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2. George Yule (linguist) - Wikipedia

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   George Yule was born in Stirling, Scotland in 1947, and became an American citizen in 2000. He now lives in Hawai‘i . He studied at Edinburgh University , completing an M.A. in English Language and Literature (1969), M.Sc. in Applied Linguistics (1978), and a PhD in Linguistics (1981).

3. Gillian Brown (linguist) - Wikipedia

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   She is known for her expertise on discourse analysis. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1971, presenting the thesis "Aspects of a phonology of Lumasaaba". [ 5 ]

4. December 1966 - Wikipedia

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   New York City's WPIX television station began a tradition of a broadcasting a show called WPIX Yule Log Christmas Greeting. In order to allow the Channel 11 employees to spend Christmas Eve with their families, [ 128 ] station president Fred M. Thrower canceled its regular programming (at the cost of $4,000 in advertising) in favor of three ...

5. Discourse analysis - Wikipedia

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   Discourse analysis (DA), or discourse studies, is an approach to the analysis of written, spoken, or sign language, including any significant semiotic event. [ citation needed ] The objects of discourse analysis ( discourse , writing, conversation, communicative event ) are variously defined in terms of coherent sequences of sentences ...

6. Mediated discourse analysis - Wikipedia

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   Mediated discourse analysis (MDA) (coined by the late Ron Scollon) is a specialised form of linguistic discourse analysis (similar to critical discourse analysis)—it mediates discourse, agency, and practice into what Scollon calls a "nexus of practice".

7. George Yule - Wikipedia

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   George Yule (businessman) (1829–1892), Scottish merchant and politician in India George Yule (linguist) (born 1947), British linguist George Udny Yule (1871–1951), British statistician

8. Pragmatics - Wikipedia

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   Pragmatics was a reaction to structuralist linguistics as outlined by Ferdinand de Saussure.In many cases, it expanded upon his idea that language has an analyzable structure, composed of parts that can be defined in relation to others.

9. Macrostructure (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   In linguistics and discourse analysis, semantic macrostructures are the overall, global meanings of discourse, usually also described in terms of topic, gist, or upshot. These semantic macrostructures (global meanings or topics) are typically expressed in for instance the headlines and lead of a news report, or the title and the abstract of a ...