Construction of "Survival Act" and "Death Act" in Michigan

Uniform Determination of Death Act.

Observations on Humorous Act Construction

We discuss the generation of humorous acts by embodied agents. How can a humorous act be constructed from the discourse and when should it be displayed? Rather than introducing algorithms for humorous act production we discuss the issues that are involved. From our observations it becomes clear that current research on affective computing, research on generating and interpreting facial expressi...

the speech act of advice and the introvert/extrovert distinction among iranian efl university students

the aim of this study is to examine the difference between the introverts and extroverts in preferred advice-giving style. furthermore, it explores the difference between l1 (persian) and l2 (english) regarding the giving of advice for the extroverts and introverts separately. it investigates whether an extrovert or introvert gives advice in the same manner in his l1 (persian) and l2 (english) ...

The hospital survey and construction act.

T H E SIGNING of the Hospital Survey and Construction Act by the President on August 1 3 launched the Nat ion on the most comprehensive hosp i t a l and public heal th construction program ever undertaken. Congress has authorized the appropriation during the next 5 years of $375 mi l l i on i n Federal funds for the building of hospitals and health centers. Since the act provides tha t the Fede...

a comparative pragmatic analysis of the speech act of “disagreement” across english and persian

the speech act of disagreement has been one of the speech acts that has received the least attention in the field of pragmatics. this study investigates the ways power relations, social distance, formality of the context, gender, and language proficiency (for efl learners) influence disagreement and politeness strategies. the participants of the study were 200 male and female native persian s...