Issues Analysis- Recently the media has been reporting on the ongoing concern the public has on ’drugs in sport’. This issue reemerged recently with the controversy surrounding Lance Armstrong; when the allegations of cheating were confirmed. Make Coutlon in his opinion piece‚ " There can be no remorse when the cheat has no conscience" published in The Age on the 24/10/2012‚ unapologetically condemns Armstrong not only for his cheating but for his lack of remorse and the fact he has let his charity
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The piece titled ‘getting our future back on the rails – slowly’ is written by a member of The Grow Slow organisation who believes that the most convenient occupant for the land of the abandoned railway yards is a community garden. The author begins the article in a confined toned aiming to convince the reader that a community garden is the right choice and later transfers on to a more critical tone when talking about convenient foods. The author’s main arguments include firstly that community gardens
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This opinion piece was written to the parents of a local sporting club in response to poor behaviour of spectators. An added concern was the difficulty of attracting volunteers to the club. The article‚ ‘A word from our coach’ was written by Coach Sam in the Local Sports Club‚ ‘Club News’‚ newsletter. Sam contends that some parents are behaving so badly at children’s matches that it is adversely affecting the club. The author has both a professional and personal involvement in this issue. As
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Critical Analysis of “Language” In “Language” of Emerson’s Nature‚ Emerson writes on the language that man uses and talks of how the words that one uses are inaccurate to what one is describing. Emerson believes that the languages used today do not appropriately depict the items that are being described. His belief is that all things in nature have a natural self and language tries to create a true representation of that natural thing via words and phrases‚ but Emerson states that because man
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Analysis of Language Levels Monday october 28‚ 2013 Formal linguistics : speaks about language in general. Then they divide it to levels‚ such as phonology ‚ morphology ‚ semantics and syntax (pragmatics) It is important to remember the distinction between phoneticsand phonology . while phonetics is concerned with the description of how speech sounds are produced by speech organs and perceived by hearer I.E production and percepton . Phonology deals with how these speech sounds
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Spoken language controlled assessment How do TV chefs adapt and change their language to suit their audience and purpose? There are as many different styles and variations of spoken language as there are people on Earth as language is an abundant ocean of creativity that will never dry up. The inventions of modern day technology such as the TV have meant that English spoken language is as varied now as it has ever been; you only have to flick through the TV channels to discover the differences
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Tommy Nguyen Ms Adamou Language Analysis - “Scrap metal faces can be dangerous” A recent issue has arisen concerning the safety of teenagers who choose to pierce their bodies. In his opinion piece “Scrap metal faces can be dangerous” published on The Herald and Weekly Times‚ psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg addresses the issue. In a concerning and authoritative tone‚ Dr Carr-Gregg contends that the body of piercing of youths is a form of risk taking behaviour that may lead health-risk and other dangerous
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Language Analysis: Lower the voting age to 16…NOW! The website of Young People Unite had published an article by Melissa Young on the 5th of May 2010. The opinion piece by the 17-year-old addresses the issue of whether or not the legal voting age should drop to 16 years of age. Melissa Young makes a claim that with the laws already placed upon 16-year-olds (e.g. legal age to getting their learner license) they should have
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Sexting is the moral panic of our time. A moral panic is the intensity of feeling expressed in a population about an issue that appears to threaten social order. Something commonly known as ‘Sexting’ is sending nude or semi-nude photos to another through mobile phone. More and more often‚ teenagers are sending sexually explicit images of themselves to their partner or friends for varying reasons. Females are using their ‘sexuality to survive’ (Christie Barron; Dany Lacombe‚ 2005) The ideal role
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Double Language Analysis Katie White Recent shark attacks in Western Australia has raised controversy about how to solve the issue. “Stem the carnage” is a letter to the editor written by Sam Forsythe appeared on the 18th April 2007‚ Forsythe argues that the only solution is to kill the man-eating monsters with a genuinely concerned tone. In response to “stem the carnage”‚ James Whitt wrote a letter‚ in a somewhat condescending tone‚ contending that killing the sharks is a ridiculous suggestion
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