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    The many discourses that people utilize are amazing, discourses reflect who a person is and define their characteristics. People can have so many discourses that people can even keep track of and it's amazing how they can vary from person to person. Now i’m going to start describing my discourses that I mainly use, and describe how they define me as a person. To begin, the first and main discourse is the Friend Discourse. The way that I speak with my friends is interesting because I use a…

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    No matter who he talks to, what he talks about, where he is and how he feels, he adds the salutation out of habbit to almost every sentence. In the whole novel, there is not a second person saying like this. I believe this unique trait reflects Oliver‟s ultimate politeness and gentleness. It proves that Oliver is a poor but kind child who is genial and friendly to everyone he met. What‟s more, he has great respect to everyone. This kind of respect and politeness cannot be pretended because in…

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    Brown and Levinson created politeness theory, which is situated in the interpretivist paradigm (Goldsmith & Normand, 2015, p. 267). This theory is intended to explore the various ways language is used in certain social contexts, as well as how communication is affected by those word choices. The creators were curious why in some situations and relationships, people tend to be very blunt, while in others people tend to take a less direct approach. Politeness theory is based on Goffman’s concept…

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    his final conclusion. Words such as discourse and subdiscourse are introduced by Gee who then goes on to explain them in great detail. Gee even goes so far as to provide five basic rules and/or guidelines for these discourses. Next Gee presents us with the theory of knowledge that is “Acquired” versus…

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    Languages can determine whether one is actually speaking their proper discourse within their language. This can be seen in Jordan’s text, when she is talking about a book that she assigned to her students to read for homework. The students were counterattacking the book about how it was written, and the language in which the…

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    hermeneutics, and the applicability of hermeneutics in Joyce's Finn's Hotel analysis. It is prefaced by explaining the essential concepts of hermeneutics, such as, prejudice, historical horizon, historical consciousness, and general consensus. Then, it tackles critics' opinions on Finn's Hotel within Joyce's fictive texts. Its important result is that the hermeneutic approach cannot be fully applied on Finn's Hotel analysis for it cannot situate it independently within…

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    In all parts of life, in any situation, one will come to experience a dilemma. A dilemma happens when two or more values, goals, or characteristics come in conflict. A communication dilemma happens when an individuals goals of having a certain preferred identity conflict with the communicative actions of that individual. In the Youtube video “14 year old stands up to his abusive mother for his rights and informed choice to live with his Dad” the woman has a communication dilemma when trying to…

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    recognizes intended illocutionary force conveyed through subtle attitudes” (p. 30). Meanwhile, Wolfson (1989) notes that pragmatic competence involves the ability to comprehend and produce language functions that are socially appropriate both in discourse as well as in linguistic or grammatical knowledge. Similar to Wolfson, Koike (1989) defines pragmatic competence as “the speaker's knowledge and use of rules of appropriateness and politeness which indicate the way the speaker will understand…

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    University of Michigan, a discourse community shares six characteristics that help ensure longevity of the group. The University of Memphis Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) is an example of a discourse community; by using the six characteristics provided by John Swales, I intend to prove this point. One of the traits of a discourse community is a common goal Swales says, “A discourse community has a broadly agreed set of common public goals” (220). The common goals for this discourse community…

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    Assignment 2 Shenmin (Eric) Zhu 301280891 CMNS 262 Question 1: Describe the current issue that you are going to analyze. Explain the logic of your comparison. For example, are you comparing content in similar articles across different cities within the same newspaper chain? Two articles “Delta goes to court to close marijuana shop” published by two newspaper titles The Leader and Delta Optimist report on the controversial issue regarding the legalization of marijuana…

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