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    Decolonizing Education : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Post-Secondary Humanities Textbooks 

    Harper, Kimberly C. (East Carolina University, 2012)
    This dissertation examines nine post-secondary humanities textbooks published between 2001 and 2011 using an approach that includes both qualitative and quantitative methodology to analyze the written and visual content ...
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    Narrative, Identity, and Sense of Place Discourse : Woman's Club of Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1906-1912 

    Rach, Amber Fernald (East Carolina University, 2012)
    This dissertation analyzes the discourse (the narratives) used by members of the Woman's Club of Fayetteville in Fayetteville, North Carolina, from 1906 through 1912, as they (1) saved the Market House from destruction and ...
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    Defining God, Love, and Grammar 

    Johnson, Jamie (East Carolina University, 2014)
    Based on textual research and general discussion in academia, a field-accepted definition of grammar for the purposes of first-year writing does not yet exist. In order to provide a working definition of grammar, forty-six ...
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    CULTURAL TARGETING OF BREASTFEEDING DISCOURSE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN 

    Hisle, Melissa Place (East Carolina University, 2012)
    This dissertation explores cultural factors that may influence African American women's breastfeeding choices and experiences as well as how those developing breastfeeding discourse for African American women target this ...
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    Chronic Illness Narratives Through Facebook 

    Hinson, Katrina Layton (East Carolina University, 2014)
    The Internet has changed the process by which illness meanings are created and brought into the everyday lives of those who struggle with a chronic condition. More importantly the rapid rise and use of electronic groups ...
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    "SURPRISE! YOU'RE DEAD!" : THE DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER AND OPENING STATEMENTS IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION 

    Welsh, Deborah M. (East Carolina University, 2014)
    This dissertation explores the ways in which various powerful groups used different genres of opening statements to create and control the version of the reality of a high stakes situation, namely, the April 20, 2010 ...

    Integral Captions and Subtitles: Designing a Space for Embodied Rhetorics and Visual Access 

    Butler, Janine (East Carolina University, 2017-04-28)
    This dissertation challenges the conventions of adding static captions to the bottom of videos and instead advocates for designing integral captions and integral subtitles that interact with bodies, sound, and other modes ...
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    Constellating Identities and Workplace Genres in Writing Center Discourse 

    Hardy, Brandon (East Carolina University, 2019-07-15)
    This study investigates the ways in which blank, written workplace genres mediate relationships and identities in the writing center. Forms developed for scheduling and recordkeeping are part of everyday practices that ...
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    The Students' Voices in Developmental Education 

    Miller, Tabitha R. (East Carolina University, 2014)
    This dissertation explores community college students' perceptions and assumptions about developmental education in writing classrooms. The study focuses on students who have taken at least one developmental writing class ...
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    The Rhetorical Construction of Legal Culture : Ideographs and Relationships in Appellate Opinions Addressing Same-Sex Marriage and English-Only Legislation 

    Cavanagh, Michael A. (East Carolina University, 2012)
    In my dissertation, I present a critical method that presents a framework for both a legal and rhetorical analysis of appellate opinions. The legal analysis will be a traditional form of legal analysis of an opinion, ...
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