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Trop De Soleil Tue L'Amour : Une Expression De L'Écriture Du Mal-Être De Mongo Beti, Rodolphine Sylvie Wamba Dec 2004

Trop De Soleil Tue L'Amour : Une Expression De L'Écriture Du Mal-Être De Mongo Beti, Rodolphine Sylvie Wamba

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

The classical and dissident African writer Mongo Beti perpetually uses the theme of man’s quest for freedom in everything he does. In fact, the philosophy of “Rubénism” is found in each of his works. Given that man must survive in the “ocean of shit” he lives in, the writer, using a popular language, freely chooses to add some humour to everyday life. Thus, the text we studied appeared as a genuine thriller, complete with comedy and tragedy, which presents a deviation from more formal writing. This is the main idea of this analysis, which consists of showing Trop de soleil …


Institutionalizing Gender And Sexuality In A Call-In Radio Advice Program: A Characterization Of Loveline, Meagan P. Storey Aug 2004

Institutionalizing Gender And Sexuality In A Call-In Radio Advice Program: A Characterization Of Loveline, Meagan P. Storey

English Theses & Dissertations

Previous studies of advice characterized it as a discourse in which authority is afforded to the giver by virtue of being asked for advice. As an authoritative discourse, advice sets the standards by which interlocutors base their judgments of normalcy. The consequences of these judgments are multiplied when advice is given as part of public, institutional talk, such as with radio call-in programs. This thesis examines how the authoritative discourse of global advice (public, commercial advice) is used to construct and normalize human experiences, specifically gender and sexuality. This study is based on an analysis of ten audio-taped episodes, each …


Book Review Of, The Music Of Everyday Speech: Prosody And Discourse Analysis, John Hellermann Jan 2004

Book Review Of, The Music Of Everyday Speech: Prosody And Discourse Analysis, John Hellermann

Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Reviews the book "The Music of Everyday Speech" by Ann K. Wennerstrom.


Imagery In Sentence Comprehension: An Fmri Study, Marcel Just, Sharlene Newman, Timothy Keller, Alice Mceleney, Patricia Carpenter Dec 2003

Imagery In Sentence Comprehension: An Fmri Study, Marcel Just, Sharlene Newman, Timothy Keller, Alice Mceleney, Patricia Carpenter

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.


How The Brain Processes Causal Inferences In Text: A Theoretical Account Of Generation And Integration Component Processes Utilizing Both Cerebral Hemispheres, Robert Mason, Marcel Just Dec 2003

How The Brain Processes Causal Inferences In Text: A Theoretical Account Of Generation And Integration Component Processes Utilizing Both Cerebral Hemispheres, Robert Mason, Marcel Just

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.


Learning To Decode Cognitive States From Brain Images, Tom M. Mitchell, Rebecca Hutchinson, Radu S. Niculescu, Francisco Pereira, Xuerui Wang, Marcel Adam Just, Sharlene D. Newman Dec 2003

Learning To Decode Cognitive States From Brain Images, Tom M. Mitchell, Rebecca Hutchinson, Radu S. Niculescu, Francisco Pereira, Xuerui Wang, Marcel Adam Just, Sharlene D. Newman

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.


Gender, Identity, And "Strong Language" In A Professional Woman's Talk, Judith Mattson Bean, Barbara Johnstone Dec 2003

Gender, Identity, And "Strong Language" In A Professional Woman's Talk, Judith Mattson Bean, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.


Review Of Keith Sawyer, Improvised Dialogues: Emergence And Creativity In Conversation, Barbara Johnstone Dec 2003

Review Of Keith Sawyer, Improvised Dialogues: Emergence And Creativity In Conversation, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.


Cortical Activation And Synchronization During Sentence Comprehension In High-Functioning Autism: Evidence Of Underconnectivity, Marcel Adam Just, Vladimir L. Cherkassky, Timothy A. Keller, Nancy J. Minshew Dec 2003

Cortical Activation And Synchronization During Sentence Comprehension In High-Functioning Autism: Evidence Of Underconnectivity, Marcel Adam Just, Vladimir L. Cherkassky, Timothy A. Keller, Nancy J. Minshew

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.