The neural representation of segmental and tonal phonological distinctions has been shown by means of the MMN ERP, yet this is not the case for intonational discourse contrasts. In Catalan, a rising-falling intonational sequence can be perceived as a statement or as a counterexpectational question, depending exclusively on the size of the pitch range interval of the rising movement. We tested h...

It is very important to understand the nature of digital media and its various categories and the position of this media and modern communication technology in the present social and political interactions. Explaining different kinds of discourses and different principles, theories, and conceptual models of the society along with the role of digital media is one of the most effective tools of i...

Recent studies on the analysis of intonational function examine a r a n ~ of materials from cue phrases in monologue (Litman and Hirschberg, 1990) and dialogue (Hirschberg and Litman, 1987; Hockey, 1991) to longer utterances in both monologue and dialogue (McLemore, 1991). Results match specific intonational tunes to certain discourse functions which are more or less well defined. Although thes...

In this bibliographic overview, we aim to compile and review the academic literature on presidential discourse of three successive administrations under Néstor Kirchner Cristina Fernández, spanning years between 2003 2015. doing this, attempt systematize group production four thematic headings or categories with varying objects study. The first category is made up speech enunciative studies, wh...

Binary thinking is a way of understanding the world around. It used to oversimplify complex situations and reality. Dichotomous usually uses an innate hierarchy tow objects or it makes binary Urdu Novel since its inception opposites foreground characters likes dislikes. In this article Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as method underscore in Novel. The maps social conditions discourse shows ho...

This research is focused on the investigation of linguistic nature Immigration Acts (IA)s issued by U.S. Congress, namely determination their belongings to one categories legal communication, which genre, in particular, or functioning such acts within institutional discourse as texts.