state’s alternatives in islamic as well as critical discourse

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...

The study of metaphor as part of critical discourse analysis

Critical Discourse Analysis as a Review Methodology: An Empirical Example

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The Representation of Muslim Women in Non-Islamic Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis Study on Guardian

Providing analytical and social tools, critical discourse analysis (henceforthCDA) can be used to unravel the hidden ideologiesas well as biases in the websof discursive practices involved in texts. In this paper, the van Leeuwen’s (1996)CDA framework is used to analyze an article from a British broadsheet newspaper,the Guardian. To have a more detailed analysis, eleven elements are chosen from...

critical period effects in foreign language learning:the influence of maturational state on the acquisition of reading,writing, and grammar in english as a foreign language

since the 1960s the age effects on learning both first and second language have been explored by many linguists and applied linguists (e.g lennerberg, 1967; schachter, 1996; long, 1990) and the existence of critical period for language acquisition was found to be a common ground of all these studies. in spite of some common findings, some issues about the impacts of age on acquiring a second or...

Phytoestrogens as Therapeutic Alternatives

Epidemiologic data illustrate strong associations between diets high in foods containing phytoestrogens and a reduction in coronary heart disease (CHD), breast and other cancers, and menopausal symptoms. However, controlled clinical trials that encourage health care providers to endorse phytoestrogens as an alternative to conventional hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women ar...