Fairclough presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of discourse viewing language as a form of social practice and focusing on the ways social and political domination are reproduced by text and talk. He provides an historical overview to this important discipline and…
Methods of critical discourse studies
"Firepower explores how the NRA gradually transformed itself from a relatively small organization with close ties to the federal government and a mission dedicated to marksmanship, competitive shooting, and military preparedness to what it is today: A political juggernaut that p…
Bakhtiari, a Southwestern Iranian language in the Luri language continuum, is spoken by over a million people in the Zagros Mountains of Iran. Almost a century after Lorimer's (1922) publication on the phonology of Bakhtiari, the present study re-examines this topic in the light…
This thesis documents my artistic process as I blend scholarship with artistry utilizing the tools I have learned over my training to create five distinct characters in Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor. Beginning with primary research, I take a look at the history of Anton Chekhov’s…
This thesis introduces a new method for data collection on political elite networks using non-obtrusive web-based techniques. One possible indicator of elite connectivity is the frequency with which individuals appear at the same political events. Using a Google search scraping …
The phenomena of shaming/shame are found in a broad-range of circumstances described in the biblical texts including political, economic, familial and moral. These concepts apply to interpersonal relationships as well as affairs between individuals and God. They also apply to th…