Department of English Language and Literature Semester 1‚ 2006/07 EL5221: The Linguistic Analysis of Literature Programme Lecturer: A/P Ismail S Talib Brief Module Description This interface module deals with some of the ways that linguistics and discourse analysis can be used for the analysis of literature. Among the topics covered are the grammatical features in literary texts‚ the sounds of poetry‚ and discourse situations in fictional narrative. This module will be useful for higher-degree students
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of wild‚ creative delight.” --Journals‚ 1834 Ralph Waldo Emerson Parts of Speech: noun‚ pronoun‚ verb‚ adjective‚ adverb‚ conjunction‚ preposition‚ interjection. ------------------------------------------------- A noun is a naming word. It names a person‚ place‚ thing‚ idea‚ living creature‚ quality‚ or action. Examples: cowboy‚ theatre‚ box‚ thought‚ tree‚ kindness‚ arrival A verb is a word which describes an action (doing something) or a state (being something). Examples: walk‚
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ARA012: Course Guide NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA COURSE CODE : ARA 012 COURSE TITLE:ARABIC MORPHOLOGY 1 ARA012: Course Guide COURSE GUIDE NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA COURSE CODE: ARA 012 COURSE TITLE: ARABIC MORPHOLOGY COURSE DEVELOPER/ WRITER: Prof. M.A. Bidmos School of Arts and Social Sciences National Open University of Nigeria Victoria Island Lagos. COURSE EDITOR/ PROGRAMME /LEADER Prof. A.F. Ahmed School of Arts and Social
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15.1 Action Verbs Identifying Transitive Verbs | | Transitive Verb | Object | 1. | Firemen pulled the child from the burning car. | pulled | Try Again | 2. | After a long trip‚ we finally reached Atlanta. | reached | Atlanta | 3. | Judy left her jacket in her school locker. | Try Again | jacket | 4. | After dinner‚ I enjoy a rich dessert. | enjoy | dessert | 5. | The sergeant ordered his troops to halt. | ordered | troops | 6. | Each of us named our favorite rock group. | named |
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a. Why did you choose this book? - The title of the book‚ “Cicada Summer”‚ captivates my eyes‚ I thought that this book would be about a vacation and I like that kind of novels. Then‚ when I read what this book is all about‚ it captures me‚ because I really like novels about mysteries and solving puzzles and problems. And that’s why I chose this book. b. What was the book about? - The book was about twelve-year-old narrator Lily‚ a motherless child‚ who has exiled herself to a self-imposed
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Advanced Core Skills A (D500 101) Ohio Program of Intensive English Summer Semester 2013 Instructor: Andrea Johannes Email: johannes@ohio.edu Office Phone: 740-597-5848 Office: R-Tech 318 A Classroom: Convo 196B Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thurs. 4:00-5:00 p.m. Class time: 9:40 a.m. -12:45 p.m. (or by appointment) Class Goals: * Reading: Strengthen both your general and academic reading skills with an emphasis in expository readings. This also includes academic vocabulary
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3. Stylistic Analysis As long as a language is produced from a human being‚ it inevitably reflects its speaker’s background (e.g.‚ their birth‚ their generation‚ or their social class). Even if they use the same language such as English‚ Asians may hardly speak or write in the way British do. That being so‚ given the exceptional roots of Ishiguro as an English-language writer‚ it seems fairly understandable for many critics to assume that this idiosyncrasy (i.e.‚ some remnants of Japan)‚ more or
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article or an attributive adjective. Verbs and adjectives can’t. In the following‚ an asterisk (*) in front of an example means that this example is ungrammatical. 1. the name (name is a noun: can co-occur with a definite article the.) 2. *the baptise (baptise is a verb: cannot co-occur with a definite article.) 3. constant circulation (circulation is a noun: can co-occur with the attributive adjective constant.) 4. *constant circulate (circulate is a verb: cannot co-occur with the attributive
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difficulty. On each Monday‚ you’ll identify parts of speech including noun (type)‚ pronoun (type‚ case‚ person)‚ verb (type and tense)‚ adverb‚ adjective‚ article‚ preposition‚ conjunction (type)‚ interjection‚ infinitive‚ gerund‚ participle. On each Tuesday‚ you’ll identify sentence parts including simple and complete subject‚ simple and complete predicate (transitive or intransitive verb)‚ direct object‚ indirect object‚ predicate nominative‚ predicate adjective‚ appositive or appositive phrase‚
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Modal Verbs CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ………………………..………………………………….......... 3 CHAPTER ONE. CATEGORY OF MODALITY AND MEANS OF ITS EXPRESSION …………...…………………………...…......4 1.1. Notion of modality and history of its study ……….…….………….4 1.2. Modal verbs as means of expressing modality………………...........6 Conclusions to Chapter One ………………………………………………........12 CHAPTER TWO. LEXICO-GRAMMATICAL MEANS OF EXRESSING MODALITY …………………………………………...…..13 2.1. Modal verbs as means of expressing
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