framing the discourse of sex in british educative films of the early 1930s
The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 1
... impact of the spill The examination of BP’s role and responsibility in the disaster The US government’s actions and responses during the crisis—with much of the focus on the Obama administration The ... archive of three million stories In the 1990s, in the midst of the price war amongst the other broadsheets, The Guardian remained at full price, “investing resources in journalism and distancing ... United Kingdom and internationally (The Telegraph, 2012; Wikipedia, 2012) The Telegraph Online is the online version of the newspaper It includes the articles from the print editions of The Daily...
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The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 2
... the predisposition and the interactions within the target group in the discourse influences the interpretation of metaphors by the researcher This is a key consideration in the selection of the ... would include the intertwining of the WAR and ILLNESS scenarios – where Louisiana coastline is often personified either as a patient or as a victim under siege in the process of containing the ... understanding of the meaning Determine the lexical units in the text discourse The basic meaning and the contextual meaning must correspond to elements of different conceptual domains a Establish the...
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The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 3 3
... demonstration of the IICM in identifying and formulating the metaphors embodied in British and American media discourse arising from the BP fallout in the Gulf of Mexico This will be done by applying the ... i.e the heart” of the industry’s plan, the “heart” of the response and the “heart” of the engineering problem A separate search for the lemma “heart” was carried out with Sketch Engine The word ... the concept of PROGRESS in this preliminary examination of the NYT corpus is embodied by the concept of “moving ahead” in the right direction Furthermore, the Ontological Metaphors personifying...
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The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 3 1
... Utilising the USAS semantic domains within WMatrix as the starting point of the analysis, an analysis of the semantic tagset was carried out, with the initial focus being the frequency counts of the ... overcoming the pressure of the oil spewing out of the well/ the experimental procedure will help stem the flow of crude oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico/ the picture of an uncontrolled gusher of ... contain the leaking oil/deploying a containment dome to capture some of the leaking oil/ The structures would contain the leaking oil and route it to the surface (7) the latest setback in the...
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The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 4
... “dramatizing events and polarizing contrasts in order to emphasise the newsworthiness of the contents of the article” (Semino, 2008, p.31) The repeated casting of BP into the role of the UNSCRUPULOUS ... representations In the NYT-corpus, the recklessness of the oil industry (BP) as well as the failings of the previous Bush Administration were prominently highlighted, comprising 36.4% of the entire range of ... towards the Obama administration’s efforts in containing the oil spill as well as in the settling of moral and financial accounts on behalf of the aggrieved victims The conflation of the CRIME...
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The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 5
... are scathing in their assessment of the Obama Administration’s handling of the oil spill The main difference would lie in the more aggressive stance adopted by the Gcorpus where the incompetence, ... on the comparative analysis of the preeminence of the WAR/CRIME/THREAT conceptual keys in the TT & G-Corpus 233 The in- depth analysis of the varied representations of the CONFLICT scenario in these ... of the conceptual keys in the TT & G-Corpus (“Oil_Modifies”) 200 5.3 The foregrounding of nationalistic interests: The sympathetic portrayal of BP in the British Broadsheets It is interesting...
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... temper the strengths of the claims in this thesis pertaining to the influence of metaphor in discourse, as media consumers cannot be merely seen as passive recipients of editorial ideological input ... perceptions of “us” vs “them” Thus, this thesis highlights the dangers inherent in the use of metaphors as a deliberate strategy for the influencing aggregate perceptions and behaviour, advocating a ... discussions put forth in this thesis show that the critical study of metaphors in media discourse is one that addresses the complexities inherent in real data These complexities include editorial...
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The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 6 1
... strengthen the moral legitimacy of the Obama administration while galvanizing the electorate against the “other”, concealing the multiple failings of the US government In contrast, the predominantly ... is in line with the pragmatic ideology that counterbalances the nationalistic rhetoric often seen in the NYT-corpus In this instance, the focus lies in the technical details in the fact-finding ... handling of the BP oil spill and the Bush administration’s handling of Hurricane Katrina (THE BP OIL SPILL IS OBAMA’S KATRINA) As is the convention in this thesis, the IICM phases are applied to the...
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The gulf of mexico oil spill a corpus based study of metaphors in british and american media discourse 7
... example, the findings in the British broadsheets show the tendency of the relevant editors to adopt mitigating strategies in order to downplay the agency of the cause of the entire catastrophe (mainly ... analysis to include the examination of the accompanying photos and positional strategies that appear in tandem with the corresponding printed pages or the webpages of the online broadsheets The specific ... mappings.” This statement highlights the key shortcoming that when the starting point of the analysis is lexical, the list of co-occurrences under consideration only occurs in the vicinity of the...
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... BUSINESS IS A SINKING ECONOMIC CORNERSTONE/ A RUINED ! SHIP REPUTATION IS A BURNED OBJECT (STAINED CLOTH)/ THE) OIL)SPILL)IS)A)THREAT)(WAR/CRIME)) THE CENTRE IS THE CORE (LOCATION) THE+ SPREADING ... representation of the metaphorical compound - ‘Oil’ (WP) 292 Fig 6.11 A representation of the metaphorical compound - ‘Oil’ (G) THE OIL IS AN ADVANCING ENEMY THE BP BLOWOUT IS A COLLISION WITH AN ADVANCING ... POLITICS+IS+A+GAME +OF+ STRATEGY+ GOVERNMENT/+ WAR ZONE OBAMA+ ADMINISTRATION++ THE+ OBAMA+ADMINISTRATION+IS+A+WEAK+WAR+ THE GULF IS+A/AN:++ GENERAL/+POLITICAL+STRATEGIST+ THE OIL IS THE ENEMY COMMUNITY INCOMPETENT+...
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Economic Contribution of the Oceans Sector in British Columbia doc
... and the Fraser Valley hh other - the remainder of the Province i.e., the Interior The estimation of the economic contribution of the oceans sector, at a fine regional level, on par with provincial ... to analysis of the marine component of the forest industry, where the forest industry is defined as logging plus manufacturing of wood products and pulp & paper Information for other industrial ... viewing and storm watching – in its images and branding The Marine Branch of the Ministry of Transportation (MOT) oversees the coastal ferry services contract between the Province and the now independently...
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THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF WOMEN IN BRITISH COLUMBIA pptx
... cent of women in British Columbia aged 15 years or older reportedly having a drink in 2007/2008 Particularly troublesome are data indicating the increase in heavy drinking and binge drinking by ... Use BC Ministry of Health Laura Uganecz Administrative Assistant Office of the Provincial Health Officer BC Ministry of Health Colleen Varcoe, PhD Director School of Nursing University of British ... location The built environment is a key focus because of the ability of urban design to affect the quality of the air we breathe and the amount of physical activity we engage in The impact of the...
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báo cáo khoa học: "Local suffering and the global discourse of mental health and human rights: An ethnographic study of responses to mental illness in rural Ghana" pptx
... Principles) [6] In response to the lack of progress in meeting the minimum standards enshrined in these principles, the Institute of Psychiatry in the UK launched 'Principles to Respect', an 'Initiative ... chaining, beating, cutting of the skin, acid burning or starvation ("fasting") in the treatment of the mentally ill and 'serve a purpose as a means of containment' The scarcity and expense of ... restrained by seven men in order to bring him to the shrine for treatment This family paid the police who used their handcuffs to restrain the man and bring him to the shrine in a car Chaining of...
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báo cáo khoa học: " The context of illicit drug overdose deaths in British Columbia, 2006" ppsx
... Our finding of the predominance of cocaine compared to opiates, differs from other cities In Sydney, Australia, heroin was reported in 90% of forensic deaths,[10] and opiates continue to be the ... mouthwash continue to be readily available Co-administration of alcohol can substantially increase the likelihood of a fatal outcome following injection of heroin, due to the potentiation of the respiratory ... report injecting heroin than cocaine.[21] There are several limitations to this study that should be considered With the use of the place of injury variable to calculate rates instead of place of...
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wishes on the occasion of birthday, wedding and new year's holiday (or christmas) in british and vietnamese culture a comparative study = lời cầu chúc nhân dịp sinh nhật, cưới hỏi và lễ năm mới
... main aims of the thesis One investigates the factors that influence the Vietnamese and English in their wishing, the occasions and the way they express their wishes The other concentrates on the ... this thesis in terms of the following aspects: - The responding to wishing in Vietnamese and British culture - The uses of proverbs and idioms in wishes - Degree of sincerity in wishing The paper ... divided into three main parts: Part A: Introduction – including the reasons of the study, aims of the study, methods, scope of the study and the design of the study Part B: Development, including...
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Wishes on the occasion of birthday, wedding and new year’s holiday (or christmas) in british and vietnamese culture a comparative study
... divided into three main parts: Part A: Introduction – including the reasons of the study, aims of the study, methods, scope of the study and the design of the study Part B: Development, including ... factors governing the way of extending a wish 27 3.2.4 Comment on components of the act of Vietnamese wishing 27 3.3 ENGLISH FINDINGS FROM THE QUESTIONNAIRES 28 3.3.1 Comment on the content of English ... and the analysis of the data collected from the survey questionnaires on extending a wish Similarities and differences between the English and the Vietnamese in assessing the interference of social...
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Becoming bodhisattvas practices and the popular discourse of kuan yin in kuala lumpur
... Entitled Becoming Bodhisattvas: practices and the popular discourse of Kuanyin in Kuala Lumpur, this thesis offers a glimpse into the spiritual life of ordinary Kuan-yin devotees by examining the production ... and times of change, and this is illustrated in its iconic transformation of the Hindu-Buddhist import into China of the male deity Avalokitesvara into the female Kuan-yin at the turn of the seventh ... recipients engaged in the processes of reading, reciting, reproducing, recreating and thus completing the text According to scholars of the Lotus Sutra, the cultivation of a perspective of “sameness”...
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The chosen an examination of extremist muslim narratives, discourse and ideologies in cyberspace
... mortal ruler but in the divine and only in the divine Even in the early days of Islam in SEA, it ―gave the ordinary man in the Malay world a sense of worth and nobility denied him in pre-Islamic ... penetrate into body politics of the whole world and then may be free to perpetuate their evil designs At the top of the list of these activities is usury, the aim of which is that all the wealth of ... by the West and the Western nations themselves In the case of the Saudi monarchy, ruling by Sharia is not enough as they have betrayed Islam by siding up to the West To legitamise the killing of...
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The discourse of efficient speciality ambiguities of active participation in space with personalized location based analytics
... visualize the process of spatiality and understanding of space, and the power to influence the process of the becoming of spatiality It is rather the complexity of relations between people, their ... again based on tracking, predicting and recalling, in which different actors have the ability to intervene For instance, they list military strategy in the name of security; marketing strategy of ... outsourcing sensing and data analysis with effortless and often invisible automatic software that generates ‘meaningful’ spatiality By incorporating the perspectives of artists working in the field of...
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