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Babapi, Nasrin; Parvaneh, Farid – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The present article is an attempt to read Nadin Gordimer's "The Pickup" from the lens of Foucault. It starts with Foucault's assumption that power is everything and any kind of relation in the world is defined through the discourses of power. It discusses the techniques through which the power dominates its authority over the subjects…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Novels, Social Status, Social Differences
AlAfnan, Mohammad Awad – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This study explored the influences of relational elements and the background of communicators on the framing structure of email messages that were exchanged in an educational Institute in Malaysia. The investigation revealed that social distance played a more significant role than power relations as Malaysian respondents are, generally, more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asynchronous Communication, Social Distance, Power Structure
Rajabi, Shima; Azizifar, Akbar; Gowhary, Habib – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Learning a foreign language requires students to acquire both grammatical knowledge and socio-pragmatic rules of a language. Pragmatic competence as one of the most difficult aspects of language provides several challenges to L2 learners in the process of learning a foreign language. To overcome this problem, EFL teachers should find the most…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency