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Rhetoric in standard setting : the case of the going-concern audit [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper seeks to explore in depth the ways in which the rhetoric of the standard setter responds to comments received during development of a standard.
Masocha, Walter, Weetman, Pauline
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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forgiveness, Exemplars, and the Oppressed [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
I argue that while moral exemplars are useful, we must be careful in our use of them. I first describe forgiveness exemplars that are often used to persuade victims to forgive such as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., and Jesus of Nazareth.
Cherry, Myisha
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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

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

‘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

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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Arguments for exception in US security discourse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In his influential State of Exception, Giorgio Agamben proposes that, even in apparently liberal western democracies, the state will routinely use the contingency of national emergency to suspend civil liberties and justify expansion of military and ...
Hunter, Duncan, MacDonald, Malcolm N
core   +2 more sources

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

The English model of creativity : cultural politics of an idea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The paper presents a socio-political analysis of New Labour’s rhetorical uses of the idea and values of creativity to shape cultural policy in England.
Choe, Boyun, Neelands, Jonothan
core   +1 more source

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