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Caring nursing leadership denotes holistic caring as well as compassion and empathy for others (Dickson, 2000). All nurses are therefore potential leaders. In this paper, the three themes of leadership style, qualities of caring leadership, and the challenges encountered in caring leadership will be discussed. Dougherty (2000) identifies caring leadership with nurses' expertise. Leadership and care have much in common since health is basically the balance of mind, body and soul while caring and leadership are both focused on strategies to bring that balance into being.

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Caring leadership Introduction Caring nursing leadership denotes holistic caring as well as compassion and empathy for others (Dickson, 2000). All nurses are therefore potential leaders. In this paper, the three themes of leadership style, qualities of caring leadership, and the challenges encountered in caring leadership will be discussed. Dougherty (2000) identifies caring leadership with nurses' expertise. Leadership and care have much in common since health is basically the balance of mind, body and soul while caring and leadership are both focused on strategies to bring that balance into being.

Tags:style, qualities, challenges

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The paper discusses the denotative meanings as listed in the dictionary for which there are three main definitions for the word "no"; but, when used as an adverb, seven different meanings are given. The paper continues that while the denotative meaning is reasonably clear, the connotative nuances of "no" are an exploration into the very complexity and inherent difficulty of the English language.

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"It is crucial to go beyond the simple denotative meaning of a word, in order to fully appreciate the complexity of communication and meaning. While its denotative meaning is reasonably clear, the connotative nuances of "no" are an exploration into the very complexity and inherent difficulty of the English language. Over the past years "no" has been associated with female empowerment, and the word "no" also brings up images of petulant toddlers defying their parents."

Tags:dictionary, definitions, adverb, complexity, difficulty, adjective

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The paper argues that the future of the English language promises to be an eventful one. The paper asserts that for instance, there is every possibility that the language will continue to divide and sub-divide in much the same way as the ancient Indo-European language of which it is a descendant divided and sub-divided over time. Further, the paper posits that one can reasonably expect to see the denotative and, especially, connotative meanings of words change as societal attitudes and perceptual paradigms change. Lastly, the paper proposes that as society evolves and new innovations muscle their way to the fore, new words and expressions will enter the lexicon - helped along by the fact that English has always been very good at borrowing from other languages when striving to find an apt descriptor for a new "thing" or phenomenon. In the end, the paper concludes that the English language will continue to grow more dynamic, larger, and will most likely continue to freely take from other languages.

Tags:future, english, language

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The paper provides an analysis of the journal article entitled "After the Crash" by Vincent Lytle. Specifically, the current study compiles a list of 12 new words with definitions, provides five guiding questions useful in reading and reviewing the article, explains the concept of denotative and connotative meanings while providing examples from the article, defines simile and metaphor and provides examples from the article, and lists five questions for the author.

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"The following discussion provides an analysis of the journal article entitled "After the Crash" by Vincent Lytle. Specifically, the current study compiles a list of 12 new words with definitions, provides five guiding questions useful in reading and reviewing the article, explains the concept of denotative and connotative meanings while providing examples from the article, defines simile and metaphor and provides examples from the article, and lists five questions for the author.
"12 Definitions of Words as Used in the Article: Lacerated - In the article, lacerated is used to describe the condition of..."

Tags:similes, metaphors, active reading

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This paper analyzes an advertisement with actress Gwyneth Paltrow against a dark and featureless background, with the words "I am African" appearing prominently on the bottom of the picture. The author vividly describes the advertisement and gives a connotative account of the Western and African symbols used in the advertisement. The paper analyzes the use of make-up and jewelry in the advertisement and examines the symbolism of gender in the Western and African context. The paper also discusses the ideology of the advertisement, that there is no difference between the races, no real barriers, between human beings of different ethnicities and genders.

Outline:
A Denotative Description
A Connotative Description
An Ideological Description

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"The advertisement presents a gendered image of a typical, fashionable Western White woman. Gender is noted in particular by the long and full blond hair; the carefully made-up lips and the thick bands of eye shadow. But for the overly heavy application of the eye shadow, Paltrow is the picture of Western fashion - the kind of woman one might see modeling in a popular, upscale magazine, or in a television commercial for designer clothing or similarly trendy goods. Yet, the actress is also an African, just as the text informs us. The bands of face paint are of a style that would easily be recognized by the typical Western viewer as "native," if not necessarily African."

Tags:marketing, africa, western culture

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This paper asserts that there is every reason to believe that the English language will continue to divide and sub-divide in much the same way as the ancient Indo-European language of which it is a descendant divided and sub-divided over time. The paper further asserts that one can reasonably expect to see the denotative and, especially, connotative meanings of words change as societal attitudes and perceptual paradigms change. Lastly, the paper asserts that, as society evolves and new innovations muscle their way to the fore, new words and expressions will enter the lexicon - helped along by the fact that English has always been very good at borrowing from other languages when striving to find an apt descriptor for a new "thing" or phenomenon. The paper concludes that, in the end, the English language will continue to grow more dynamic, larger, and will most likely continue to freely take from other languages.

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"For instance, Fred C. Robinson writes that a statement such as King Edward's in Henry VI, "Warwick was a bug that feared us all," would be incomprehensible to today's readers without an appreciation of how the noun, "bug," and the past-tense of the verb "fear", which is to say "feared," have both changed in meaning over the centuries. To be specific, in sixteenth and early seventeenth century England - the England of Shakespeare's time - a bug meant "an object of terror, a bug-bear," and the verb, "feared," meant something quite a bit different than the common modern-day understanding which holds that the subject in the sentence is afraid of someone or something."

Tags:germanic indo-european dialects meanings, metaphorical synonyms

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This paper presents a comparative qualitative content analysis of two visual texts, in the form of two advertisements for two products of male skincare, pertaining specifically to shaving. The paper bases its assessment on a motivated theoretical perspective. The paper then presents semi-structured interviews with other potential viewers of the texts to verify its findings.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Texts to be Analysed
The Source Publication
Theoretical Perspective
Cultural Perspective
Aesthetic Perspective
Findings of Qualitative Content Analysis
Qualitative Content Analysis
Assumptions
Qualitative Comparative Content Analysis
Function of the Two Texts
Intended Audience
Conceptual Assumptions
Visual Elements
Genre Conventions
Connotative and denotative meaning
Visual Codes
Verification of Findings
Questionnaire
Process of Interviewing
Questionnaire Findings
Conclusion

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"From the above comparative qualitative content analysis it could be seen that the visual texts in question were laden with meaning. Many of the findings were then verified by means of a semi-structured questionnaire interview involving two respondents for which the texts apply. The texts were found in the South African version of Men's Health magazine. The highly successful South African version of Men's Health has become a leader in the lifestyle and male magazine industries and seems set to build on their successes. These successes are built partially on the power of the visual content of the magazine and on the advertisements, as seen above, that interest viewers and bring in revenue. The findings indicate that a great amount of information is encoded into the visual aspects of such texts. A grasp on visual literacy would therefore seem invaluable in a world where advertising relies heavily on influence and persuasion based on visuals."

Tags:perspective, target, market

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This paper will look into the name-giving characteristics, with particular focus on the American culture. An attempt will be made to look at the origins of various first names and surnames, as well as their denotative and connotative meanings. The patterns and sources of name-giving will be considered in the paper, and attention will be briefly given to the question as to whether nicknames also follow the same origin pattern.

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This paper examines dysfunctional attachment, especially the D (disorganized) form, as an a priori factor in the psychology of heroin addicts and as an impact on the therapeutic relationship. The author points out that Goodman and Hans (1999) investigated infants exposed to methadone in utero did not differ from comparison infants in indexes of proximity-seeking at reunion but did display higher scores on indexes of disorganized and avoidant behavior and lower scores on indexes of contact-maintaining behavior. The paper relates that because some people who can control their habit, indulging in heroin only on weekends, all addictions may not be allied to dysfunctional attachment patterns.

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"Carswell et al (2002) investigated a social control model for dealing with serious addiction in youthful abusers. They noted that some "argue that delinquency and substance abuse are learned behaviors produced by continued exposure to multiple risk factors associated with problems or deficits within the individual, family, peers, school, and community." Among these was conflict-ridden families, arguably resulting in dysfunctional attachment patterns. They investigated whether the standard protective factors-supportive parental relationships among them-were mitigating factors for both the dysfunctional behaviors and resulting abuse problems."

Tags:priori, therapeutic, studies, control, family