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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT SIMILE VERSUS COMPARATIVE IDIOM: TYPES AND FUNCTIONS IN THE TEXT COURSE PAPER PRESENTED BY Hotsur A.M., a fourth year student of the English department SUPERVISED BY Lototska K. J., an assistant professor of the English department LVIV - 2009 Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...3 Simile: types and functions in the text……………………………………………..4 Comparative idiom: types and functions in the text......……………………….….10 Conclusion……………………………………………………………...……………15 Summary…………………………………………………………………………..…16 References……………………………………………………………….…………..17 Introduction The theme of course paper is simile versus comparative idiom: types and functions in the text. The topicality of course work is of great importance because simile and comparative idiom are important and interesting units of the linguistic system, they make the wide layer of actively in-use vocabulary which is significant part of English phraseology. The object of course paper is: similes and comparative idioms selected from the Dickens’s novel “David Copperfield”. The aim of course paper is to investigate different types and functions of similes and comparative idioms in the novel “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens. The tasks of course paper are: • to give general characteristic of simile and comparative idiom; • to define different types of similes and comparative idioms; • to define functions of similes and comparative idioms; • to show the role of similes and comparative idioms in the novel “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens. • to vindicate simile as a figure in its own right, and as an object of study distinct both from metaphorical expression and literal comparison. Simile: types and functions in the text Simile is, formally, a species of comparison, its figurativity has
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT SIMILE VERSUS COMPARATIVE IDIOM: TYPES AND FUNCTIONS IN THE TEXT COURSE PAPER PRESENTED BY Hotsur A.M., a fourth year student of the English department SUPERVISED BY Lototska K. J., an assistant professor of the English department LVIV - 2009 Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...3 Simile: types and functions in the text……………………………………………..4 Comparative idiom: types and functions in the text......……………………….….10 Conclusion……………………………………………………………...……………15 Summary…………………………………………………………………………..…16 References……………………………………………………………….…………..17 Introduction The theme of course paper is simile versus comparative idiom: types and functions in the text. The topicality of course work is of great importance because simile and comparative idiom are important and interesting units of the linguistic system, they make the wide layer of actively in-use vocabulary which is significant part of English phraseology. The object of course paper is: similes and comparative idioms selected from the Dickens’s novel “David Copperfield”. The aim of course paper is to investigate different types and functions of similes and comparative idioms in the novel “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens. The tasks of course paper are: • to give general characteristic of simile and comparative idiom; • to define different types of similes and comparative idioms; • to define functions of similes and comparative idioms; • to show the role of similes and comparative idioms in the novel “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens. • to vindicate simile as a figure in its own right, and as an object of study distinct both from metaphorical expression and literal comparison. Simile: types and functions in the text Simile is, formally, a species of comparison, its figurativity has
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