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Communicating a few post-reading impressions

I’ve always been interested in what makes one’s individual style. It’s a curiosity of mine, which is linked to my job. As a teacher of Stylistics and Discourse Analysis, I should be able to detect those peculiarities that make a … Continue reading

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The illusion of being (mis)understood

So how often have you exclaimed in the middle of a heated argument “You just don’t understand”? Who was your addressee? Who bore the responsibility for not being able to understand what the other meant? Was it the interlocutor? Was … Continue reading

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