The Great Significance of Studies of Stylistics and Rhetoric LIYao Abstract: Stylistics is a scientific study of style. It is a new branch of linguistics. Rhetoric is the art or science of the communication in words. In general‚ stylistics is a discipline that studies the ways in which language is used; it is a discipline that studies the styles of language in use. However‚ rhetoric is the scientific study of how language could be employed expressively and effectively in modern times. Studying
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Abstract: William Wordsworth‚ as the leading figure of the English Romantic Movement in poetry‚ has made great contribution in poetic theory. His poetic beliefs and achievements have always been the focus of literary studies. In this paper‚ his most representative poem “ I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is closely examined to demonstrate how Wordsworth applies his poetic principles to his own creations‚ especially how Wordsworth realize the fusion of reality and strong emotion in this poem by using
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B. Background of the study Since the 1980’s‚ we have gained a better understanding of the broad diagnostic category that includes autism and autism-like disorders. Autistic Disorder (autism) is now believed to represent only one part of a clinical spectrum or group of disorders collectively termed pervasive developmental disorders. What is Autism? Autism is a neurobehavioral syndrome caused by a dysfunction of the central nervous system that leads to disordered development. According to the Diagnostic
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Part 1 I have selected an interview with X-Factor judge Kelly Rowland‚ in which she finds out that contestant Frankie Cocozza has been ’kicked off ’ of the show. Transcription methods vary depending on what the analyst chooses to investigate. In this particular case‚ as I was interested in‚ not only how the speakers perform social activities through language (Seedhouse‚ 2008)‚ but also the contribution of their non-verbal actions‚ I chose Conversation Analysis (CA). However‚ one must point
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|DT03 |80 | |Tuesday | | | | | 13-12-12 |Study of Telugu Grammar‚ Prosody and Poetics |DT04 |80 | |Thursday | | | | |15-12-12 |Modern Trends
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Walt Whitman Walt Whitman revolutionized American poetry. Responding to Emerson’s call in “The Poet” (1842) for an American bard who would address all “the facts of the animal economy‚ sex‚ nutriment‚ gestation‚ birth‚” he put the living‚ breathing‚ sexual body at the center of much of his poetry‚ challenging conventions of the day. Responding to Emerson’s call for a “metre-making argument‚” he rejected traditions of poetic scansion and elevated diction‚ improvising the form that has come
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What is communication? Interactive nature: it is a give and take process‚ conveying and receiving thoughts and ideas (exchange of verbal and nonverbal between speaker and listener) Sociolinguistics: cultural identity‚ setting‚ participants‚ context‚ social‚ and environmental factors (study of social language) Language: “A socially shared code or conventional system for representing concepts through the use of arbitrary symbols and a rule governed combination of those symbols” ----Language (ability
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1. Timbre a. Quality of sound that characterizes the sound other than pitch and rhythm b. Timbre aesthetics: attractiveness = ? c. What we (think we) know about sound i. Pitch‚ metric and rhythmic structure 1. Time‚ Rhythm‚ and Meter a. We think in terms of duration‚ but there really is nothing there b. “Duration has no existence in and of itself” c. Want something to happen quickly‚ seems slower than it does when we aren’t thinking about it
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Korean literature is the body of literature produced by Koreans‚ mostly in the Korean language and sometimes in Classical Chinese. For much of Korea’s 1‚500 years of literary history‚ it was written in Hanja. It is commonly divided into classical and modern periods‚ although this distinction is sometimes unclear. Korea is home to the world’s first metal and copper type‚ world’s earliest known printed document and the world’s first HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Featural_alphabet" \o "Featural
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GLOSSARY Academic style – also scientific style‚ a style of speech used in lectures‚ scientific discussions‚ conferences‚ etc Accent – 1) type of pronunciation‚ that is the way sounds‚ stress‚ rhythm and intonation are used in the given language community. 2) see stress. Accommodation - modifications of consonants under the influence of the neighbouring vowels and vice versa. Acoustic Phonetics – science which deals with the
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