In general, this research sought to determine the motives and philosophical perspectives of the late President Corazon Cory C. Aquino as reflected in three of her speeches. Using the lens of Burke's Dramatism Theory through Pentadic Analysis, this study found that agent dominates among all the other terms in her three speeches which shows that she saw agent as the most important of all the other elements in her speeches. The ideas that fall under agent were categorized by the researcher into four, namely: (1) the Filipino people, (2) Cory Aquino herself, (3) Ferdinand Marcos, and (4) Ninoy Aquino. Agent, being the most dominant term in her speeches further reveals that Cory Aquino was an idealist. Finally, the findings of this study would definitely provide the Filipinos an in-depth understanding about Cory Aquino's ideals, beliefs, and values - being one of the most important figures of democracy in Philippine and world history.
The authentic, strong, fierce, and uncensored rhetoric of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has become an interesting subject of linguistic investigation. This critical discourse analysis of his selected speeches is aimed to uncover the President's hidden political ideologies underlying his speeches. The study analyzes the prevalent microstructures and macrostructures of the selected speeches of President Duterte and determines the dominant transitivity processes and paralinguistic cues that he employs.
The knowledge of how women are represented in a specific advertisement to hit the target audience of the products being introduced is not only confined in a certain field of discipline and groups of people; instead it traverses to different aspects of humanity where consumerism is fundamental. Thus, this study attempted to determine the iconic representations of women and find out how these have shaped the role they portrayed in the magazine advertisements. Using the qualitative analysis particularly Ferdinand de Saussaure's semiotic theory, icons on beauty products, vehicle, food and beverage, clothing and accessories, and vitamins and food supplements were analyzed. The analysis of results revealed that the iconic representations of women in magazine ads were relative size, feminine touch or touching any object, function ranking, the family, ritualization of subordination, licensed withdrawal, body display, feminine power and women empowerment which come in various signifiers and signified concepts. These iconic representations shaped the roles of women portrayed in the ads which include their roles as sex object, mother/nurturer, physically attractive or decorative, working or career woman, dependent, recreational and authority.
This book attempts to apply the tenets of applied linguistics to the reading and explication of Gender Politics in the African Novel. Applied linguistics focuses on the numerous and complex areas in society in which language plays a role. As an interdisciplinary field which identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems; gender politics is interrogated from several standpoints of stylistics, discourse analysis, text linguistics and literary criticism. In this context, meaning and implication for scholarship and development are of consequence. The claim is supported that the African Novel represents a veritable part of the culture, history, politics, and economy of Africa in unquestionable form.
This book delves into the intricate dynamics of peace agreement between the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Fron) and the Government of the Philippines, specifically focusing on the centuries-old Bangsamoro issue in Mindanao. Despte the intentions of establishing lasting peace, the active involvement of a wide array of government bodies and stakeholders is crucial for the agreement's success.
This study zooms in on the 39 Local Government Units (LGUs) in Maguindanao, examining their participation in the peace negotiations.It examines their efforts in shaping their agendas through alliances, inter-LGU coordination, and articulation of their roles in the peace process.
Moreover, it emphasizes the crucial need for the genuine and representative inclusion of local political actors in both parallel and gorizontal levels of the Mindanao peace process, underlining its significance not only for successful negotiations but also for addressing their vested interests in the pursuit of enduring peace.
This book, ASPECTS OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS, synthesizes brilliantly the works of scholars with more recent examples for clarity and precision. It definitely would serve the purpose for which it is designed. -Professor Hyeladzira Ali Balami (University of Maiduguri)
This is a fascinating book that addresses many critical aspects of applied linguistics as the study of language-in-use and language-in-education. Concepts and theories are well treated, definitions unambiguously addressed, and examples carefully presented and applied. This book will be useful for undergraduate and post-graduate students in the areas of Linguistics, English as well as in Communication Arts. - Professor Frances Ngozi Chukwukere (Imo State University).
Ne dit-on pas que la culture est ce qui nous reste quand on a tout perdu? Les langues constituent un patrimoine culturel inconditionnel. Certaines d'entre elles particulièrement les langues africaines et camerounaises tendent à disparaître pourtant regorgent une richesse inestimable. C'est la raison pour laquelle le présent travail s'est donné pour objectif de participer à la revitalisation et à la documentation des langues précisément du Missong en s'attardant sur les aspects de sa phonologie lexicale et syntagmatique. De notre analyse, il en ressort que le missong conporte 15 classes nominales, 49 sons et 33 phonèmes. Le traitement du corpus collecté sur le terrain d'un point de vue générativiste nous a permis de mettre en valeurs plusieurs phénomènes très intéressants tels que: la circonfixation, le Meussen's Rule, l'encliticisation, l'allomorphy, des tons de frontières et l'accent, pour ne citer que ceux-là. Ce travail pourra alors constituer une base ou une orientation pour des études plus approfondies sur le Missong et également sur les langues voisines telles que le Munken et le Biya dont l'étude comparative a constitué une partie de notre travail.
