Hedging is a linguistic avoidance of full commitment or precision. It is the use of a vague language. The main objectives of this study are to: (1) identify and classify the linguistic devices which act as hedges; (2) to examine the semantic functions of these devices. This paper makes use of word class as well as clausal constructions to represent the forms of hedges in relation to certain grammatical categories, namely: adverbials, epistemic verbs, modal verbs, cognitive verbs, hypothetical constructions, anticipatory it-clause, and anticipatory constructions. The text analysed is the first presidential debate between Senator Barak Obama and Senator John McCain on the campus of the University of Mississippi, during the presidential election campaign of the Republican and the Democrat parties in America.The results show that politicians use hedges to mild their language in process to, so that not to be proved wrong later. This justification is that the claims they had already made were only an approximation to the statements.
The paper aims to reveal the effectiveness of digital journalism in developing political awareness among Iraqi feminist activists. This paper is descriptive, and it adopted the analytical descriptive survey method. A snowball sample composed of (102) respondents of Iraqi feminist activists was adopted and questionnaire was used to collect data. The research has reached the following conclusions: The rate of Iraqi Feminist Activists dependence on digital Journalism have increased; to develop their political awareness, and their preference - in this regard - (the pages of journalistic institutions to social media) in a way that exceeds other types of digital journalism. (Variety of languages) has topped the priorities of Iraqi feminist act
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It is very necessary for the political theater to be within the space of every theatrical performance, so that the theater carries the diverse and enlightened values and cultures of this world. political theatre. In the first chapter, the researcher dealt with (the methodological framework), which includes the research problem identified by the researcher with the following question (the functional diversity of the directorial vision in the political theater)
Importance, purpose, limits and seal by defining terminology.
In the second chapter, the researcher dealt with the theoretical framework on two topics, the first (transformations of directorial vision in theatrical performance) and the second topic (aesthetic experiences i
In order to activate theatrical discourse aware of the changes imposed by the nature of the contemporary child in terms of stimulating the social skills that achieve a technical and aesthetic convergence between him and theatrical presentation by investing the fact of the existence of the child and its potential in the weaving of stories, and folk in the imagination, and simulation of what corresponds with the characters and icons interact with them through technologies In the light of this research came the following address: (ways to stimulate the skills of the child through a contemporary theatrical speech) where the researcher seeks to delineate the importance involved in the discourse of theater through ways to reach the pillars con
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هدفت الدراسة الى التعرف على تأثير التمرينات الخاصة في تطوير بعض القدرات البدنية وأداء المهارات الدفاعية الفردية لدى افراد عينة البحث، اذ أستخدم الباحثان المنهاج التجريبي بتصميم المجموعة الواحدة ذات الاختبار القبلي والبعدي، وأختار الباحثان مجتمع البحث بالطريقة العمدية لاعبي منتخبات تربية في محافظة بغداد وعينة البحث تكونت من لاعبي منتخب تربية الكرخ الأولى والبالغ عددهم (12) لاعباً، وتم اختيار عينة البح
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Yehuda Steinberg is a Russian writer who drew his culture and education from Eastern Europe's neighborhood and village atmosphere, especially in Russia. He spent his life traveling between the forests and mountains of Besravia, Where the scenic landscape affected him greatly. It is evident clearly in most of his stories when he describes the mountain, alleys, lake, and forest. Most readers think for the first time that these stories are nothing but programs to describe nature. Steinberg attempted to link the surroundings with his political and literary tendency. Even though he had never been to Palestine, it was observed that he glorified Palestine in some of the chapters and paragraphs of his stories. It was a predominant phenomeno
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