Discourse marker

of public and private identity”. Identity is heavily influenced by social factors and can be reflected in the lexical choice and semantic distinctions that people use. In addition, the degree of individual and group identity is reinforced by the discourse and prosodic features adopted by different groups. However, language is not static and its usage may be adjusted to suit the given context of the exchange. Language, does subconsciously reveal our individual,…

In Kelly Servick’s article, “New support for ‘gay gene’”, she also talks about Dean Hamer’s research project in 1993. She discusses how the several experiments after it still failed to imitate the results. However, the largest independent replication effort to this day looks at 409 pairs of gay brothers. These trials finally reproduced the same results as Hamer. She quotes Hamer, “When you first find something out of the entire genome, you’re always wondering if it was just by chance,” who is…

‘private sphere’. These central assertions are supported primarily through a combination of the qualitative methodologies of literature review and discourse analysis. In relation to the first claim, I assess the rhetorical underpinnings of austerity presented by various policymakers since the contemporary austerity project’s inception, with such discourse amounting to a justificatory ‘austerity…

Discourses all have a main theme, leading idea that attempts to explain or prove a point. Six kinds of logical arguments are: 1.) reason-result, 2.) Means-purpose, 3.) means-result, 4.) condition-consequence, 5.) concession-contraption, and 6.) grounds-conclusion…

the classroom and its significance in the way students learn. Across the country and the world, educators are finding ways to aid students in becoming efficient problem solvers with the assistance of dialogue and collaborations with their peers. Discourse in the classroom at its most primitive level involves the teacher exchanging with the student. However, to make this exchange more meaningful and generate a better comprehension of mathematics, educators must provide the platform for…

technology, lacks the educational resources, or purposely circumvents legal protocol. Such tips—(blocking, ignoring, protecting passwords)—lack the immediacy in ameliorating the harm after the fact. The most effective way of enriching anti-bullying discourse across geographical borders is through the dissemination of cybervictim self-reliant interventive response. The accuracy of ‘bullying trajectory’ depends on the target's maneuvers. Coping mechanisms will only succeed in furthering…

Specifically, the characters are affluent, cisgender, thin, beautiful, mostly White, productive, and able-bodied. As a result, these identity categories mobilize a homonormative discourse, erode queerness, and promote a model of ‘proper’ lesbian subjectivity. In both productions, each lesbian mother adheres to conventions of homonormativity in their class strata. Jules and Nic have a post-secondary education and Stef and Lena benefit…

explained by blaming the child for being unfocused, distracted, or spoilt. The critical importance of academic achievement in the contemporary urban milieu makes Ishaan’s difficulty an even greater area of concern. His academic attainments will become the marker of his family’s status…

Today people live in a visually intensive society and a world of spectacular and exciting images. They are bombarded with an orderly and continuously stream of visual stimulation from all manner of media every day. They see mediated images more often than they read words. We live in a digital age awash in images and texts that combine words and images (Gee, 2007)."Something is happening, we are becoming a visually mediated society. For many, understanding of the world is being accomplished not…

“Sermons of Medical Students” and “Discourse on women's” are some of her speech she published. Lucretia Mott was an abolitionist, who wanted to end slavery on the United States.…