1.Discourse Studies in Modern Linguistics 1.1Discourse .Discourse has been defined by different linguists ‚and each one gives specific definition to it ‚and we will go through all of them . In other words discourse is a buzzword and used in many different ways. The term discourse refers “both to what a text producer meant by a text and what a text means to the receiver” (Widdowson 2007: 7). As Widdowson claims‚ “people produce texts to get a message across‚ to express ideas and beliefs‚ to explain
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History 112 Date??????? How did the Ottoman Empire Decline? The Ottoman Empire was the largest and the last of the Islamic empires. It stretched from North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula the Cox and the Balkans Hold away to the gates of Vienna. It was by far the largest empire of its time and it was ahead of its competition in terms of production‚ military‚ science‚ and culture. The Ottoman society was very unique in its form and nothing similar has been seen in history ever again. The closest
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The Collapse of the Roman Empire The Roman Empire is considered by many to be the greatest empire of all of time. However‚ everything has to come to an end at some point‚ even the greatest Empires of our time. There were many reasons as to why the Roman Empire collapsed‚ the three most significant ones being that they lost control over their army‚ there was too much land for them to rule‚ and the government was people lost interest. As the Roman Empire expanded‚ the ratio of land to officials
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Political Socialization Works Cited Not Included This essay is aimed to examine one of the agents of political socialisation for the way in which it operates and the effects it may have in Nigeria. Political socialisation is learning process that begins very early and continues all throughout ones life. Through political socialisation people acquire their perceptions and feelings about their political environment. It accounts for both the commonalties and diversities of political life
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who are constantly demanding new products and services. Financial Risks of Nike The strong indication of a company’s financial risks is the debt to total capitalization ratio. This ratio measures the portion of a company’s total capital structure that is financed by debts. The ratio is calculated as: According to the balance sheet dated May 31‚ 2014‚ Nike had a total debt of $1.373 billion‚ and total shareholders’ equity of $10.824 billion. Computing these numbers gives a debt to
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Reconciling Marketing with Political Science: Theories of Political Marketing. Journal of Marketing Management‚ 1997‚ Vol 13‚ pp.651-663 Dominic Wring This paper has two broad aims: to trace the theoretical development of political marketing and then demonstrate how these concepts can be used in the analysis of election campaigns. Electioneering is not the sole manifestation of marketing in politics but it is the most obvious‚ a point underlined by recent work addressing the prominent role
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The Development of the Roman Empire When he was just nineteen years old‚ Ceaser Augustus took over the Roman Republic and morphed it into the Roman Empire. Ceaser Augustus rose to power through the death of his father. In this essay‚ I will discuss the rise of the Roman Empire with the following issues: the reformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire‚ the steps Ceaser Augustus took to maintain safety‚ peace‚ and prosperity‚ and the resources that Ceaser Augustus used to accomplish his
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define political cultural and it will also discuss three major influences on political culture in Ireland. To demonstrate this‚ this paper will explain political culture in a simple way and it will discuss the civic culture theory and Marxist tradition which will illustrate different views on the role and nature of political culture. The three major influences that this paper will discuss are socio-economic development‚ cultural evolution political experience in Ireland. The notion of political culture
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The Roman Empire lasted over half a century‚ and at its peak covered land on all sides of the Mediterranean. As the Empire grew it had to deal with a struggling economy‚ immigration‚ and maintaining a strong military. The Roman Empire’s inability to keep a stable rule and the frequent fighting over succession magnified these issues. However‚ the Empire did not fall from this all at once it was a process that occurred into the 6th century AD‚ and as it fell the barbarians settled down and created
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The fall of the Roman Empire was caused by barbarian invasions. The Roman Empire fell in the late AD 400s (Burstein and Shek 364). There are many ways that historians and archeologists believe was the reason that Rome fell‚ but the main reason was because of barbarian invasions. Although the empire had an advanced military for the most part‚ the Roman military had difficulty fending off the multiple invaders that were attacking at different areas of the empire. For example‚ Rome had to keep their
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