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    Poetry, Figures of speech

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    which it does not properly belong The passed a sleepless night (a man can be sleepless‚ not a night) Melissa shook her doubtful curls (Melissa can be doubtful‚ not her curls PUN: use a word in more than one sense in the same sentence‚ mostly homonyms or homophones for the sake of humor Ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man (grave=serious; grave=dead) Is life worth living? That depends on the liver (liver=organ; liver=person

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    A Mother’s Touch. Being a mother is a complex matter; so diverse that no one can truly define it. The Collin’s dictionary defines it as thus: ‘A female who has given birth to offspring’‚ however to many different women it means a range of things‚ to some a burden‚ to others a gift‚ care and nurture‚ the list is endless. Motherhood is often knitted into the very fabric of every woman’s being from when they were only children themselves. Doting relatives will proudly present a doll for the little

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    Types of Meaning

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    1) Conceptual or Denotative Meaning: Conceptual meaning is also called logical or cognitive meaning. It is the basic propositional meaning which corresponds to the primary dictionary definition. Such a meaning is stylistically neutral and objective as opposed to other kinds of associative meanings. Conceptual Meanings are the essential or core meaning while other six types are the peripheral. It is peripheral in as sense that it is non-essential. They are stylistically marked and subjective kind

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    Semantics and Theories of Semantics Semantics is the study of meaning in language. We know that language is used to express meanings which can be understood by others. But meanings exist in our minds and we can express what is in our minds through the spoken and written forms of language (as well as through gestures‚ action etc.). The sound patterns of language are studied at the level of phonology and the organisation of words and sentences is studied at the level of morphology and syntax.

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    USUL AL-FIQH 1 “COMMANDS AND PROHIBITIONS” “NASKH (ABROGATION)” PRESENTED FOR DR. YUSUFF JELILI AMUDA PRESENTED BY NUR SAFURA BINTI MD SALLEH 1114750 SYAFINAZ BINTI SAPARUDDIN 1119226 SITI HAJAR BINTI ISMAIL 1117638 INTRODUCTION As students of Usul Fiqh Semester 2 2012/2013 we are required to make a report on Commands and Prohibition and Naskh. The language of the Qur’an (and the Sunnah) differs from that of modern statutes in that Qur’anic legislation is not confined to commands and

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    Borrowings

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    Table of Content |Introduction |3 | |Chapter I Ways and means of enriching the vocabulary |5 | |Productive word formation |5 | |Borrowing

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    Comparative Lexicology

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    1.Lexicology as a branch of linguistic study‚ its connection with phonetics‚ grammar‚ stylistics & contrastive linguistics. Lexicology is the branch of linguistics that deals with the lexical component of language. The lexicon holds information about the phonetic‚ phonological‚ syntactic‚ semantic and pragmatic properties of words and consequently has a central role in these levels of analysis. It is also a major area of investigation in other areas of linguistics‚ such as psycholinguistics‚ typological

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    Periodical Test

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    FIRST PERIODIC TEST IN ENGLISH V (BLOOM’S TAXONOMY) First Periodic Test English V Directions: Listen as the teacher reads the sentences. In your answer sheet‚ shade the letter of the correct answer. 1. What intonation is used in the statements? a. rising b. falling c. rising – falling 2. In the sentence … Rose won the contest? …. What is the proper intonation? a. RISING

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    Memories and Apples.Doc

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    Memory and how it is formed. How smell can trigger memories. Since time unknown‚ humans have tried to understand what memory is and how it works. Our memory is the most essential part of what makes us human and at the same times is the most elusive of our attributes. The study of human memory can be traced back atlases 2‚000 years to Aristotle’s first attempts to understand memory. The 18th century English philosopher David Hartley was the first to hypothesize that memories were encoded

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    Who Is Lyman Frank Baum?

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    Lyman Frank Baum was born in Chittenango‚ New York to Benjamin Ward Baum and Cynthia Stanton in 1856. While young Lyman spent his youth reading‚ rewriting‚ and selling classic fairytales to friends intertwined with his own dark twists‚ his father was making a fortune in the Pennsylvania oil rush. During Lyman’s adolescence‚ his father purchased him a printing press‚ which lead to the young writer’s creation of the Rose Lawn Home Journal‚ which included his own articles‚ editorials‚ fiction‚ and

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