Year: 2017

Responsibility and Evidence in Trumpian Discourse

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Trumped Up Words Adam Hodges November 3, 2017 It started as an innocuous press conference in the White House Rose Garden. The President and Senate Majority Leader would meet with reporters to emphasize, with typical Trumpian overstatement, that they were “closer than ever before.” Then Trump got that question about the death of four soldiers killed in Niger: “And what do you have to say about that?” He replied that he had written letters to the families, which would be “going out tonight.” Then, he said he would “call the parents…

Οι αρχαίες ελληνικές τραγωδίες στο διαδίκτυο

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Το ηλ. περιοδικό 24grammata.com με ιδιαίτερη ικανοποίηση σας παρουσιάζει ένα μοναδικό έργο προβολής του ελληνικού πολιτισμού. Οι συνεργάτες του 24grammata.com  σε συνεργασία με το Φιλολογικό Φροντιστήριο “Γιώργος Δαμιανός” για πρώτη φορά, παγκοσμίως, συγκέντρωσαν όλες τις αρχαίες ελληνικές τραγωδίες, πλήρες κείμενο, στο πρωτότυπο, στη νέα ελληνική και στην αγγλική γλώσσα. Προωθήστε τη σελίδα στους ελληνόφωνους και αγγλόφωνους γνωστούς σας και σε όσους αναζητούν το Λόγο και τον Ανθρωπισμό (οι σύνδεσμοι παραμένουν ενεργοί και με μία απλή αντιγραφή και επικόλληση). Το κατέβασμα δεν προαπαιτεί καμία εγγραφή, εντελώς δωρεάν με ένα απλό κλικ. Source: 24grammata

How ‘Flip’ Entered the Story of the Russia Investigation

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How ‘Flip’ Entered the Story of the Russia Investigation – Word’s history is tied to prosecutors, mobsters and novelists By Ben Zimmer Nov. 3, 2017 10:22 a.m. ET On Monday, court documents revealed that George Papadopoulos, a former foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump, had entered into a plea agreement after his July arrest and had tried to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. This promoted speculation that the Mueller team may have “flipped” Mr. Papadopoulos. As a HuffPost headline read about the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, “Robert Mueller Flipped…

[CfP] Discourses of Aggression in Greek Computer-Mediated Communication

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Working Title: Discourses of Aggression in Greek Computer-Mediated Communication Editors: Ourania Hatzidaki (Hellenic Air Force Academy, Greece) and Ioannis E. Saridakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) In the context of the 13th International Conference on Greek Linguistics in September 2017 (University of Westminster, London) a workshop was held under the title “Discourses of Aggression and Violence in Greek Digital Communication”. Our aim is to publish a special issue on this theme in the Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict (John Benjamins), pending acceptance of our proposal. We invite you to submit a…