Crisis narratives in political discourse in singapore

... of Singapore s geographical size and location, it is in these geographical facts that the racial crisis finds its first roots The racial crisis in Singapore thus finds its “beginnings” in the ... “[w]ithin a few generations, the quality of Singapore' s population would measurably decline, with a tiny minority of intelligent persons being increasingly swamped by a seething, prolife...

Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2015, 08:00

... theoretical background of Systemic Functional Grammar, the concept of Grammatical Metaphor and the Language of Political Discourse In chapter 2, the emphasis is on Nominalization in English and ... Nominalization in English political discourse and that in Vietnamese one? Scope of the study This study attempts to explore the concept o...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2015, 19:52

... the aims and scope of the current study, and the significance of the study 1.2.1 Singapore English and discourse particles New Englishes such as Singapore English are newly emerging languages ... account of discourse particles in Singapore English requires an account of the cognitive processes involved in interpreting them in discourse In the next se...

Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2015, 21:58

... business companies in Singapore and Hong Kong in terms of their levels of crisis preparedness and exploring some major factors influencing companies crisis preparedness in the two regions.1 Crisis preparedness ... companies in the two places 2.2 Crisis management in Singapore and Hong Kong In this section, I examine the general situation regard...

Ngày tải lên: 17/09/2015, 17:20

... of urban water One way of gaining an insight into governance in Singapore is to examine the way the state has discursively engaged the population within the narration of a successful water management ... Gardens and Water Urban water management now engages the population within the context of this new style of water control 23 Chapter Two Urbanizing Water an...

Ngày tải lên: 03/10/2015, 20:30

... sai jiak? (What things cannot eat?) What things cannot be eaten? Yi buay sai jiak (Ants cannot eat.) Ants cannot be eaten Mandarin (Interrogative): Ji shi kai shi? (What time start?) Mandarin ... important factors in the linguistic ecology of Singapore: the “population change in historical context”, the local languages of the main segments of the population” and the “lingua...

Ngày tải lên: 13/10/2015, 16:41

... of water was reiterated as a critical part of Singapore s plan for industrialization.26 The claim of having limited natural water sources in Singapore was not merely about having inadequate water ... Gardens and Water Urban water management now engages the population within the context of this new style of water control 23 Chapter Two Urbanizing Water and San...

Ngày tải lên: 13/10/2015, 16:50

... reported poor quality of life In the face of impaired physical and mental functioning, perceived social handicap stands in the way of realizing quality of life Success in improving physical and social ... wellbeing and quality of life in their later years Presently available data not indicate a benevolent trend of physical functional wellbeing in...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20

... could be the healthier group and, therefore, would influence the results on the perception of health and factors affecting it Results Majority of the elderly living in the community in Singapore ... perception of their own health 90.5% self-reported satisfactory to good health The self-rating of health is an important parameter in evaluating health status, determ...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 07:20

... IMPORTATION AND REGISTRATION OF NEW AND USED CARS IN SINGAPORE Vehicle Registration All motor vehicles in Singapore must be registered with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) Importation of ... will incur a corresponding registration surcharge of between S$5,000 and S$20,000 Details of CEV bandings are as follows: Band A1 A2 A3 A4 B C1 C2 C3 C4 CEV BANDIN...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 11:20

... reflected in Yearbook of Statistics Singapore 2008 and 2009, DOS.) Living Arrangements of Elderly in the Community In contrast, the vast majority of Singapore s old aged 65 and over live in the community ... Active Ageing Index was computed for Singapore based on the NSSC 2005 (Annex A explains the construction of the index.) A total of 13 indicators refle...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... seen in high unemployment, the moderate pace of recovery, fiscal deficits still swollen by the crisis, the remaining constraints on access to credit, and the remaining challenges in the housing ... Reform Cost Response The crisis response curbed the damage and helped restart the economy  Jobs are returning Despite the size of the financial shock, the speed...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 18:20

... And, apart from the defence of the realm, there is no duty as important as maintaining the rule of law; and just as every fundamental aspect of the defence of the realm must be real and practical, ... that that bargain could be maintained by entirely virtual hearings It may be hard to maintain the seriousness of litigation and the trial process unless court hear...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 03:20

... writing In fact, what separates e-mail in business from personal e-mail correspondence, is the very specific nature of the business writing and the fact that it is not private If you use your business ... for persuasion or for personal introspection, writing makes your thinking visible to the world Express yourself! 96 EXPRESS YOURSELF NARRATIVES IN E VERYDAY L IFE ... brief e-m...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 22:20

... screening of the animals using PCR, and the characterization of two genetically different hantavirus strains denoted Seoul virus strain Singapore and Serang virus strain Jurong TJK/06 of samples from ... Molecular characterization of two hantavirus strains from different rattus species in Singapore Virology Journal 2010 7:15 Publish with Bio Med Central a...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:21