1. The Object of Lexicology. Lexicology (from Gr. lexis ’word’ and logos ’learning’) is the part of linguistics dealing with the vocabulary of the language and the prop¬erties of words as the main units of language. The term vocabulary is used to denote the system formed by the sum total of all the words and word equivalents that the language possesses. The term word denotes the basic unit of a given language resulting from the association of a particular meaning with a particular group of sounds
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sentence‚ but that fulfill the basic requirement of forming a meaningful whole in their own right. For example: “keep off the grass”. This text is complete in terms of communicative meaning. So‚ if the meaningful of the texts does not depend on their linguistic size‚ what else does it depend on? You recognize a piece of language as a text‚ because of its location in a particular context. And if you are familiar with the text in that context‚ you know what the message is intended to be. Now if you see
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Contents 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
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language can indeed be literary. Introduction As teachers of English as a Foreign Language our main concern is to help learners acquire communicative competence. For this reason we tend to focus on teaching standard forms of linguistic expression. However‚ despite acquiring linguistic accuracy‚ it is apparent that EFL speakers still have difficulties in comprehending the nuances‚ creativity and versatility which characterise even standard and transactional forms of English‚ as these humorous public notices
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Linguistic imperialism occurs when the language of a large or dominant population or the language of power transfers to other people in the same or neighboring areas. There are many types of linguistic imperialism and many causes of it. Causes include immigration‚ conquest‚ trade and cultural superiority. The spread of religions that transcend local cultures and languages can also cause linguistic imperialism. Such changes in language can be forced or can take place through natural changes. Acts
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THE OBJECT OF LEXICOLOGY Lexicology (from Gr lexis ‘word’ and logos ‘learning’) is the part of linguistics dealing with the vocabulary of the language and the properties of words as the main units of language. The term v o c a b u l a-r y is used to denote the system formed by the sum total of all the words and word equivalents that the language possesses. The term word denotes the basic unit of a given language resulting from the association of a particular meaning with a particular group
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Abstract I wrote this research to shed light on one of the practice field in applied linguistics is the educational linguistic‚ this field very important to me‚because I am student in English language specialization‚interested in methodology in teaching English. Introduction _Back ground: linguistic in educational refers to small but growing field of linguistic which advocate a greater use of linguistics curriculum in primary and second education ‚ work in applied in the latter part of 20th
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Lakoff‚ M. Johnson‚ M. Black and others. Background of the study is due to orientation today Linguistic Studies in better understanding of the functioning of cognitive metaphor in literary discourse. The suggested approach installation features of cognitive metaphor in a new detective‚ as provides a comprehensive analysis of the implementation of cognitive metaphor in terms of translation. Modern linguistics is characterized by an increase in interest in lexical substandards that are important in the
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something or the way of living is also style. Style is also related to a personality of a person. A style reflects the thoughts of a person’s mind. It describes the way of writing and reading of a person. STYLISTICS Stylistics is a branch of applied linguistics concerned with the study of style in texts. Before 20th century stylistics deals only with literary texts. But from 20th century‚ it started to deal with none literary texts. For instance: religion‚ low‚ advertisements‚ newspapers‚ etc. Katie Wales
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“Simultaneous and sequential structure in language‚” which he hopes to be finished early this year. Ferdinand De Saussure (26 Nov 1857 – 22 Feb 1913) Ferdinand was an original Swiss linguist from Geneva renowned as one of the fathers of linguistics today; introducing for the first time the hypothesis that language was arbitrary. In other words he understood that thinking about language was like thinking about thinking‚ but his views sided indefinitely with the view that the way of language
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