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    I agree that those types misguide, however I do not believe that the second doublespeak Lutz discusses is wrong. He states that the second doublespeak is jargon which means it is a specialized language of a trade or profession. “It can be - and often is - pretentious, obscure, and esoteric terminology used to give and air of profundity, authority, and prestige to speakers and their subject matter” (311).…

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    The voice of medicine is the voice displayed by the HCP using objective, medical and scientific words and phrases (Whelan, 2015a). This was shown when Jason and his mentor Dr. Kelekian would talk to Vivian using medical jargon about her diagnosis, her condition, her procedures, and about her anatomy with her not knowing much about what was being said (Nichols & Brokaw, 2002). This creates inaccessibility—being unable to access/understand the information presented (Whelan…

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    communication, who do not share a common language. The stage of development and worldlinessof any pidgin depends upon the intensity of how much interactive it was among its users. Muhlhausler (1986) makes three basic cetagories of such language: (1) Jargons; (2) Stable Pidgins; (3) Expanded Pidgins. Creole:…

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    As indicated by ("Business Jargons," n.d.) morals is characterize as the branch of reasoning that arrangements with standards of mortality also characterized the models of the good and bad that endorse the human character and lead as far as commitments, rights, rules, advantage to society, and decency. Hypothesis is known as an endeavor to clarify how things are a supposition or an arrangement of thoughts proposed to clarify something, particularly one in view of general standards autonomous of…

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    performance my learning style and the strategies needed to compensate my weakness…. The most challenging module was the ‘Understanding Organisation’. I could not comprehend with the different business jargons, which made my learning incomprehensible. Under those circumstances, I decided to keep notes on jargon such as ‘Bureaucracy’, ‘subordinate’ and the difficult business phrases to later research the meanings and practices the spellings, knowing that I’m a learner who struggles with general…

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    used to describe theories or even fields of study that appear scientific but are not authentically so. Much like scientific claims or theories, pseudoscientific ideas also stem from curiosity of the humankind. They tend to use seemingly scientific jargon to rationalize concepts but are often scarcely refutable and are devoid of experimentation and evidence. This essay aims to bring out the flaws in pseudoscientific claims through the example of the Bermuda Triangle and demonstrate how and why…

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    Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy The main aim of cognitive behavioral therapy to stop the sexual thoughts by substituting sexual thoughts with something other behavior and prevent relapse. The process of breaking client's problems down into its separate parts, identifying the client's patterns of thoughts, emotions, bodily trigger cues, feelings as to what triggers and reinforce the client urge to act out the addictive behavior (Theory and Practice of counseling and Psychotherapy, 2013).…

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    girls in school, but I don’t feel I became literate until later on in my life. My father being a firefighter, and my mother a nurse, the use of fire/EMS jargon was common. I became literate due to several people; my father taught me from a young age all he knew about fighting fires and the jargon necessary for the job, my mother still teaches me jargon/terms for nursing. I can attribute my literacy in the fire/EMS field, not only to my parents, but also my mentors, Kathy Jeter and Jonathan…

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    serves as Michael Mann’s line of personal defense and vindication. His novel is as much of an appeal of his own decency as it is a validation of climate change and its supporters. Mann effectively dismantles counter-arguments and reveals climate change deniers’ unstable footing on unjustified grounds. Most of his antagonists supplement political backwash and unsound science in order to fabricate a viable alternative stance. Michael Mann utilizes a powerful arsenal of defense; he follows the…

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    show the inhumane conditions of hospitals during WWI with success in my opinion however more detail can be directed into showing this rather than straight narration. The context is set well, with information being historically accurate as well as jargon being used effectively. I have tried to be rather vague in characterising my character as I am trying to avoid categorising him. This is similar to Remarque’s style in not categorising…

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