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    meaning is applied not only to words‚ word-combinations‚ sentences but also to the manner of expression. At certain moment meaning was excluded from observation in language science because it was considered an extra-linguistic category. The term “semantic invariant” was proposed as a substitute for meaning by R. Jakobson. The main problem of meaning which deals with is the interrelation between meaning and concept‚ meaning and sign‚ meaning and referent. Contextual meaning is a meaning viewed as

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    science). It studies words and expressions in respect to their structure‚ meaning and origin. In other words the structure of words is studied in morphology‚ the meaning in semantics and origin in etymology. Lexicology Lexis Logos Structure (Morphology) Meaning (Semantics) Origin (Etymology) Lexicology is based on the general principles of linguistics. The word is the basic unit of a language. 1) Language is a social phenomena

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    Decoding Stylistics   Stylistics of the author and of the reader. The notions of encoding and decoding           Decoding stylistics is the most recent trend in stylistic research that employs theoretical findings in such areas of science as information theory‚ psychology‚ statistical studies in combination with linguistics‚ literary theory‚ history of art‚ literary criticism‚ etc.           Decoding stylistics makes an attempt to regard the esthetic value of a text based on the interaction

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    MINISTRY OF HIGHER AND SECONDARY SPECIAL EDUCATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN Uzbek State World Languages University Theory and practice of translation faculty Theory and practice of translation/interpretation department [pic] In Lexicology On the topic: Shortening of words and their features Done by: Kudratova L. Group 309 Checked by: Muminov O. M Tashkent 2013 CONTENTS I. Introduction. 1.1. Common characteristics of the course paper 2.1. General definition

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    Systemic functional linguistics is the study of the relationship between language and its functions in social setting. In systemic functional linguistics‚ three strata make up the linguistic system: meaning (semantics)‚ sound (phonology) and wording or lexicogrammar (syntax‚ morphology and lexis). Systemic functional linguistics treats grammar as a meaning-making resource and insists on the interrelation of form and meaning. According to Halliday‚ language has developed in response to three kinds

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    intensification of some type structural or semantic property of a language unit promoted to a generalized status and thus becoming a generative model. SD must always have some function in the text‚ besides they bring some additional information. The conception that words possess several meanings gives rise to such SDS as metaphor‚ metonymy‚ irony‚ epithet and others. Thus‚ a metaphor is a conscious and intentional intensification of typical semantic properties of a word: “Oh‚ Rain”-said Mor

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    into Process‚ Participants and Circumstances‚ with different participant types for different process types (as in Case Grammar). Process refers to a semantic verb (doing‚ happening‚ feeling‚ sensing‚ saying‚ behaving‚ and existing) and anything that it expresses like event‚ relation‚ physical‚ mental or emotional state when sorted in the semantic system of the clause is classified into material‚

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    26 Zeugma and Pun Zeugma is the use of a word in the same grammatical but different semantic relations to two neighboring words in the context‚ the semantic relations being‚ on the one hand‚ literal‚ and‚ on the other‚ transferred. "Dora‚ plunging at once into privileged intimacy and into the middle of the room". (B. Shaw) ’To plunge’ (into the middle of a room) materializes the meaning ’to rush into’ or ’enter impetuously’. Here it is used in its concrete‚ primary‚ literal meaning; in ’to plunge

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    Text and Discourse The nature of text When we think of a text‚ we typically think of a stretch of language complete in itself and of some considerable extent. However‚ there appears to be a problem when we have to define units of language which consist of a single 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

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    Morphology in linguistics has to do with how words are shaped‚ and how the shapes of words may be systematically adjusted in order to accomplish communicative tasks. You can also think of morphology as the study of how meaningful units combine to shape words. There is connection between a word and a morpheme but a number of elements that can be drawn as either a similarity or difference concerning the two terms. In view‚ this essay will look at the similarities and differences between a word and

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