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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Phraseology"”.
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From phraseology to reality : a "theological geography" : Bonhoeffer's early travels and the notion of the boundary
This thesis examines Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "turning from the phraseological to the real" during his early journeys abroad as recorded in his diary notes and letters. Our interest in the maps and stories of travels operative in Bonhoeffer's life coincides with a prevalence of metaphors of travel and …
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A corpus-based investigation of the phraseology in various genres of written English with applications to the teaching of English for academic purposes
This thesis describes an investigation into the various kinds of fixed expressions or prefabricated language which occur in certain genres of written academic English. A basic premise is that language users, when they write, remember phrases as much as, or more than, they compose them. Although the …
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Analyzing Communication Performance: A Comparison of Native-English Speakers and Non-Native English Speakers
… using learned Air Traffic Control (ATC) phraseology, and how well they communicated using plain phraseology. The participants in this study were <a …
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Zobrazení býčích zápasů ve španělšké frazeologii a idiomatice
… definitions of basic terms in Czech and Spanish phraseology and idiomatic. The second half serves as an introduction to the world of Spanish bullfighting: brief history of the tradition is presented in the context of Spanish history as well as its basic terminology, participants, and the course …
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Natural language processing for unmanned aerial vehicle guidance interfaces
… of such a system is also described. The phraseology of the existing air traffic control language is used as a base command set; to form this command set, a corpus of air traffic control commands was gathered from recorded exchanges between pilots and controllers at Boston's Logan Airport, …
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Analysis and Usage of Natural Language Features in Success Prediction of Legislative Testimonies
… the extent to<br />which the language and phraseology of a general public testimony can influence a<br />vote, and examine how this information can be used to promote civic engagement.</p> <p>The Digital Democracy database contains digital records for over 40,000 real<br />testimonies by …
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Collocation and preposition sense: a phraseological approach to the cognition of polysemy
… in particular drawing on theories of phraseology formulated by Sinclair and others and on theories of preposition meaning formulated by Langacker and Tyler. 1,366 instances of the use of the prepositions from the Ice-GB corpus were examined. The results indicate a relationship between …
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Helping Those Who Help Themselves: a Critical Discourse Analysis Of CNN's 'Indepth: Empowered Patient'
… The themes of (5) full-disclosure (6) phraseology and (7) managing communication suggest that the public discourse presented by CNN promotes an emphasis in quality discourse between patients and physicians. KEYWORDS: autonomy, connectedness, discourse, health care, patient empowerment, …
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IŠMINTIES koncepto analizė /
… dictionaries, synonymic and antonymic relations, phraseology, and etymology. The second part opposes the first in the sense that it analyzes data from a studentsʼ survey and represents the contemporaryperception of wisdom of a young person from Lithuania. The third part contains an analysis of …
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The language of suicide notes
… scrutinises instances of atypical language or phraseology and contextually inappropriate content. It is found that these oddities are far more frequent in the fake notes than in the genuine ones. Finally the thesis focuses on the corpus of genuine notes from the Birmingham Coroner’s Office, …
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The Influence and Use of Daniel in the Synoptic Gospels
… study is that Daniel has shaped the language and phraseology of many sayings in the Gospels to a larger degree than many of us have thought, and that a fresh understanding of the Synoptic Jesus' strategy for kingdom-building appears.</p>
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The Aegritudo Perdicae, Edited with Translation and Commentary
… begin a collection of parallels (in vocabulary, phraseology, and themes), and to comment on various points of grammar, style, and metric.</p>
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Investigating the Challenges of Translating Arabic Collocations into English with Reference to the Quran
… to deal more efficiently with collocation and phraseology from a Quranic perspective. This study assessed the difficulties and challenges of translating Quranic collocations from Arabic into English, focusing on five selected English translations of the Quran to evaluate the degree of …
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As on a darkling plain: Searching out the critique of Hindu ethnicism in modern India
… This dissertation examines first the dominant phraseology of such Indian intellectual critiques, arguing that narratives of ethnicism and extremism are created not only from within, by ethno-nationalist ideologues, but also from without, paradoxically by the very liberal discourses that …
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An edition of the Conduct of Life based on the six extant manuscripts with full commentary, complementary critical and codicological analysis, notes and introduction
… the accompanying notes, the themes, style and phraseology which not only reflect the influence of earlier English literary and hortatory texts but also represent a living tradition which found popularity within diverse writing and social environments. Secondly, a diplomatic edition of each text …
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Undermining The Angelic Restrictions Of First-Wave Feminism: What The New Woman Did, Didn't, And Wouldn't Do
… by appropriating prostitution and slavery phraseology, by uncovering the tension between liberal feminist values and maternity, and by exploring the idea of self-definition through alternative images of female sexuality and individualized approaches to sexual knowledge. Thus, as each text …
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Female characterisation in the epic poetry of P. Papinius Statius
… as to assess his usage of Virgilian style and phraseology. An equally significant contribution to Statius' presentation of women, and one of especial importance for the Achilleid, is made by Ovidian poetry, particularly the Metamorphoses and Heroides. To a lesser extent Statius was influenced …
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Synonymie bei phraseologischen Einheiten : eine korpusbasierte Untersuchung
Die vorliegende Dissertation widmet sich dem Thema Synonymie im besonderen Fall der phraseologischen Einheiten. Es handelt sich um eine korpusbasierte, empirische Untersuchung, die sich insbesondere mit der Frage beschäftigt, ob und inwiefern es möglich ist, sich typisch semantischen Kategorien wie …
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