When we describe a person : 1) We start by he / her : Identity : my name is Age : young / old / teens Occupation. Physical appearance : complexion : dark / fair hair : straight / curly eyes : brown / blue height : tall / small 2) We use the present simple of “to be” / “to have” 3) To describe people we use adjectives in a precise order within a sentence Order of adjectives First Then Then Then Then Then Opinion Size Shape Age Colour Country of Origin Example : beautiful, difficult…. Example : big, small …… Example : round, square…… Example : old, new, brand-new…. Example : red, green, purple….. Example : Japanese, Irish……. • • • •…
Metonymy has a way of connecting with the readers, emotionally, mentally and physically. In doing so, this type of figurative writing can be powerful enough to make the reader believe that this product can change them for the better. Beauty products are a huge market, which makes the industry very competitive; businesses number one priority is making sure their ads are capable of connecting with the reader. Although metonymy can be represented in many different ways, there can also be similarities along with visual representations within several ads that are meant to connect with the reader.…
a person and a body is some form of “possession” or “ownership” signaled by the…
"Words [or labels], like little buckets, are assumed to pick up their loads of meaning in one person's mind, carry them across the intervening space, and dump them into the mind of another" (Osgood 1979:213)…
From being linked to demons and entities to becoming the new colloquial hyperbole, the word “depressed” has significantly changed over time coinciding with the change of culture and history. According to the multiple definitions on Oxford English Dictionary, “depressed” can mean “put or kept down by pressure or force,” “lowered, sunken, or low in position,” or “brought low, oppressed, dejected, downcast, etc.; esp. in low spirits.” In particular, the main definition that pertains to society today is “brought low... especially in low spirits” (Oxford English Dictionary). Almost everyone can admit that they have said “I am so depressed” to express disappointment or distress, even when their emotions are borderline. However, because of this normalization, it belittles and desensitizes the serious denotation of the word “depressed” and the mental illness.…
One of the many disagreements of today’s society is the existence of such stereotypical names and objects. The main object of discussion is…
Those who encounter a complication In terms of the semantic system commonly face an issue with naming items or objects that are presented visually. Everyone’s semantic systems are different correspondingly to one another. This all depends on the environment the person grew up, but it varies in the country that whom may currently live in. Moreover, many do not recognize that other people that live in other countries may call a sport a different name, meanwhile, others Interpretations are unalike because of the two differentiated cultures that both parties was raised from. Although the semantic system is essential to our lives, but essentially it captures our curiosity of craving to educate ourselves upon the perceptiveness and educational values of…
This response essay examines and refers to the use of metaphors in common speech and daily lives as written by Lakoff and Johnson. This essay contains an attempt to focus on a few main points that are relative to common speech and daily life. In Lakoff and Johnson’s articles “Concepts We Live By, The Systematicity of Metaphorical Concepts, and Orientational Metaphors,” an observation to several aspects of the article is discussed and analyzed.…
Euphemisms are everywhere in today’s society. They are a daily accessory used in today’s language and are such a normalcy that one does not notice them as strange. For hundreds of years people have used language to persuade people or even nations. With the more advanced society gets so does the language and thus this persuasion gets even more convincing. Many novels show examples of euphemisms. Among those novels includes 1984 by George Orwell.…
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The word euphemism comes from the Greek word ευφημία (euphemia), meaning "the use of words of good omen", which in turn is derived from the Greek root-words eu (ευ), "good/well" + pheme (φήμι) "speech/speaking", meaning glory, flattering speech, praise. Etymologically, the eupheme is the opposite of the blaspheme (evil-speaking). The term euphemism itself was used as a euphemism by the ancient Greeks, meaning "to keep a holy silence" (speaking well by not speaking at all).…
Since the 1970s, one of the biggest changes in modern English has been the return of euphemism. The English word "euphemism ' ' originated from the Greek word "euphemismos", which means "fair or good speech". The prefix "eu" means "good, sounds well good" and the root ' 'pheme ' ' means ' 'saying or speech ' '. And thus the literal meaning of ' 'euphemism ' ' is ' 'good speech ' ' or ' 'saying something that sounds well good” (Liu Chunbao, 2001). (This is ungrammatical. It should be “sounds good”. If Liu actually said this, I would use another quote or paraphrase what he said.)…
Relevance of the topic. In the last decade of the twentieth century the problem of the status of metaphor in conceptual theory began to attract the attention of linguists, as there was impetus for the development of cognitive science. Cognitive metaphor appeared in Focus on research of prominent linguists: J. Lakoff, M. Johnson, M. Black and others.…
Once a euphemism becomes known and starts to be used frequently in association with a…
An obvious problem with the standard approach by L & J (also found in the other…