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Using Prosody to Classify Discourse Relations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Comunicació presentada a: The 18th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (INTERSPEECH 2017), celebrada a Estocolm, Suència, del 20 al 24 d'agost de 2017.This work aims to explore the correlation between the discourse ...
Farrus, Mireia   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Takeover Vulnerability and the Discipline of ESG Overinvestment

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While takeovers serve a disciplinary role by replacing inefficient managers, the threat of takeovers may compel firms to divert attention from Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts as a strategic response to external pressure, especially when such firms are already overinvesting in ESG.
Abongeh Tunyi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Exploratory Application of Rhetorical Structure Theory to Detect Coherence Errors in L2 English Writing: Possible Implications for Automated Writing Evaluation Software [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper presents an initial attempt to examine whether Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) (Mann & Thompson, 1988) can be fruitfully applied to the detection of the coherence errors made by Taiwanese low-intermediate learners of English.
Skoufaki, S
core  

National Identity Meaning and Attitudes Toward War, Peace, and the Future of Ukraine

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The link between attitudes and social identity is complex, influencing perceptions, motivations, and actions. Social psychological research mainly focused on the role of attitude in identity formation, particularly in the contexts of social movements and collective action.
Karina V. Korostelina   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Head Start Works Because We Do”: Head Start Programs, Community Action Agencies, and the Struggle over Unionization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
In the summer of 2002, the city of Boston watched a fierce battle unfold between low-wage workers who provide child care and the social service agencies that employ them.
Pasachoff, Eloise
core   +1 more source

Patterns and Drivers of Spanish Corporate Commitment to the UN Global Compact: A Quantitative Approach

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a quantitative assessment of Spanish companies' commitment to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Analyzing over 1000 participating firms, we identify prioritization patterns and examine structural factors influencing SDG adherence.
Juan Laborda, Juan Pérez
wiley   +1 more source

Genre as diversity, and rhetorical mode as unity in language use Genre as diversity, and rhetorical mode as unity in language use

open access: yesIlha do Desterro, 2008
Current theorizing on genre within Systemic Functional Linguiscs (SFL) as well as other traditions of genre analysis have not paid much attention to the interrelationship between the notions of rhetorical mode and genre.
José Luiz Meurer
doaj   +2 more sources

Taxonomy of Discourse Signals for RST Relations: A Study in a News Corpus [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada
: We have observed that the relationship between two or more textual propositions is not always signaled by prepositions or conjunctions, commonly referred to as Discourse Markers (DMs).
Jackson Wilke da Cruz Souza   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Media Green Marketing: How Self‐Monitoring Shapes Consumer Engagement and Eco‐Purchase Intentions

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Marketing scholars and practitioners are paying increasing attention to social media as a crucial tool for communicating firms' sustainable activities to consumers. This study examines how consumers perceive and engage with social media green marketing, and how their engagement influences their intentions to purchase green products and brands,
So‐Young Jung, Su‐Yol Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Performance of elaboration rhetorical relation in macrostructure and microstructure of formal elocutions

open access: yesCalidoscópio, 2010
The aim of this paper is to investigate the uses of elaboration relational proposition based on Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) in a corpus formed by formal elocutions.
Juliano Desiderato Antonio   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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