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How to Write an American Death Notice: Some Guidelines for Novice Obituarists

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Cebrat G.
Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition
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2016
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vol. 2
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issue 2
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The article aims at helping non-native speakers of English to write death notices, following the requirements of American tradition of the genre. It is based on the theoretical research into the genre, carried out by its author, who analyzed 1076 contemporary New York Times notices, according to Moves and Steps model of genre analysis by J. Swales and V. Bhatia. Having distinguished the death notice from the obituary, the author presents the communicative functions of the genre and its structure, consisting of seven moves, each made up of one to seven steps. Their presentation and brief analysis is accompanied by 100 patterns andtemplates, which allows intermediate (B1–B2) students of English to create their own texts successfully step by step.
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Klepsydry z lat 1946–1949 — wyjątkowe świadectwo powojennych losów

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Śleziak M.
Oblicza Komunikacji
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2016
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vol. 9
85-94
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The article makes Polish obituaries from post-war period the centre of attention. Obituaries seem to be particularly important for researchers because of being a part of ephemera — items expected to have only short-term usefulness, that have never been analyzed by linguists. Thanks to Wroclaw University Library collection, it is possible to analyze the unique obituaries published in so-called Regained Territories in very post-war period. Firstly, there is an association with other popular funeral genre (published in press) discussed. Then, there are three aspects taken under consideration: structure of obituary (composition, symbols, typical phrases), language (stylistics, syntax, values), reference to political and social reality.
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