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face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif">I just subscribed to DISCOURS,
and therefore haven’t “found my way” around yet. I’m and
Assistant Lecturer (that is an MA holding teaching assistant) at
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w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. Currently I’m
enrolled for a PhD degree at the same department, entitled “A
Linguistic Analysis of the Strategies of Appropriation in
Selected Postcolonial Novels”, where I mean to undertake a CDA
of four milestone postcolonial novels. My model relies on Norman
Fairclough’s work, so my main areas of research in this respect
are text linguistics, discourse analysis, the relationship
between language and ideology, etc. Outside the framework of my
dissertation I’m also an avid reader and translator. I have
already contributed a number of papers to various conferences,
and I enjoy my teaching. I guess that would do for a brief
intro. </FONT></P>
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<DIV>Alharbi writes: </DIV>
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<DIV>> Dear Ms. Layila Helmi, </DIV>
<DIV>> As you can see, your msg was scrambled. I can not
readit. You may would like </DIV>
<DIV>> to send a clearer copy. </DIV>
<DIV>> thanks. </DIV>
<DIV>> Regards, </DIV>
<DIV>> Lafi Alharbi, Ph.D. </DIV>
<DIV>> ----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV>> From: "LailaHelmi" <LAILAHELMI@GAWAB.COM></DIV>
<DIV>> To: <DISCOURS@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG></DIV>
<DIV>> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 11:53 PM </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=5>I
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<DIV>>> just subscribed to DISCOURS, and therefore haven't
"found my </DIV>
<DIV>>> way" around yet. I'm and Assistant Lecturer (that
is an MA </DIV>
<DIV>>> holding teaching assistant) at the English Dept.,
Faculty of </DIV>
<DIV>>> Arts,
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w:st="on">Alexandria</st1:PlaceName> </DIV>
<DIV>>> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. </DIV>
<DIV>>> Currently I'm enrolled for a PhD degree at the
same department, </DIV>
<DIV>>> entitled "A Linguistic Analysis of the Strategies
of </DIV>
<DIV>>> Appropriation in Selected Postcolonial Novels",
where I mean to </DIV>
<DIV>>> undertake a CDA of four milestone postcolonial
novels. My model </DIV>
<DIV>>> relies on Norman Fairclough's work, so my main
areas of research </DIV>
<DIV>>> in this respect are text linguistics, discourse
analysis, the </DIV>
<DIV>>> relationship between language and ideology, etc.
Outside the </DIV>
<DIV>>> framework of my dissertation I'm also an avid
reader and </DIV>
<DIV>>> translator. I have already contributed a number of
papers to </DIV>
<DIV>>> various conferences, and I enjoy my teaching. I
guess that would </DIV>
<DIV>>> do for a brief intro. </FONT>
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<DIV>>>
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<DIV>>> Laila </FONT>
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