The analytical paper mainly deals with the questions how the image of Sister Phoenix, one of the most “popular” ugly stars in China is narrated, and how it is reconstructed and circulated by the media. In the paper, the author utilize multiple analytical devices, such as Gee’s seven building tasks (2010), Bahktin’s dialogical processes, Fairclough’s (2003) approaches to critical discourse analy...

The relation between the learning environment (e.g., students’ perceptions of the classroom goal structure and teachers’ instructional discourse) and students’ reported use of avoidance strategies (selfhandicapping, avoidance of help seeking) and preference to avoid novelty in mathematics was examined. Quantitative analyses indicated that students’ reports of avoidance behaviors varied signific...

~> We propose a framework that supports the recognition of plans and intentions behind speech acts through abductive inferences over discourse sentences. These inferences allow each agent to have an active and intelligent participation in dialogues, namely, in cooperative information-seeking dialogues. In our framework, the possible actions, events, states, and world knowledge are represented b...

tendency to najwa (religious whispering) and praying to god has been present in human soul from the time immemorial. in other words, the background of human’s god-seeking tendencies has been confirmed through historical and archeological excavations. attachment to the infinite source of being and coming to the divine threshold is a process that can be possible through prayers and that's th...

This proposal describes research I am currently conducting into the implementation of a healthcare information system into local clinics in Nyanga and Mitchell's Plain, two disadvantaged areas in the Cape Region of South Africa. The research has two aims. First, I am seeking to address a current serious deficiency of detailed empirical studies into the implementation of information systems in s...

The notion of predatory publishing as a foil for “traditional” encourages binary differentiation between subscription and all other forms scholarly discourse. By leaning into the familiar, publishers those seeking to maintain control, profit, prestige in ecosystem label or conflate innovation with scam.

this paper uses critical discourse analysis to examine discursive representations of older people in taiwanese newspapers. a total of 926 references to older people were sampled from 62 articles published in four taiwanese newspapers from january to august 2013. the findings suggest that, older people were frequently allocated roles suggestive of dependency. those portrayed in line with the pos...

Our study examines interpersonal functions enacted through a stance marker in spoken ELF academic discourse. We specifically focus on investigating the of I don’t know an speech event by embracing pragmatics and sociolinguistics perspective to figure out how it contributes act stancetaking as intersubjective activity. have examined 14 interactions doctoral defense discussions from ELFA corpus. ...

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This companion paper suggests the potential benefits of applying Steven Lukes’ dimensions of power model to the study of corruption in health systems. Lukes’ model sets out three “faces of power” classified by their influence on political discourse, resulting in overt, covert and latent discussion of issues depending on the degree of their alignment with the agenda of d...