English Language and the Igbo Worldview: A Review of Chapter Four‚ Nine & Eleven of Discourses and Interactions in Language & Literature edited by Austin Uzoma Nwagbara Introduction This paper is a review of three profound chapters of Discourses and Interactions in Language & Literature edited by Austin Uzoma Nwagbara; namely chapters four‚ nine and eleven. These chapters are chosen because of their evocative discussions of the English language and the Igbo worldview. Chapter four entitled “The
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will be transformed as well’ Critically assess the political discourses and ethical approaches that support this claim. Illustrate with reference to environmental problems and policy responses towards them. The transformist political discourse of ecological socialism‚ anarchism and ecofeminism are concerned with human emancipation and incorporate solving the environmental dilemmas that are a symptom of our era. These discourses show that only by transforming our ethical standpoints will we
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Role Of Discourse In Globalization We are bound to communicate using speech‚ writing and semiotic modes of communication. These modes rely on a particular circumstance that invites oral or symbolic means to impart the desired messages; and we use discourse for this purpose. Discourse refers to very specific patterns of language that tell us something about the person speaking the language‚ the culture that person is part of‚ the network of social institutions that the person caught up in‚ and even
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Linguistic discourse analysis 1.1Defining discourse Discourse is the creation and organization of the segments of a language above as well as below the sentence. It is segments of language which may be bigger or smaller than a single sentence but the adduced meaning is always beyond the sentence. The term discourse applies to both spoken and written language‚ in fact to any sample of language used for any purpose. Any series of speech events or any combination of sentences in written form wherein
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Pragmatics and Rhetoric for Discourse Analysis: Some conceptual remarks Jesus M. Larrazabal and Kepa Korta* {ylplaanj‚ kkorta}@sc.ehu.es Institute for Logic‚ Cognition‚ Language and Information (ILCLI) The University of the Basque Country Avda. Jose Elosegi 275 20015 Donostia – San Sebastián Spain Longas são as estradas da Galileia e curta a piedade dos homens. (Eça de Queiróz‚ O suave milagre.) Abstract: This paper focuses on discourse analysis‚ particularly persuasive discourse‚ using pragmatics and
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and surveillance‚ resulting in compliant and self-policing behaviours as if constantly being watched (Nettleton‚ 1997). Engrained in this concept is Foucault’s notion of discourse‚ where he asserts that power is fabricated through language and practices‚ acting as leverage in legitimising power (Nettleton‚ 1997). In turn‚ discourse influences how expert knowledge and ideologies are constructed and maintained within social institutions and processes‚ and the ensuing power relations observable in society
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is never complete. There is always people who refuses oppose and resist the dominant ideologies‚ to one degree or another. Therefore‚ domination is not static‚ but is in process... The power the elite has to constantly adjust‚ and rework their discourse order to maintain the legitimacy of the social and political structure that serves their interest. Race A grouping of people based on physical characteristics. Human genome project has found that there is more physical/genetic variation within any
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are often seen to be presented within the certain of ideological discourses that reflect the existing power structures. The main objective of this paper is to analyze television commercials with an emphasis on gender roles to decode the main elements of a dominant discourse (preferred readings) and representation mechanisms; and the elements ’ relationships with ideology‚ hegemony and power relations in reproducing a dominant discourse. Grounded in an interdisciplinary theoretical framework of cultural
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Critical discourse analysis Norman Fairclough ‘Critical discourse analysis’ (henceforth CDA) subsumes a variety of approaches towards the social analysis of discourse (Fairclough & Wodak 1997‚ Pêcheux M 1982‚ Wodak & Meyer 2001) which differ in theory‚ methodology‚ and the type of research issues to which they tend to give prominence. My own work in this area has also changed to some extent in these respects between the publication of Language and Power (Longman 1989) and the publication
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member of the tap dance community. Also‚ in the tap community there are specific rules that one would need to follow‚ to understand‚ and to execute this dance form. With this being said tap dancing can be considered a Discourse. In Linguist James Paul Gee’s article “Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics: Introduction” from The Journal of Education‚ he introduces his readers
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