Essays about: "discursive devices"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words discursive devices.

  1. 1. Unravelling Energy Relations between Russia and Germany : The impact of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine since 2000 on German discourse

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Emily Nebot Pérez; [2023]
    Keywords : German-Russian energy relations; the Russian invasion of Ukraine; energy dependency; Nord Stream; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : The invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 has greatly impacted the political environment, especially, around energy and gas imports from Russia. As a country previously highly dependent on Russian gas and the Nord Stream 2 project underway, Germany’s position is particularly interesting. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Linguistic Representation of the Taliban in the Afghani Newspaper, Comparison Between Before and After the Power Change

    University essay from

    Author : Ahmad Albonia; [2022]
    Keywords : Political discourse analysis- Critical discourse analysis- Corpus linguistics- Qualitative thimatic research-Fairclough;

    Abstract : Bearing in mind the big role media plays in shaping public opinion and the importance of understanding how ideologies can be conveyed to the public through language, this study uses qualitative analysis to investigate the discursive representation changes around the existence of the Taliban or what they call themselves now, the Islamic Emirate, in the Afghan media before and after the power shift. In specific, it illustrates how linguistic devices are used to transmit the discourse changes through the used language in the Afghani newspaper to legitimize or delegitimize having the Taliban in Afghanistan. READ MORE

  4. 3. Classroom Discourse and Aspects of Conversation Analysis : A qualitative study on student-to-student interaction during group discussion in EFL classrooms

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Anastasia Maziani; [2021]
    Keywords : classroom discourse; group discussions; conversation analysis. Speech Act Theory; locution; illocution; discursive devices; turn-taking; hedges; the sociocultural theory; Vygotsky; scaffolding.;

    Abstract : This study aimed to analyse organised interaction and assigned discussions occurring between students in EFL classrooms. It was conducted in order to identify the value-added in terms of learning by using discussion groups. READ MORE

  5. 4. An Imperfect World, Imperfectly Retold : Mimetic Uncertainty in Early, Late, and Meta-Modern Fiction

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Jonathan Brott; [2020]
    Keywords : Mimetic Uncertainty; Uncertain Narration; Unreliable Narration; Realism; Modernism; Metamodernism; Reflexivity; Virginia Woolf; Tao Lin; Daniel Defoe.;

    Abstract : Proposing the concept of mimetic uncertainty, this project aims to provide a critical inquiry into the correspondence of unreliable narration and realism. Building on Springett (2013) and Olsen (2003), a distinction between narratorial unreliability and uncertainty is proposed to denote whether a narrator explicitly signals an awareness of their fallible narration. READ MORE

  6. 5. Lessons about activism from a Swedish high school student : A rhetorical analysis of Greta Thunberg’s public speeches on climate change

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Elena - Maria Vavilov; [2019]
    Keywords : environmental communication; Greta Thunberg; climate activism; issue framing; rhetoric analysis; argumentation; moral purpose;

    Abstract : On the 15th of March 2019, more than 1.6 million students have protested in 125 countries against the climate change effects, as part of the Fridays for Future movement. The manifestations represented the biggest day of global climate action ever taken, according to media outlets. READ MORE