their elements. There is no choice‚ no freedom in the use of the components of the combinations. They are ready-made units and may be described as idiomatic. Alongside with semantic unity there is the unity of syntactic function. It means that in the sentence they function as a single syntactic unit irrespective of the number of elements. For example: The woman looked at the man to see whether he was pulling her leg" - "Женщина посмотрела на молодого человека: не вздумал ли он
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STYLISTICS In Stylistics Richard Bradford provides a definitive introductory guide to modern critical ideas on literary style and stylistics. The book includes examples of poems‚ plays and novels from Shakespeare to the present day. This comprehensive and accessible guidebook for undergraduates explains the terminology of literary form‚ considers the role of stylistics in twentieth-century criticism‚ and shows‚ with worked examples‚ how literary style has evolved since the sixteenth century. This
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America to deliver his second inaugural speech. As any great president would do‚ Lincoln constructed his speech in such a way that would lead to healing and rebuilding for this bleeding and scarred country. Through the use of inclusive word choice‚ parallelism‚ repetitive references to the bible and encouraging phrases Lincoln masterfully crafted and shaped his dialogue not specifically to the North or the South‚ but to America as a whole‚ undoubtedly helping to piece together the country torn from its
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Cognitive Effects of Early Bilingualism The American educational system has fallen behind other leading nations in the world in many respects‚ one of which is in bilingual instruction. This has traditionally been overlooked in the United States until the high school level. Children in today’s society should be made more prepared for the growing globalism and technological advances throughout the world instead of losing educational opportunities due to economic downfall and lack of resources. This
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Julia is a 10-year-old girl with a cochlear implant and is in the process of getting a second implant in a few weeks. In this video interview‚ she is asked a series of questions from her older cousin. Julia presents with language development issues that are a possible result of her hearing loss. Julia does appear to be able to read lips and does have some sign language abilities. During the interview‚ if Julia did not hear the question‚ she would say “what” and look directly at her cousin’s face
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unite…” ANAPHORA 6 “For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.” PARALLELISM ZEUGMA? 7 “Let every nation know…that we shall pay any price‚ bear any burden‚ meet any hardship‚ support any friend‚ oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty.” ASYNDETON PARALLELISM 8 “Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah—to “undo the heavy burdens…(and)let the oppressed go
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ENGLISH STYLISTICS G. Misikova – Linguistic stylistics I. R. Galperin- Stylistics Crystal D. and Davy D. – Investigating English Style / for non-literary styles STYLISTICS Style and Styleme Štylistika je náuka o výbere a spôsobe využívania jazykových a mimojazykových alebo umeleckých prostriedkov a postupov uplatňovaných v procese použitia komunikácie. Jazykový štýl je spôsob prejavu‚ ktorý vzniká cieľavedomým výberom‚ zákonitým usporiadaním a využitím jazykových a mimojazykových
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6. Infixation 127 4.7. Summary 130 Further reading 131 Exercises 131 5. Derivation without affixation 5.1. Conversion 134 134 5.1.1. The directionality of conversion 135 5.1.2. Conversion or zero-affixation? 140 5.1.3. Conversion: Syntactic or morphological? 143 5.2. Prosodic morphology 145 5.2.1.
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The parallelisms between Columbus (conquistador) and neocolonial governments and international corporations include monopolization‚ treatment of indigenous people‚ methods of enforcement‚ and suppression. The movie intertwines the parallelisms in Columbus’ treatment of the indigenous natives and the insertion of the water authority and police engaging with the indigenous citizens. Even the Rain begins with a look at the poverty of Bolivia with hundreds of people‚ men‚ women and children who come
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Questions 1.‘A theory that is purely syntactic is sterile.’ Comment. How can this statement relateto accounting? A syntactic theory is one that is capable of testing on the basis that it is valid in terms of itslogical consistency. Thus the calculation of accounting profit and determination of assetvaluation can be valid in relation to their conformity with rules prescribing the measurementof accounting profit and asset valuations. This can be described as sterile as it does notnecessarily relate
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