A2 English Language Coursework Investigation: How and why are power differences established in police-suspect interactions through language use? Word Count; 2677 Introduction Equality is a fundamental element of the English legal system yet power disparities amongst those enforcing the law and those suspected of breakingoften apparent. With Brown and Levinson’s Power and Politeness theory assessing the significant contribution language strategies have in creating such differences I have chosen
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The seminal work on discourse analysis was carried out in classrooms‚ and it is from this that an understanding of structure of the exchanges that make up spoken discourse is drawn. Sinclair and Couithaerd (1975) identified three levels of discourse: the exchange‚ a turn-taking interactional sequence; the move‚ or contribution of a participant to the exchange in a turn; and the act‚ identifiable within the move and playing a specific linguistic function such as questioning or instructing. The three-part
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then the four spheres of Multiliteracies Pedagogy then conclude by applying a skill. Communicative Competence Communicative Competence has five components: 1. Discourse Competence: The selection‚ sequencing‚ and arrangement of words‚ structures and utterances to achieve a unified spoken or written text. Examples of Discourse Competence skills: A. Cohesion B. Deixis C. Coherence 2. Linguistic Competence: The basic elements of language: A. Syntax B. Morphology
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given the idea that literacy is not just the ability to read and write but it is mush more than that. It is the knowledge of different "discourses" which are part of our personalities and the knowledge of the beliefs and values connected to these discourses. He also gives the idea of a liberating literacy which "can be used as a meta-language or a meta- discourse ( a set of meta-words‚ meta-values‚ meta-beliefs) for the critique of other literacy and the way they constitute us as persons and situate
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more sounds or syllables Ex. gonna = going to; wannabe = want to be; wassup = what is up Elision The omission or slurring [eliding] of one or more sounds or syllables Ex. gonna = going to; wannabe = want to be; wassup = what is up Discourse marker Words and phrases which are used to signal the relationship and connections between utterances and to signpost that what is said can be followed by the listener or reader Ex.
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Micro Environment; It means the internal environment of the company and it is also called small environmental forces which directly or indirectly affected the company. It has some forces which are discussed below Company; Cadbury dairy milk is a company which manufactures the products like chocolate. There are different departments in the company who collectively responsible to make the products. Suppliers; Suppliers are those persons who provide the raw material to the company like cocoa
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web-based system that provides automated scoring and evaluation of student essays. Criterion has two complementary applications: E-rater®‚ an automated essay scoring system and Critique Writing Analysis Tools‚ a suite of programs that detect errors in grammar‚ usage‚ and mechanics‚ that identify discourse elements in the essay‚ and that recognize elements of undesirable style. These evaluation capabilities provide students with feedback that is specific to their writing in order to help them improve
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work in “Oroonoko” and‚ among those to peruse such is Daniel Pigg. In his article‚ “Trying to Frame the Unframable: Oroonoko as Discourse in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko”‚ Pigg brings to the fore the multi-faceted nature of the main character in Behn’s work Oroonoko which for him‚ makes it impossible to ‘frame” him or represent him in a set way. Pigg’s
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A discursive investigation to explore people’s perception of attitudes towards singleness since the war Abstract Previous work‚ for example Wetherell and Reynolds‚ into this topic are has shown that the socially constructed nature of singleness has polarized interpretative repertories; two are positive as in independence or self-actualisation and negative as in deficit or social exclusion. Research carried out by Edley and Wetherell identified two interpretative repertories; Jekyll or sensible
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the role of cohesion in a coherent English text is discussed in the light of literature. In order to further understand the significance of cohesion in discourse‚ we have analysed two English texts; a poem‚ ’Daffodils ’ by William Wordsworth and an advertisement from a UK website gumtree.co.uk. A report is then developed on the textual analysis‚ which discusses that different genres have different elements that bring coherence. However‚ it is noticed that lexical cohesion forms strong cohesive ties
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