FOLKLORE AND LITERATURE The studies of the British culture and therefore understanding of the national character of the English cannot stand apart from the research of its important product – folklore. The folklore and folk customs of England developed over a long chain of centuries. Some ancient customs were passed from Celtic to Germanic generations and further. Invaders and settlers brought with them their own beliefs‚ which mixed with older traditions. The main reason to uniqueness of British
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MABEL. Somerset Maugham I was at Pagan in Burma‚ and from there I took a steamer to Mandalay. But a couple of days before I got there‚ when the boat tied up for the night at a riverside village‚ I made up my mind to go ashore. The skipper told me that there was a pleasant little club in which I had only to make myself at home; they were quite used to having strangers (iron off like that from the steamer‚ and the secretary was a decent chap; I might even get a game of bridge. I had nothing in
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communicates directly to the reader. Noun 1. A story or account of events‚ experiences‚ or the like‚ whether true or fictitious. 2. A book‚ literary work‚ etc.‚ containing such a story. 3.The art‚ technique‚ or process of narrating: Somerset Maugham was a master of narrative. Adjective 4. Consisting of or being a narrative: a narrative poem. 5. Of or pertaining to narration: narrative
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Introduction Nowadays an increasing interest is attached to the different types of narratives. The analysis of the types of author’s narrative in the works of modern English novelists allows us to penetrate into the inner world of the author and to define the language structures that are used to create the text itself. The types of the author’s narratives have not yet been exhausted in linguistic studies. The urgency of the author’s narrative has been accentuated in the publications of
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE Kyiv National Linguistic University Report Paper in Comparative Lexicology of the English and Ukrainian Languages Lecture 1. COMPARATIVE LEXICOLOGY IN THE SYSTEMIC STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE Kulyk AnastasiiaGroup ПА09-12 Translators`/Interpreters` Department Research supervisor: V. G. NikonovaProfessor‚ Doctor of Philology Kyiv 2014 PLAN INTRODUCTION 1. DIFFERENT TIPES OF LEXICOLOGY: GENERAL
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REALITY AND FANTASY MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1.INTRODUCTION o What is reality ( psychology‚ philosophy‚ literature) o What is fantasy (psychology‚ literature ) 2.REALITY AND FANTASY IN LITERATURE o Writers o Characteristics 3.MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE o Styles ( poetry‚ prose‚ drama ) o Writers ( work
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STYLISTIC SEMASIOLOGY OF THE ENGUSH LANGUAGE (Методичні вказівки до семінарських та практичних занять зі стилістики англійської мови для студентів IV курсу. (Видання 2) . Уклад. Воробйова О.П.‚ Бойцан Л.Ф.‚ Ганецька Л.В. та інш. - К.: Вид. центр КНЛУ‚ 2001. - С. 28-33.) 1. Semasiology is a branch of linguistics which studies semantics or meaning of linguistic units belonging to different language levels. Lexical semasiology analyses the meaning of words and word combinations‚ relations between
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R. K. Narayan From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Not to be confused with K. R. Narayanan. R. K. Narayan | | Born | Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami 10 October 1906 Madras‚ British India (now Chennai‚ Tamil Nadu‚ India) | Died | 13 May 2001 (aged 94) Chennai | Occupation | Writer | Nationality | Indian | Genres | Fiction‚ mythology and non-fiction | Notable award(s) | Padma Vibhushan‚ Sahitya Akademi Award‚ AC Benson Medal | Influenced[show] | R.
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their dignity hunting money. They don’t appreciate such important things as family‚ friendship‚ love and other feelings. Such people become greedy‚ they spend their lives in loneliness. I don’t deny that money influences our life a lot. As W.S. Maugham said “ Money is like the sixth feeling without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.” I quite agree. A person can’t be happy if he has no money to satisfy his natural needs. But I think that money should have a limit. A person shouldn’t
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Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks SCHER Critical review of any new evidence on the hazard profile‚ health effects‚ and human exposure to fluoride and the fluoridating agents of drinking water SCHER adopted this pre-consultation opinion at its 7th plenary on 18 May 2010 Fluoridation of drinking water About the Scientific Committees Three independent non-food Scientific Committees provide the Commission with the scientific advice it needs when preparing policy and
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