Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...3 I. The theoretical aspect of concept………………………………………………….6 1.1. Concept as the basic term of the cognitive linguistics…………………………...6 1.2. The notion of theatre…………………………………………………………….17 II.THEATRE concept in the semantic space of W.S.Maugham’s “Theatre”…………………………………………………………………………….20 2.1. Theatre as it is viewed by W.S.Maugham………………………………………20 2.2. Theatre as people for W.S.Maugham’s…………………………………………23 2.3. The place of tropes in W.S.Maugham’s presentation of
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Stylistic analysis of the extract from “Ragtime” This novel is written by the well-known novelist E.L. Doctorow. He was born in the Bronx‚ New York City‚ the son of Rose (Levine) and David Richard Doctorow‚ second-generation Americans of Russian Jewish descent who named him after Edgar Allan Poe. E. L. DOCTOROW’S works of fiction include Homer & Langley‚The March‚ Billy Bathgate‚ Ragtime‚ the Book of Daniel‚ City of God‚ Welcome to Hard Times‚ Loon Lake‚ World’s Fair‚ The Waterworks‚ and All
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of the model of the language communication as the base for the exchange of knowledge [24; 32] The cognitive linguistics is formed on the base of several origins. For instance‚ cognitive science or cognitology‚ cognitive psychology‚ linguistic semantics are the foundation for the cognitive linguistics. Besides‚ the cognitivism studies the human mind‚ thoughts and mental processes and states connected with them. The problematic area of the modern cognitive linguistic is rather wide. [24; 35] We
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“Zombieland” is a film where a lot of stylistic choices were made. Especially the opening scene says a lot about the film and the characters. Mise-en-scene‚ cinematography‚ editing and sound shape the film’s effect on the viewer. The film begins in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. The first shot is unbalanced to prime our expectation that something will change position. The shot is of the American flag‚ which is focused while the background is unfocused which means it indicates that the flag
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Reasons for Words’ Semantic Change Words change all the time. This kind of meaning change is reflected in the way that the words are being used. As people use words in new contexts‚ the meaning of words change gradually. The point is that the new meaning is relatively different from the original usage. So how do English words change meaning? What are the reasons of this kind of change? When it comes to the ways of meaning change‚ we will think of its counterpart in linguistics-- semantic change. In linguistics
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Throughout this course the ideas of religion‚ shapes‚ mathematics‚ symmetry and perspective have been examined within numerous works of the Italian Renaissance and reflected upon during passionate discussions over the semester. In Heninger’s article The Semantics of Symmetry in the Art of the Renaissance he discusses many of these same ideals. The integration of these concepts within Renaissance art was a deliberate message to the viewer. Proto-renaissance works are an appropriate example of this; displaying
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Lecture 5 Semantic Classification of the English Lexicon. Synonymy and Antonymy Plan 1. Major types of semantic relations of lexical units (syntagmatic‚ paradigmatic). 2. Synonyms. Criteria of synonymy. Classification of synonyms. The dominant synonym. Euphemisms. 3. Antonyms. Classifications of antonyms. 4. Paradigmatic relations of inclusion (hierarchical relations): hyponymy‚ meronymy‚ serial relations. 5. Groups of words based on several types of semantic relations: conceptual (semantic or lexical)
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ambiguity of manner. 8. Anachronism – Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time‚ esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword in an anachronism in modern warfare. 9. Anaphora – A rhetorical device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginnings of successive phrases or sentences. Compare this to epistrophe‚ where such repetitions occur at the ends. (lesson 10. Analogy – A similarity between like features of two things‚ on which a
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evaluative meaning. The context is arranged so that the qualifying word in irony reverses the direction of the evaluation‚ and the word positively charged is understood as a negative qualification and (much-much rarer) vice versa. Irony thus is a stylistic device in which the contextual evaluative meaning of a word is directly opposite to its dictionary meaning‚ So‚ like all other SDs‚ irony does not exist outside the context‚ which varies from the minimal - a word combination‚ as in J. Steinbeck’s "She
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INTERPRETATION AND STYLISTIC ANALYSIS Introduction — The presented for interpretation and linguistic analysis short extract narrative is a brief part of/from the novel «...» of a (the) modern English/American writer — ..... or — The text passage under analysis is a short extract narrative from the novel «...» of a (the) modern English/American writer —.... I. Summary A summary is a clear concise orderly retelling of the contents of a passage or a text and is ordinarily about 1/3 or 1/4 as long as
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