FUNCTIONAL STYLISTICS Functional stylistics is a branch of linguistics which studies functional varieties of the literary language determined by specific spheres and aims of communication. In modern society every person constantly finds himself in regularly recurring situations typical of the given culture‚ in which he has to play a definite social role‚ i.e. to behave according to norms accepted in the given society for such situations. One of the manifestations of a social role of
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CHAPTER 2. Peculiarities of translation of stylistic devices in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.1. Main characteristics of translation of stylistic devices 2.1. Reproduction of simile in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.2. Reproduction of metaphor in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.3. Reproduction of epithets in the short stories by E.A.Poe 1.3.1. Simile . According to K. Ya. Lotots’ka simile is an imaginative comparison which is also called literary comparison.[27‚ p
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humanity has used money to influence certain outcomes. While earning a wage is a respectable example‚ all too often money is used as a tool of deception and clearing one’s conscience. Throughout literature‚ authors use money as a central theme. Mark Twain questions the integrity of the human conscience in his book‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ by creating characters who easily manipulate others through the use of money. From harmless bribes to all-consuming obsessions‚ the characters in the
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All stylistic means of the English languages can be divided into expressive means (EM) and stylistic devices (SD). “The expressive means of a language are those phonetic‚ morphological‚ word building‚ lexical‚ preseological or syntactical forms which exist in language as-a-system for the purpose of logical and various dictionaries. Among lexical EM we must mention words with emotive meanings‚ interjections‚ polysemantic words‚ vulgar words‚ slang etc. The fact that polysemantic words retain
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Comparative Stylistic Analysis of a Poem Submitted to: Mrs. Daisy O. Casipit Submitted by: Lovely Anne B. Unquida (BSEd3-3) October 2013 Easter Wings by George Herbert Lord‚ who createdst man in wealth and store‚ Though foolishly he lost the same‚ Decaying more and more‚ Till he became Most poore: With thee Oh let me rise As larks‚ harmoniously‚ And sing this day thy victories: Then shall the fall further the flight
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papers of the Pickwick club (Dickens) ” belongs to…style: alliteration The sentence “The camp‚ the pulpit and the low For rich man’s sons are free” The sentence “The cock is covering‚ the stream is flowing ” belongs to…style: parallelism The stylistic device in the sentence "There was a town down there‚ as flat as a flannel- The word-combinations “peopled desert‚ populous solitude‚ proud humility ” to…style : zeugma What is slang word?
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AP Literature and Comp The Convergence of the Twain The Convergence of the Twain‚ describes the event of the Titanic through the words of Thomas Hardy. He discusses the ship‚ and its history in detail. He uses strong diction‚ imagery‚ and his rhyme scheme in order to express the idea that fate is fixed‚ and the Titanic’s fate was sinking. He begins by using his title to start the idea off. The word Twain‚ stands for two; The Convergence of the Two. Right from the start‚ a reader gets that idea
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Geshana Nadesan Student No: PYC 3705 Transformative Encounters Assignment 02 CONTENTS PAGE Geshana Nadesan Student No: PYC 3705 Transformative Encounters Assignment 02 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Introduction I chose to conduct my interview with the non profit organisation “Focus on the Family”. As an employee and also having conducted my first assignment at Focus
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INTERVIEWERS GUIDE TO COMPETENCY BASED INTERVIEWS Preparation for the interview Ensure you have the following - Competency based interview script for questions & note taking - The interviewee’s application form - A copy of the job description - A copy of the job advertisement The interview - Welcome the candidate - Explain your role and any fellow interviewers roles - Explain how long the interview will take - Explain the next stages of the process eg when they will hear about the
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Stylistic Classification of the English Vocabulary PLAN 1. Stylistic classification of the English language vocabulary. Classification criteria 2. Standard English vocabulary and its constituents. Neutral words. 3. Specific literary vocabulary. Terms‚ poetic and archaic words‚ obsolete and obsolescent words‚ literary coinages and neologisms‚ foreignisms and barbarisms 4. Specific colloquial vocabulary. Professionalisms‚ jargon and slang‚ vulgarisms and nonce-words‚ dialectisms. LITERATURE Galperin
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