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Rhetorical structure and reader manipulation in Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper describes Agatha Christie’s use of rhetoric to convince readers of the ‘truth’ of her detective’s solution in The Murder on the Orient Express, and uses an adaptation of Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) designed for analyses of long extracts ...
Alexander, M.
core   +3 more sources

How multilingual is scholarly communication? Mapping the global distribution of languages in publications and citations

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Language is a major source of systemic inequities in science, particularly among scholars whose first language is not English. Studies have examined scientists' linguistic practices in specific contexts; few, however, have provided a global analysis of multilingualism in science. Using two major bibliometric databases (OpenAlex and Dimensions),
Carolina Pradier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

RHETORICAL MOVES IN INTRODUCTIONS: PROMPT-BASED WRITING TRIAL RESULTS

open access: yesLanguage Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching
This study investigates the role of writing prompts to create appropriate introduction section in research article. The study analyzes three texts generated from ChatGPT by using three distinct prompts formulated based on the writing prompt model ...
Rohani Ganie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deixis, binding and presupposition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Dynamic semantic accounts of presupposition have proven to quite successful improvements over earlier theories. One great advance has been to link presupposition and anaphora together (van der Sandt 92, Geurts 95), an approach that extends to integrate ...
Asher, Nicholas
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Activism as education in and through the youth climate justice movement

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people worldwide are increasingly participating in a global movement for climate justice, yet to date, little research has examined how youth climate justice activists conceive of and experience activism as education. The present study used in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews with 16 US climate justice activists (aged 15–17) to address ...
Carlie D. Trott
wiley   +1 more source

Making Commitments to Racial Justice Actionable [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In this article, we articulate a framework for making our commitments to racial justice actionable, a framework that moves from narrating confessional accounts to articulating our commitments and then acting on them through both self-work and work-with ...
Diab, Rasha   +3 more
core   +1 more source

‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

The absent presence of disability in British higher education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Rates of disability disclosure are steadily increasing in British higher education (HE), with 18% of the student population having a known disability in 2023/24. It might be assumed that progress is being made with increased representation, rights and support for disabled students.
G. Koutsouris   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A GENRE ANALYSIS OF SALES PROMOTION LETTERS AND COMPANY PROFILES IN AN INDONESIAN BATIK INDUSTRY [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This study explored company profiles and sales promotion letters of batik from two big batik companies in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. Data of the research are of two types, the primary and secondary data.
Kristina, Diah
core   +1 more source

The future in a bubble: Supporting Finnish early childhood professionals working in diverse settings

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this study was to contribute to the knowledge about early childhood education and care (ECEC) personnel's perception of the support structures that are most effective in assisting them in their work with culturally and linguistically diverse children.
Alexandra C. Anton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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