Discourse of psychoactive substance dependents on their discursively constructed image

Older Adults as Discursively Constructed in Taiwanese Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis

This paper uses critical discourse analysis to examine discursive representations of older people in Taiwanese newspapers. A total of 926 references to older people were sampled from 62 articles published in four Taiwanese newspapers from January to August 2013. The findings suggest that, older people were frequently allocated roles suggestive of dependency. Those portrayed in line with the pos...

older adults as discursively constructed in taiwanese newspapers: a critical discourse analysis

this paper uses critical discourse analysis to examine discursive representations of older people in taiwanese newspapers. a total of 926 references to older people were sampled from 62 articles published in four taiwanese newspapers from january to august 2013. the findings suggest that, older people were frequently allocated roles suggestive of dependency. those portrayed in line with the pos...

Sudanese Medical Students’ Perceptions of Psychoactive Substance Use

on translation of politeness strategies in dialogues involving female characters in translations and retranslations of novels translated before and after the islamic revolution of iran and their effects on the image of women: a polysystem theory approach

abstract reception environment has considerable effects on accepting a translation. as the expectations of a target culture and its values and needs change throughout history, its criteria for accepting a translation or rejecting it will change accordingly (gentzler, 2001). the expectations of iran, as the reception environment in the present study, have changed after the islamic revolution. i...

Priapism associated with novel psychoactive substance abuse

Priapism is a time-dependent emergency, which can lead to marked adverse effects on erectile function. We present the case of a patient with bipolar disorder who consumed a novel psychoactive substance, as well as an illegal substitute for sildenafil citrate. History revealed erectile dysfunction most likely secondary to hyperprolactinaema. This case, therefore, raises the question of whether t...