... equal to language. From the linguistic point of view, an important issue to investigate is "language which has been produced as the result of an act of communication', i.e. discourse" (Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics, 1992: 83). In contrast to grammar, which studies the rules that a language uses to form grammatical units such as clause, phrase or sentence, discourse concentrates on larger ... supported by handouts which, however, just supplement the presentation or provide its main points and not the whole information. According to Collins English Dictionary, presentation den...

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... . Other abundant forms of written communication include pictographs and ideographs (lecture 11th March, 2004). A pictograph can be defined as any picture or symbol representing a word, idea, or numerical figure (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pictograph). An ideograph is also a pictorial form of expression, representing an idea or object, but without expressing the pronunciation of a particular word; as would phonographic script (http ... ://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ideogram). Aboriginals were using pictographs and ideographs to convey information long before any foreig...

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... viewpoint on life is defined as, "The science or study of being; that branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature or essence of being or existence." (Oxford English Dictionary). Exploring ontology and the many other philosophical branches that derived from it resulted in many new perceptions of viewing the nature of a human being and the society. That being said ... ...

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... with a strong, concise conclusion. Since the nature of academic papers assumes audiences to have some knowledge in the area of business, most of them required at least more than three dictionary searches for jargons . Despite the challenges, I believe these attributes created a formal business tone. Conversely, composing case synthesis was easier as it contained general background information of the case with defined ... ...

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... of the jargon, background and technical details" (p.1). Ghanta's article is full of "jargon." He uses words such as "hydroformylation" and "epoxidation reactor," making it to where a reader has to have a dictionary and their trusty search engine on standby just to get through it (Ghanta, 2012, p. 3-4). Sage seems to have the superior article in comparison to Ghanta's. In the words of Sage ... ...

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... greatest weakness of this argument presented by Mr. Boghossian is the dizzying array of vocabulary peppered throughout his rebuttal. The writer found it almost impossible to read this article without a dictionary to decipher the hieroglyphic language used throughout this article. It can only be assumed, at least by this writer, that scholars of this caliber use words such as "hegemony", "egregiousness ... ...

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... the "information superhighway?" Signing on refers to the act of connecting to the Internet in this context. Before this digital era, signing on meant to engage by written agreement (www.dictionary.com). The information superhighway is "the name coined by US Vice-president Al Gore in the early 1990s for the emerging high-speed global communications network capable of carrying voice ... ...

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... definition "a method of storing data through a computer program that allows a user to create and link fields of information at will and to retrieve the data nonsequentially," according to Webster's College Dictionary. Proper names also make a large impact on the vocabulary of Net users. Archie, Jughead, and Veronica are all different protocols for searching different areas of the Internet for specific information ... ...

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