In my investigation I will be studying the use of language during the live general election debates in 2010. The election was the first of its kind seen in the UK whereby all parties would take part in three live TV debates across three different broadcasters‚ Sky News‚ ITV and BBC. All questions asked were not disclosed to the leaders before the debate and of course‚ the stakes could not be higher‚ with a potential prime ministerial role on the line. The reason for my choice is simple‚ politics
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Chapter II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES This chapter presents the reviewed literature and studies that are related to the present study. Related Literature Task-Based Language Teaching In learning the second language‚ it is important that one could use it daily in one’s communicative activities‚ otherwise it will atrophy. Nowadays‚ one of the latest trends in second language teaching and learning is Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT). Nunan (2004) defined task as a piece
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An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (Janet Holmes) Chapter One: What do sociolinguists study? - Sociolinguistics: a term that refers to the study of the relationship between language and society‚ and how language is used in multilingual speech communities. Q what aspects of language are Sociolinguists interested in? Sociolinguists are interested in explaining why people speak differently in different social contexts. And the effect of social factors such as (social distance‚ social status
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incongruities and their resolutions Attardo‚ S.‚ Raskin‚ V. 1991. Script theory revis(it)ed: joke similarity and joke representation model. Humor 4 (3-4): 293-347. Bart‚ I. 1998. Angol kulturális szótár. Budapest: Corvina. Brown‚ P.‚ Levinson‚ S. 1987. Politeness. Some universals in language use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Freud‚ S. 1960. Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious. New York: The Norton Library. Goffman‚ E. 1967. Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face to Face Behaviour: Garden City/New
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we swap symbols that stand for ideas. This also complicates communication. Words (symbols) do not have inherent meaning; we simply use them in certain ways‚ and no two people use the same word exactly alike. Osmo Wiio gives us some communication maxims similar to Murphy’s law (Osmo Wiio‚ Wiio’s
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bypassing‚ denotation‚ connotation‚ (in)assertiveness vs. aggressiveness‚ (dis)confirmation‚ facework: face‚ face threats‚ face needs‚ negative/positive face‚ face dilemma‚ corrective/predictive facework‚ types of disclaimers‚ elements of apologies‚ politeness: directness/indirectness; inclusion/exclusion‚ racist language‚ sexist language‚ heterosexist language‚ ageist language‚ allness‚ intensional vs. extensional orientation Week 6 – Chapter 7: 3 views of emotion (commonsense view‚ James-Lange theory
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COMD 1) ------ are words used in place of noune phrases‚ typically referring to people and things already known a. Pronouns 2) We found buried treasure in the backyard- “We” is b. First person‚ plural 3) Presciprtive approach to defining grammar attempts to describe the regular structures of language as it was used c. False- Prescriptive is etiquette 4) [ the car ] [ was painted] [cherry pie red] d. Diagram represents the constituent
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Cognitive Effects of Early Bilingualism The American educational system has fallen behind other leading nations in the world in many respects‚ one of which is in bilingual instruction. This has traditionally been overlooked in the United States until the high school level. Children in today’s society should be made more prepared for the growing globalism and technological advances throughout the world instead of losing educational opportunities due to economic downfall and lack of resources. This
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Department of English Language and Literature Semester 1‚ 2006/07 EL5221: The Linguistic Analysis of Literature Programme Lecturer: A/P Ismail S Talib Brief Module Description This interface module deals with some of the ways that linguistics and discourse analysis can be used for the analysis of literature. Among the topics covered are the grammatical features in literary texts‚ the sounds of poetry‚ and discourse situations in fictional narrative. This module will be useful for higher-degree students
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15. Polysyndeton is the use of a conjunction between each word‚ phrase‚ or clause‚ and is thus structurally the opposite of asyndeton. The rhetorical effect of polysyndeton‚ however‚ often shares with that of asyndeton a feeling of multiplicity‚ energetic enumeration‚ and building up. * They read and studied and wrote and drilled. I laughed and played and talked and flunked. Use polysyndeton to show an attempt to encompass something complex: * The water‚ like a witch’s oils‚ / Burnt green
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