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1. The Spoken Word - Oral Presentation

From the linguistic point of view, an important issue to investigate is "language which has been produced as the result of an act of communication', i.e. discourse" (Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics, 1992: 83). ... According to Collins English Dictionary, presentation denotes "a verbal report presented with illustrative material, such as slides, graphs, etc." (Collins English Dictionary in ABBYY Lingvo 12, 2006); and McCarthy and Hatcher regard presentation as any opportunity to communicate one's point of view to listening others, for example, the opportunity to share ideas ...

  • Word Count: 1020
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

2. Avoiding the Use of Slang in Professional Writing

It is also making slang harder to avoid in writing and everyday life; this is shown by the number of slang only dictionaries available. There are over 50 slang dictionaries available on the internet, varying in subject from cultural, to international, to even hip-hop music slang dictionaries (Yahoo). ...

  • Word Count: 499
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

3. Science As A Social Enterprise

He uses words such as "hydroformylation" and "epoxidation reactor," making it to where a reader has to have a dictionary and their trusty search engine on standby just to get through it (Ghanta, 2012, p. 3-4). ...

  • Word Count: 621
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

4. Analysis Of "What The Sokal Hoax Ought To Teach Us"

The analysis by Paul Boghossian is about the contradictions in an article submitted by a theoretical physicist, Alan Sokal. This author first had to discover the meaning of "postmodern relativism." According to Professor Richard Evans of Cambridge University: "postmodernism is a convenient label cov...

  • Word Count: 788
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

5. The Revolution of Literature: 19th-20th Century

The "Revolution" in Literature During the 19th/20th Centuries An influential English Modernist Virginia Woolf once said, "On or about December 1910, the world changed". This statement is regarding the drastic change in the culture of society with the beginning of exploration of the meaning of li...

  • Word Count: 3767
  • Approx Pages: 15
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate
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