Day: February 22, 2020

Discussion 7 Society Class

February 22, 2020 7 Comments Social Science

 

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Part 3

Part 4

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 According to The original evil corporation, Park Avenue, this weeks other assignments, and previous assignments (Weeks 3-5): How do major corporations and their upper management operate to amass an increasingly large share of national and global wealth? What are the economic, social, and political consequences?

What are the costs of inequality?

250 word minimum; no maximum word count. Display the word count at the end of your post.

Reaction paper

February 22, 2020 3 Comments MLA, Other

As a reminder, you will choose ONE of the questions to answer for each reading and in approximately one paragraph.

Reading Response 8: Holmes (1984)
1. Give examples of three different pragmatic particles and their functions. How do we know these particles have these functions?
2. What kind of data can be used to research differences in speech across genders? What is important to keep in mind when gathering or evaluating such data?
3. Holmes argues that tag questions are highly flexible. What does she mean by this?
4. Briefly outline a sociolinguistic research question you would like to investigate by analyzing the distributional patterns across a corpus. How would you ensure you could answer your question with your chosen corpus and methods?

Reading Response 9: Tao (2016)
1. Tao (2016) cites this quote by Billig (1997): “The business of remembering can be a highly rhetorical or controversial business, so that the memory-claims might be accomplishing a variety of interactive business.” With reference to the excerpts analyzed in Tao (2016), what are some of these business tasks, and how do they differ from cognitive remembering?
2. Why is the distinction between cognitive remembering and “doing” remembrance (or claiming/contesting remembrance in conversation)? Why does this matter for linguistic research?
3. What role do both qualitative and quantitative methods play in this study? Evaluate the use and integration of these methods.
4. What cross-cultural differences in findings related to negative epistemics does Tao (2016) explore? What kind of analysis and data would be necessary to make broader claims about these differences?

Historical Event

February 22, 2020 No Comments Government

Choose a historical event that you believe had a significant impact on American government and politics. Create a 1-2 page summary of the event and your justification as to why you believe the event had a significant impact on American culture and politics. Reference ideas and theories from the course texts in correct APA citation. 

Post your paper to the Discussion Thread with a short, historical introduction of the event as well as your justification for choosing the event Spend time reviewing other students papers. Comment on at least 2 students papers by providing additional justification and/or a critique of their paper.

Review the comments provided by your fellow students and answer the following questions:

Did any feedback make you reconsider the historical event you chose? Why or why not? Did the feedback received help you make a stronger argument for your position or did it make you question your major assumptions? What other historical events did you read about that should be considered as having a major impact on American culture, government and politics?