Understanding construction reform discourses

Discourses: Social Interactions in the Construction of Knowledge

The view that academic writing is persuasive is now widely accepted. Exactly how this is achieved, however, is more contentious, and raises a number of important issues, not least of which are those concerning the relationship between reality and accounts of it, the efficacy of logical induction, and the role of social communities in constructing knowledge. These topics have been debated for ye...

Evaluation in text: Authorial stance and the construction of discourses

The papers represent a particular language theory, systemic functional linguistics. The papers also reflect a particular view of the relation between language, knowledge, and the world; in particular, the papers describe the ways in which evaluative language expresses the value systems of individuals and communities. Finally, the authors have used a particular methodology in their research, the...

discourses on the understanding of culture and (product) design interaction

the aim of this study was initially to investigate the performance of culture and design as well as to explain the interaction of them and to establish the cultural qualities of design products. the author’s background in studying and designing in the specified field of this research (product design) was also one of the implications for culturally focusing it. meanwhile, one of the main consequ...

A Guide to Understanding Medical Liability Reform

Understanding Penal Reform: The Dynamic of Change