Discourse Article Reviews Samples For Students

In her article, ‘From Pariah State to Global Protagonist: Argentina and the Struggle for Human Rights’, Kathryn Sikkink provides a luminous illustration on the role that Argentina has played in shaping the human rights discourse in the world. Sikkink’s main point is that most of the human rights practices and conventions of the world trace their roots to the Argentina. She notes that while many would naturally expect practices to flow from the more powerful countries to the less powerful countries, this has not necessarily been the case as far as the field of human rights is concerned. This ...

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Paper Critique

The classmate’s project presented has been converted into a very intelligent video that presents information into a very captive format from a classroom scenario. The project is named as “The Authentic use of Laptops in Classrooms”. The project has two parts one is a video uploaded to YouTube and another is a Microsoft power point presentation consisting of nine slides.
The YouTube video shows that in a classroom where four students are studying, three are distracted by technology while only one is taking notes in a ...

Key Points

One of the most ubiquitous and seemingly inspirational term in the American society is none other than diversity, whose true meaning is difficult to be elucidate. The authors of this article conduct exhaustive interviews in four metropolitan localities for understanding the widespread conceptions held about diversity. Despite a majority of Americans responding in a positive manner initially, the interviews disclosed that their actual considerations are emergent and quite conflicting. The study shed light upon the strains existing amidst the conceptions and convoluted certainties of the various discrepancies of the social life, along with also highlighting the challenge of maintaining ...

For my discourse analysis, I have chosen the Lapse for Words Transcript since I found it interesting and I believe I can discuss many things through it. It was an interesting conversation since it does happen almost everyday – people dating and breaking over the phone, which of course, since two people conversing couldn’t see each other (speaker and the listener), would imply different things to each other.
Also, the transcription used several overlap symbols, elapsed time, punctuation for intonation, stress (pitch and volume), aspiration, being unsure of accuracy and nonverbal sounds such as breathing and sighing.
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Metaphors effectively convey the message about intertexuality because a reader’s understanding of the context of the words used by the writer produces the overall meaning of a written work. When the writers use metaphors, the readers are able to get the message because these words represent bits and pieces of experiences which the reader already has a knowledge of. The meaning of a text becomes fuller because of the reader’s previous knowledge. The metaphors, therefore, facilitate a greater understanding about the texts and enables the reader to enter into a discourse community. In the discussion of intertexuality, James E. Porter, through his essay ...

Women and Gender Studies

Article Review: Equity Study In Canada: Race, class and gender paradigms in Canada
Complex societies like Canada had a variety of challenges in terms of race, gender, and class imbalance. Razack, 1990 explains the various paradigms that determine each factor in the course of action. This review draws from a variety of major theoretical orientations that define the art of true activism. Race being vital in this outlook determines a complete set of nuances rather than other values like societies, gender, and class. These elements provide major inequities of all times. There is a critical interlocking between the major activities and the ...

Formative Critique of Two Journal Articles

Pieterse, H. J., Caniels, C. J. M. and Homan, T., 2012. Professional Discourses and Resistance to Change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 25(6): 798-818. DOI 10.1108/09534811211280573

Overview of the study

Strengths and weaknesses
At a glance, the topic of resistance to change is vital as well as practical for business organizations. Hence, taking the initiative to investigate the causes of resistance to change is the first strength of the study. More importantly, the authors have a detailed, thorough and comprehensive analysis of the prior literature on the topic. The exhaustive analysis of the change management literature gives the study a legitimate ...

According to Clifford, how is tribal art displayed in the Hall of Pacific Peoples at the American Museum of Natural History?
Clifford is very enthusiastic about the manner in which exhibits are displayed at this museum. He has positive words to say about the installation since it brings out the original and highly intriguing characteristics from a world which is sadly no more. Largely the work of the indefatigable Margaret Meat who died in 1978, the installation reveals a large number of exhibits which have been saved from what Clifford aptly describes as a ‘destructive history’. The artefacts vary from medical ...

Research entails formulating a thesis statement and providing evidence to the facts put forward by the statement. In order to do the research, I had to do some rhetorical reading before engaging into rhetorical writing. While writing the research paper on ESL community analysis, I engaged in multiple drafting and proofreading, I also applied the various rhetorical styles such as font arrangement, grammar effects and diction.
The role of rhetoric research and writing is to motivate the student or the writer in his work, my previous research is no exception either (Martin, N. 38). The purpose of the paper ...

The article is a discourse on criminal justice, assessing the role of the bourgeois intellectuals who have in time over assigned contradicting explanations to criminal justice and prescribed prejudiced proposals on the role and extent of punishment of petty offenders. The paper covers the role of the political economy in influencing the views of these intellectuals, and the interplay between politics and the world view of these realists. It also looks at the investment made in criminal justice and the role of law enforcement in protecting the middle class from crimes and victimization resulting from such inter-class prejudice.
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Abraham, Deleon in his article presents the issues surrounding school shooting and compares it with the urban crimes that take place, According to him, the school shootings are tied to the discourses that emanate from urban setting view. The urban crime setting is seen as the lens to school shootings. This is because school students are able to borrow from the past psychological profiles, reports from the media and other activities that come from the urban setting to build a social problem that result to school shootings.
According to Deleon, sources link the blacks who leave in Ghetto with ...

Introduction

The article investigates the phenomena of Pragmatic Fossilization about the non-native speakers of English. The aim of the study is to assess the impact of pragmatic markers in speech of native and non-natives speakers of English. The study assessed these in children and adult of both the study groups.

Summary

The phenomenon of “Pragmatic Fossilization” happens in the non-native speakers of English during their learning process. It is defined as the “phenomena by which a non-native speaker systematically uses certain forms inappropriately at the pragmatic level of communication”. Put in simple terms, it is persistence of formal errors by the non-native ...

In an intuitive investigation, Christiane Wilke seeks to reevaluate the significance of memorials in a multifaceted manner. His pursuit is hinged on getting the answers to three questions which revolve around the impact that memorials should have on us; with the ultimate goal of initiating a conversation around transitional justice and the need to incorporate theories of complex identities while ascribing specific relevance to memorials. His research is aimed at providing relevant evidence about the need to be cautious when setting up memorials because more often, their defined purpose ignores the existence of overlapping and congruent scenarios leading to their installation. ...

The article discusses changes that have taken place over time in the gender construction of women in China.

The article is premised on establishing the relationship between changes in the economic state of China and its impact on women relative to the gender construction in the Chinese society. It also traces the path that Chinese women have taken to assume the current position they hold in the Chinese public sphere. Indeed, the article further advances the argument that gender constructions of women in the western society cannot be used to explain the gender construction of women in China. The article notes that women issues were for a long time disregarded in the development discourse in China. In earlier ...

The discourse on colonialism is a text that probes us to look into the differences between colonization and civilization brought about by Europeans. Though colonialists took over the control of various states with the claim of civilization, they were more interested in their own gains in colonization; their hypocritical nature regarded their faith and race as civilized while disregarding those of Indians, Negroes and yellow people (Cesaire, 1972).
In my opinion, colonization has actually had a backward effect, especially on the colonizer; the drive to have power over other individuals has awakened in him primitive urges; hatred for fellow man, ...