been defined by different linguists ‚and each one gives specific definition to it ‚and we will go through all of them . In other words discourse is a buzzword and used in many different ways. The term discourse refers “both to what a text producer meant by a text and what a text means to the receiver” (Widdowson 2007: 7). As Widdowson claims‚ “people produce texts to get a message across‚ to express ideas and beliefs‚ to explain something‚ to get other people to do certain things or to think in a
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English 1102 Examining Yourself as a Writer The art of writing is a unique skill that requires the writer to have great flexibility and be open to improvement. Some may consider themselves a “perfect writer”‚ when in reality‚ no one is‚ and will ever be. Writing is a process that requires one to continuously build on skills learned in previous situations‚ applying new techniques and strategies to future writing projects. Different settings require different writing styles‚ and with that being
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Introduction: Despite of what others may believe some people feel abortion isn’t right nor wrong‚ it is a personal preference for various reasons. There are many people who aren’t able to take care of a child. Although‚ they may have what it takes to conceive but lack the responsibilities of raising a child. Thesis Statement: Abortion has caused countless numbers of deaths and several violent confrontations between the two separate parties of opinion. Topic Sentence #1: Top reasons for considering
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Lilly Eng 112 - 005 May 9‚ 2007 Name two ethnic or cultural groups other than African Americans and Jews that have made stellar contributions to the development of the united states. List at least ten achievers from each group‚ and try to form intergroup pairs as Cornel West does in his essay. Also compare and contrast the groups as a whole and share your overall perspective on their achievements. Asian Americans and Native Americans Our America is so diverse that it
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six different aspects‚ ethnic identity for whites in the 1990s‚ the ethnic miracle‚ symbolic ethnicities for white Americans‚ race relations and symbolic ethnicity‚ relations on college campuses‚ and institutional responses. Ethnic identity for whites in the 1990s states‚ ethnicity is a social phenomenon‚ not a biological one. Whites are able to claim an ethnicity if they chose so‚ or they could just be white. Whites are the majority groups‚ who have the most power. The ethnic miracle explains‚ by
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When the English were colonizing North America‚ they brought with them their laws. Being from the British Common Law system‚ the settlers understood how that system worked‚ so they modeled their own government using Common Law. In the 18th century‚ when the Union was formed and the colonies became states‚ they kept their Common Law governments. However‚ the Articles of Confederation set forth to establish one supreme court‚ being the federal court. Article III of the U.S. Constitution states: ’The
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HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS INTRODUCTION Historical linguistics‚ also called Diachronic Linguistics‚ the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of phonological‚ grammatical‚ and semantic changes‚ the reconstruction of earlier stages of languages‚ and the discovery and application of the methods by which genetic relationships among languages can be demonstrated. According to dictionary.com‚ Historical linguistics is the branch of linguistics which deals with the history and development
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believe. You may think that this is something that just happens at this day in age‚ but this occurs everywhere and has occurred over time. This is called historical bias. This paper will investigate ways to avoid historical bias‚ how historical bias may affect how we think about our past‚ and other examples of historical bias. First‚ avoiding historical bias may be hard but it is not impossible. There are many things one can do to make an accurate decision or even a compromise of all the stories and
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I find it nearly impossible to assess my strengths and weaknesses from an objective perspective. Yet What I have been told by readers of my written works is that the strengths I carry as writer stem from writing a research paper and/or essay in a way that grab your reader’s attention and capturing their interest while imparting valuable information to them. The areas I always seek to improve in writing are my thoughts coming across correctly on paper during the draft process sometimes I get so swamped
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A) In a paragraph‚ describe the acculturation process that the author experienced and explain how her cultural identity changed. Catherine Pigott came from a Western background. In Africa‚ she experienced a dramatically different culture. At first‚ it must have been very difficult. There was little about her that appealed to the Gambian sense of femininity. She was far too thin by those standards. Consequently‚ she could not dance as they danced‚ dress as they dressed‚ or eat with the relish and
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