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People may have a natural propensity to conceive it as a mutual exchange where the linguistic proficiency and effectiveness of the speaker’s oral capabilities are the only things that matter. The cooperative (or non-cooperative) receiver’s attitude would work for the essential information apprehension to exploit the interaction fully (Scott-Phillips, 2015). Nonetheless, fundamental studies on language systems strongly underpin the human codes’ more complex structure (ibid.).

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    Listing a huge quantity of famous genre-related TV series and serials like Criminal Minds (USA: CBS, 2005–), CSI (USA and Canada: CBS, 2000–2015, and its related U.S. on-going spin-offs), NCIS (USA: CBS, 2003–), Dexter (USA: Showtime, 2006–2013), Castle (USA: ABC, 2009–2016), BlueBlood (USA: CBS, 2010–), TheMentalist (USA: CBS, 2008–2015), ColdCase (USA: CBS, 2003–2010), Numb3rs (USA: CBS, 2005–2010), and others.

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    Profile 2019—Economic Report on the Screen-Based Media Production Industry in Canada (n.d.). Canadian Media Producers Association, Department of Canadian Heritage, Telefilm Canada, Association québécoise de la production médiatique, Nordcity. p. 4. https://cmpa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CMPA_2019_E_FINAL.pdf (accessed March 4, 2021).

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