PRAGMATICS What is the underlying message? SPEECH ACT THEORY Context: A married couple are at home. The phone rings... The wife calls out…. Perlocution Locution Illocution (literal sense) (implied meaning) (perceived meaning) ‘I’m in the bath.’ You get the phone. I’ll have to get the phone. PRAGMATIC DEVELOPMENT 3 Copyright © 2009 www.englishteaching.co.uk + www.english-teaching.co.uk WHAT DO WE MEAN BY PRAGMATICS? Pragmatics is an area of language study linked to the things people
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The Stamp Act Crisis One major event that reveals insight on the cause of the American Revolution was the passing of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament on March 22‚ 1765. It required the colonists to pay a tax for stamped paper that all legal documents including marriage licenses‚ diplomas‚ newspapers and even playing cards were to be printed on. Prime Minister George Grenville proposed that a tax should be imposed among the colonies to help offset the costs of sending troops needed for their
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a threat to our God-given freedoms protected by the U.S. Constitution." In the following viewpoint‚ John F. McManus claims that the USA Patriot Act‚ which was passed in response to the September 11‚ 2001‚ attacks on the United States‚ gives the president authority and powers that are not limited to the pursuit of terrorists. McManus warns that the act licenses snooping on U.S. citizens‚ including the seizure of business records‚ the collecting of e-mails‚ and the wiretapping of phone calls. He sees
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sox) 2002: CEOs & CFOs The Sox Act in 2002 enhanced the responsibilities of the CEOs and CFOs by requiring them to certify the accuracy of the financial statements and making sure that there is no intention of fraudulence. Furthermore‚ they could significant penalties such as that they could face up to 10 years for “knowing” violations and up to 20 years if “willing” as well as criminal charges for certifying false information. In addition‚ they will be prohibited from holding
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In 1934‚ the Wagner Act was first introduced‚ also called the National Labor Relations Act (NLRB)‚ it promised "to ensure a wise distribution of wealth between management and labor‚ to maintain a full flow of purchasing power‚ and to prevent recurrent depressions." (Babson‚ p. 85) During the mid-1930’s organized labor and the United States Government struck a deal. It was the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt. A volatile time‚ the country was attempting to recover from a depression‚ unemployment
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act Article Analysis This article discussed the reasons why the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted. The corporate fraud and dishonesty the was present in companies such as Enron Corp‚ WorldCom‚ and Adelphia Communications‚ Inc. required the Federal government to enact legislation that would protect the free enterprise system within the United States. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act established the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) that is responsible for regulating accounting
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Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 Daniel Alvalle BUS 670 Legal Environment Instructor: Peter McCann 7/29/2013 If you were an investor would you want your money protected? Would you be skeptical about investing in companies since the securities fraud scandals that have happened recently? The answer is most likely‚ “yes”‚ to a certain degree. With the news about unethical business practices and companies not following regulatory guidelines‚ it is difficult to ignore the risk that is involved
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Antitrust act in the year 1890. That act strove to control the market environment by putting a tight leash on trusts‚ organizations and companies which went against that act. To complement and strengthen this Sherman act‚ which later on turned out to be the basis of anti trust litigation by Federal government‚ another Act was passed sometime later‚ in the year 1914. This was the Clayton Antitrust act‚ passed by the Congress of the United States‚ drafted by Henry Clayton which explains the
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The Patriot Act was enacted in October 2001 shortly after attacks from terrorists on the United States on September 11‚ 2001. The act gives Federal officials and state agencies greater authority and tools to investigate and track suspected terrorists with the goal of bringing them to trial. The attacks on the United Stated on September 11‚ 2001 were planned and carried out by 19 people affiliated with the al-Qaeda network. This group hijacked four commercial airlines with the intent to crash
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the Stamp Act Congress? The principle of “popular sovereignty” was… The most common form of slave resistance prior to the Civil War was... Which of the following best describes the attitudes of Southern Whites toward slavery during the mid-19th century (ca. 1835-1865)? For farmers & planters in the South‚ the 1850s was a period of… The economic theory of mercantilism would be consistent with which of the following statements… The primary American objection to the Stamp Act was that…
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