Hickey Essen University 1 Introduction For several centuries English has been well known for its many cases of conversion‚ for instance it is used very frequently by Shakespeare‚ almost as a stylistic device of his. And to this day it has remained a prominent feature of the language. The standard definition of conversion (Bauer 1988: 90-2; Spencer 1991: 20) is a change in word-class without any alteration in form‚ i.e. zero-derivation (Cruse 1986: 132f.). Take for example
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Sami Morency 9/18 /12 Block 8 Thematic Comparisons In Stephen Spenders poem “What I Expected” and “The Moustache”‚ a short story by Robert Cormier there is the common theme that life is unpredictable and you can’t always predict what’s going to happen. However the way these two authors convey this theme is very different; Spender uses diction and imagery‚ while Cormier uses details and symbolism. In “What I Expected”‚ Spender uses diction and imagery to express the theme of life’s unpredictability
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vocabulary structure)‚ grammar (analysis forms of words)‚ syntax (analysis the function of words in a sentence). These areas of study are more or less clear-cut. Some scholars claim that stylistic is a comparatively new branch of linguistics‚ The term stylistics really came into existence not too long ago. Problems of stylistic research 3. the number of functional styles The authors of handbooks on different languages propose systems of styles based on a broad subdivision of all styles into 2 classes literary
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Stylistics Lecture 2 Source: Halliday: ? Objectives You should be able to: 1. Define of the term stylistics 2. Explain the task of the stylistician 3. Explain the different phases of stylistic analysis 4. Explain what is involved in stylistic analysis. 5. Explain the difference between stylistics and discourse analysis Stylistics • Definition: • Halliday defines a stylistician as someone who can comprehend literary texts through a comprehension of their language structures. literary texts
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Thematic Analysis of an Interview Concerning Participation in an HIV Vaccine Trial According to Bruan & Clarke Victoria (2006)‚ “Thematic Analysis involves searching across a data set- be that a number of interviews or focus groups‚ or a range of texts to find repeated patterns of meaning.” As part of a study designed to assess the preparedness of a community to participate in an HIV vaccine trial‚ an interview was transcribed with a member of an organisation known as Love Life. The interviewer
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PART I INTRODUCTION I. GENERAL NOTES ON STYLE AND STYLISTICS Stylistics‚ sometimes called l i n g u o - s t y 1 i s t i c s‚ is a branch of general linguistics. It has now been more or less definitely outlined. It deals mainly with two interdependent tasks: a) the investi-gation of the inventory of special language media which by their ontol-ogical features secure the desirable effect of the utterance and b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the
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composers incorporate and mould ideas within texts as a reflection of context. The capacity of thematic concerns to transcend time are manifested within Mary Shelley ’s 19th century gothic novel ’Frankenstein ’ (1818) and Ridley Scott ’s dystopian science fiction film ’Blade Runner ’ (1992) as both pose markedly similar existentialist discourses regarding the fate of humanity. Through ’Frankenstein ’‚ Shelley ’s romantic approach condemns humanity ’s intrusive assumption as creator during an era
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What is a thesis? Your thesis is not your dissertation. Neither is it a one liner about what you are doing. Your thesis is "a position or proposition that a person (as a candidate for scholastic honors) advances and offers to maintain by argument." [Webster’s 7th New Collegiate Dictionary]. "I looked at how people play chess" is not a thesis; " people adapt memories of old games to play new games" is. Similarly‚ "I wrote a program to play chess" is not a thesis; "playing chess requires a database
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general‚ Indian English has fewer peculiarities in its vowel sounds than the consonants‚ especially as spoken by native speakers of languages like Hindi‚ the vowel phoneme system having some similarities with that of English. Among the distinctive features of the vowel-sounds employed by some Indian English speakers: * Many Indian English speakers do not make a clear distinction between /ɒ/ and /ɔː/. (See cot–caught merger.) * Unlike British‚ but like some American English‚ some Indian speakers
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posible topics in feature writing global warming technology True love: ‘Where can we find true love?’THIS month of February‚ some of us would prefer to hear stories that can tickle our cravings for love as this month is often associated with that four-letter-word. Each of us may have our own share of love stories to tell – be it good or bad. But it’s how we view that experiences in life that gives us a deeper meaning of what love is. Most people consider love as a spice to a couple’s successful
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