SESSION TEN LANGUAGE AND POWER (2): POWER BEHIND DISCOURSE Main points in this session: 1. Power behind discourse: Standard language 2. Power behind discourse: discourse types as ‘effects of power’ 3. Power and access to discourse The idea of ‘power behind discourse’ is that the whole social order of discourse is put together and held together as a hidden effect of power. Fairclough (1989) = three aspects of ‘power behind discourse’‚ i.e. of hidden effects of power: 1. Standard language
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Introduction * Meaning of Standard Costing: Standard costing is simply the name given to a technique whereby standard costs are computed and subsequently compared with the actual costs to find out the differences between the two. These differences are then analyzed to know the causes thereof so as to provide a basis of control. * Standard Costing: According to BROWN and HOWARD “Standard costing is a technique of cost accounting which compares the standard cost of each product or service
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Hampton Machine Tool Company On September 14‚ 1979‚ Mr. Jerry Eckwood‚ vice president of the St. Louis National Bank was considering a loan request from a customer located in a nearby city. The company‚ Hampton Machine Too] Company‚ had requested renewal of an existing $1 million loan originally due to be repaid on September 30. In addition to the renewal of the existin- loan‚ Hampton was asking for an additional loan of $350‚000 for planned equipment purchases in October. Under the terms
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Reaction Paper: Presidential Power and the Power to Persuade To be a strong‚ powerful leader‚ or not to be‚ that is the question for the President of the United States. With global issues‚ domestic chaos‚ and foreign affairs‚ Presidents are expected to do much more than their authority enables them to do. Because of the limit of their authority and the harsh criticism from citizens‚ Presidents lead with their bargaining skills and persuasiveness. If a President is too harsh or strong‚ people categorize
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The Power of Language In the text “Can English be dethroned?”‚ Roland Breton(2000) points that English is one of the most widespread use of languages in the world. He believes that the growth of economic globalization affects the use of English. In addition‚ he thinks that cultural imperialism has a great impact on “language wars”. Breton also states‚ “the best way to kill off a language is to teach another one”. I partially agree with the writer. I think that the writer makes a relevant point
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Running Head: ANALYSIS OF JOSEPH NYE JUNIOR’S THE FUTURE OF POWER 1 Analysis of Joseph Nye Junior’s The Future of Power Reflective Essay Metropolitan State University Author Note This paper was prepared for World Politics 321-50 taught by Thomas Scott. ANALYSIS OF JOSEPH NYE JUNIOR’S THE FUTURE OF POWER 2 Abstract In the book The Future of Power‚ Joseph Nye Junior describes how global power is shifting from West to East and the implications this creates for the future of the United
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P4: “Plan the tools and equipment needed to produce welded components safely using a selected welding process” What is MIG welding? MIG welding which stands for Metal Inert Gas‚ also known as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) is a welding process in which an electric arc forms between the wire electrode and the metal work piece. This then heats the metal work piece as well‚ causing them to melt and join together. Along with the wire electrode a protective gas called shielding gas is fed through the welding
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Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Throughout the novel we see the pain and suffering that the slaves go through. Slavery not only affected the slaves‚ it affected the moral health of the slaveholders as well. We can clearly see how the power of slavery corrupted Thomas Auld‚ Sophia Auld‚ and Edward Covey in the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Sophia Auld is one of the characters‚ besides Douglass himself‚ who changes throughout the narrative. She started out as
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Power Politics Introduction: Power is a discursive phenomenon existing significantly from the psyche of an individual to the structure of the whole universe. In between these the power has an influential authority in the discussion of politics. In relation to the politics the word power is explained as “the ability of one person to cause another to do what the first wishes‚ by whatever means”. On the other hand‚ politics‚ at first as the making of decision‚ has a second characteristic
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&CHAPTER 7 Power Flow Analysis 7.1 INTRODUCTION Power flow analysis is concerned with describing the operating state of an entire power system‚ by which we mean a network of generators‚ transmission lines‚ and loads that could represent an area as small as a municipality or as large as several states. Given certain known quantities—typically‚ the amount of power generated and consumed at different locations—power flow analysis allows one to determine other quantities. The most important
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