THE ESSENTIALS OF STYLISCTICS The expressive means (EM) of a language are those phonetic‚ morphological‚ word-building‚ lexical‚ phraseological and syntactical forms which exist in language-as-a-system for the purpose of logical and/or emotional intensification of the utterance. Phonetic EM: pitch‚ melody‚ stress‚ pausation‚ drawling‚ whispering‚ a sing-song manner of speech (onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ rhyme‚ rhythm). Morphological EM: the Historical Present (the Present Indefinite instead
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CLASS SAMPLE PAPER 2013-14 SYLLABUS 9 The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 3 sections: 10 questions in section I‚ 10 in section II and 30 in section III. Section – I (Mental Ability) : Number Systems‚ Polynomials‚ Coordinate Geometry‚ Linear Equations in Two Variables‚ Introduction to Euclid’s Geometry‚ Lines and Angles‚ Triangles‚ Quadrilaterals‚ Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles‚ Circles‚ Constructions‚ Heron’s Formula‚ Surface Areas and Volumes
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PARTICIPANT’S GUIDE What have I done in my own classroom lately? 1. List what you have done to teach a grammar or mechanics pattern/skill in your own classroom. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Did you thoroughly share many correct models of the skill‚ both visually and verbally? _____________________________
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LEXICOLOGY. Interpreters’ Department Lecture I. Lexical units: their properties and specific features 1. Lexicology; a myth or reality. The object and the subject matter of lexicology. 2. Lexical units: their properties and specific features. 3. The description of the lexicon in generative grammar. 4. The function of lexical units. Nomination (verbalization) processes: causes‚ ways‚ types and results. 5. Motivated versus non-motivated lexical units. 6. The word – why? Why is the
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The main problems of lexicography The most burning issues of lexicography are connected with the selection of head-words‚ the arrangement and contents of the vocabulary entry‚ the principles of sense definitions and the semantic and functional classification of words. In the first place it is the problem of how far a general descriptive dictionary‚ whether unilingual or bilingual‚ should admit the historical element. In fact‚ the term "current usage” is disconcertingly elastic‚ it may‚ for instance
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What is a morpheme? | | | * A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit in the grammar of a language. * a morpheme is the smallest semantic unit in a language. The field of study dedicated to morphemes is called morphology. A morpheme is not identical to a word‚ and the principal difference between the two is that a morpheme may or may not stand alone‚ whereas a word‚ by definition‚ is a freestanding unit of meaning. Every word comprises one or more morphemes. * any of the minimal grammatical
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Japan‚ a country within the continent of Asia‚ is a chain of island located east of Korea with a population exceeding 125 million. Japan does business in a wide range of industries and the Japanese are open to receiving imported products. The Japanese dominate the industry of electrical and electronics equipment and they are also top leaders in the production of vehicle‚ machinery‚ and chemicals. Why is Japan so successful in their business endeavors? According to the research‚ the answer to this
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A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS Class of 2004 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts BY Melissa Williamson 2 “If it weren’t for my horse‚ I wouldn’t have spent that year in college.” Every time I hear this quote by comedian Lewis Black I want to roll on the floor‚ laughing. Black goes on to say he overheard this and if you think about it for more than three minutes‚ blood will shoot out your nose. Or you could have an aneurysm. This is very much like figuring out where
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obliges all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education. Etymology Etymologically‚ the word education is derived from the Latin ēducātiō (“A breeding‚ a bringing up‚ a rearing) from ēdūcō (“I educate‚ I train”) which is related to the homonym ēdūcō (“I lead forth‚ I take out; I raise up‚ I erect”) from ē- (“from‚ out of”) and dūcō (“I lead‚ I conduct”). Systems of schooling involve institutionalized teaching and learning in relation to a curriculum‚ which itself is established according
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