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    The Military Language

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    The military language consists of the use of acronyms and jargon. This is the use of slang unknown to people that are not a part of a specific group who speak a specific language or "code". Although, military language has made an impact on the English language. "Informal military language reinforces a service member's primary identity as part of a group" (Chambers). Members can be grouped depending on what job they have or what area they work in. Each member is responsible for being familiar…

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    Ontological Analysis

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    The first problem with unmediated self-expression is that the self is dialectically composed rather than characterized by wholeness. This inwardness, which is characterized in authenticity is no less contingent than so-called facticities; Hegel characterized it as a negation of the subject.11 The wholeness of the self uncritically presupposes an arbitrary superiority of the subject to the object. This constitutes a form of "objectivism" which fails to relate the subjective and the objective…

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    Barriers to communication impede successful communication in the business world. The main language constraints mentioned in the Unit are as follows; Clichés are figurative phrases that have an implied meaning different than just a literal one. Especially for a person who is newly learning a language, the clichés as much as may be used in communication would not make much sense. Clichés do not necessarily have to fit in the situation they are applied and are mostly idiomatic. It is a good…

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    These needs play a crucial role on how the audience interpret the information and what they obtain from it. Scientific articles differ from their accommodated versions as they use jargon, statement types, and depth of information because of the knowledge difference amongst the audience. By looking at the original scientific report “Demonstration of Protein-Based Human Identification Using the Hair Shaft Proteome” written by Parker…

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    an infantry team leader in the Iraq war. In 2005, Turner published his first book, Here, Bullet, a book of poems describing his experience during the war. In Here, Bullet, Turner uses a literary device, anaphora, descriptive language, and military jargon to describe his suffering and experience during the war—this is depicted through poetry. Analyzing different types of literature is crucial as well interesting; one can expand their knowledge regarding a particular topic. For instance, war is a…

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    we see a lot more slang used because we live in a time of texting and instant messaging. a message that includes a lot of specialist jargon and abbreviations will not be understood by a receiver who is not familiar with the terminology used. Regional colloquialisms and expressions may be misinterpreted or even considered offensive (Skills You Need, 2011). Jargon or slang can also be an issue when it comes to the large amount of communication that is done between different cultures as well. When…

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    people. In healthcare, information regarding medical care is often communicated to the patient (or the patient 's family member). This information often contains a significant amount of medical jargon or acronyms that non-medical personnel cannot understand thereby confusing them. As an example of this jargon, a healthcare worker may use the abbreviation "SOB" to explain a patient 's condition to a colleague. A patient or layperson, who overhears this, could interpret "SOB" as meaning that the…

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    In Aristotle’s Rhetoric, he pursues the means of persuasion throughout his teaching. All of his teachings were documented in a well written and educational book, that is meant to teach people like us, in the modern day, the art of speech and writing. The manner of how a speech is written or delivered can affect how certain audiences view and understand the dialogue. In this paper, the goal is to analyze and deconstruct Aristotle’s styles of speech and writing and how they are needed to persuade…

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    Identify any example of the culture's use of jargon and/or argot that you see in this film. Jargon is special words or expressions that are used for a particular group of people. This is shown throughout the movie. There are two examples that really stood out to me while watching., the first one was the use of the N word to Jackie. He kept calling him it and this was a big word for white people to call African Americans back in the day. Another example of jargon was when they called him “boy”.…

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    Within a white collar work place, the language used would be of a formal or semi-formal manner and include technical jargon between workers and workers and management. When workers communicate between them selves this may be done semi formal or even colloquially depending on the context of the conversation. If discussing out of work events with friends within the work…

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