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Date: 29 August 2007
Venue: Viva Room 1, Graduate School, UPM
Title: Writing Styles in Malaysian Travel Magazines
By: Majidah Hashim
Abstract:
This study brings together three primary linguistic understandings, namely Halliday’s concept on Social Semiotics, Labov’s Fully Developed Natural Narrative, and Halliday’s Textual Metafunction. Supported by five features of style – typography, ellipsis, intertextuality, narrative structures and literary devices [...]
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A research paper submitted for presentation at the Malaysia international Conference of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (MICOLLAC) 2007
Majidah Hashim
Master of Arts
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Abstract
According to Jaworski and Coupland (1999), stories or narratives are discourse accounts of factual or fictitious events which take, have taken or will take place at a particular time. [...]
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A unique combo of poetry and cynicism, Majidah Hashim’s style of experiential works lends her readers a thoughtful and light-hearted view of the world. Her feature articles have been widely published in various regional publications and has earned her Malaysia Tourism Award’s title of Best Malaysian Writer.
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