Public parliamentary discourse in Russia and Germany: speech and genre specifics [PDF]
In the article the approaches to the problem of political discourse speech genres differentiation are discussed based on the comparative analysis of the German and Russian public parliamentary speech authentic samples.
Konstantinova Anna +4 more
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Event detection in field sports video using audio-visual features and a support vector machine [PDF]
In this paper, we propose a novel audio-visual feature-based framework for event detection in broadcast video of multiple different field sports. Features indicating significant events are selected and robust detectors built. These features are rooted in
O'Connor, Noel E., Sadlier, David A.
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CONNOTATION IN VIEW OF SPEECH GENRE THEORY
The article is aimed at the research of the interrelation between genre and style, namely the problem of connotation within the speech genre framework. The importance of studying the extra- and intraliguistic components of an utterance is determined by general tendencies in modern textology and colloquial linguistics aimed at pragmatizing the research.
Kislitsyna Natalia N. +1 more
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Supporting the Shift: Professional Development for Alternative Grading Practices
ABSTRACT Alternative grading (e.g., contract grading, ungrading, specifications grading) practices have emerged as a promising approach to enhance student success, improve students’ sense of belonging, and make higher education more accessible. This study explores the challenges faced by community college faculty when implementing alternative grading ...
Breana Bayraktar, J. Indigo Eriksen
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Using Generic Summarization to Improve Music Information Retrieval Tasks [PDF]
In order to satisfy processing time constraints, many MIR tasks process only a segment of the whole music signal. This practice may lead to decreasing performance, since the most important information for the tasks may not be in those processed segments.
de Matos, David Martins +2 more
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Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
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The effect of genre on reporting speech: conversations and newspaper articles
This study focuses on reported speech in two different genres: spoken conversation and newspaper articles. There are two basic structures that allow language users to report formerly uttered words: direct and indirect speech.
Fleur van der Houwen
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Variation of word frequencies across genre classification tasks [PDF]
This paper examines automated genre classification of text documents and its role in enabling the effective management of digital documents by digital libraries and other repositories.
Kim, Y., Ross, S.
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Exploring notions of genre in 'academic literacies' and 'writing across the curriculum': approaches across countries and contexts [PDF]
The SIGET IV panel on genre in Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and “academic literacies” (ACLITS) has set rolling a discussion of the similarities and differences in the two traditions, the former originating in the US in the early 1970s, the latter ...
Donahue, Tiane +5 more
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Making care audible: Musical gifts and affective reciprocity in the clinic
Abstract In clinical settings, music therapy is frequently received as a gift—a voluntary offering that invites but does not demand participation. Drawing on ethnographic research with music therapists and patients in Canadian and American hospitals, this article examines how clinical care is co‐constituted through practices of giving, receiving, and ...
Meredith Evans
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