tool for conventional assortment‚ it is necessary to recognize that a genre is not defined by its formal features‚ but by its situational factors. The contextual identification of a genre is highlighted by Carolyn Miller‚ who describes genres as the “typified rhetorical ways of acting in recurring situations” (qtd. in Bawarshi 7). The word “situation” is crucial in her definition because writing results
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