Discourse

In order to examine how Descartes would look at this idea, I chose to use his work of the Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting one’s Reason and Seeking Truth in the Sciences. In this text he provides the methods that guide his reason that have helped him make remarkable discoveries. In his method, he takes his opinions and “get rid of…

whose current research areas of interest coincide with my intentions are: Professor Sue Winton and Professor Lisa Farley. Professor Sue Winton’s incentive towards policy-making expounds my interests in the discursive implications of anti-bullying discourse frameworks. Coincidental, Professor Winton`s article critically evaluating how policy constructs bullying in Ontario, is intimate to the premise of my research analyzing how Canadian post-secondary anti-bullying…

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…

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…

Learning is different for many people. For me, learning for learning's sake is the only way that children can actually push themselves to learn new information and find out what they love doing. Being able to learn at a young age in school is such an important trait to have. It allows students to be able to push themselves in the future to be able to do exceptional at their classwork and be able to find out what they love to do. Our educational system is flawed in this way, we just don’t let…

Plummer explains how the Ophelia syndrome makes people naïve. One’s dominant discourse, a discourse meaning a way of using language and one’s self-identity of a social group, explained by author James Paul Gee. The Ophelia syndrome affects one’s ability to be in a dominant discourse because it affects one’s opinions, identity, and learning. Due to the Ophelia syndrome affecting one’s ability to be in a dominant discourse, it affects one’s…

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…

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…

Conversation Analysis (CA) is a concept that emerged between 1964 and 1975 due to research undertaken, and lectures produced, by Harvey Sacks. Despite Sacks’ early death, before he managed to publish his works professionally, we are still aware of his discovery of CA through other sociologists and linguists. An example of this can be seen where Hutchby and Wooffitt (2008) discuss how ‘Sacks originated a radical research programme which was designed to investigate the levels of social order which…

Reading the works of Machiavelli and Lao-Tzu in succession highlight how truly at opposition the messages are. Though both pieces express the desired way to govern a people, the “Tao-te Ching” speaks of peace, simplicity, and letting the universe work its will, while “The Qualities of the Prince” emphasizes the necessity for war, and the natural wickedness of men. There are no particular reasons that these two ways of thought should be in harmony, one written in the 6th century, and the other…