rhetorical expressions, personification is to express lively these unique characteristics by a vision method. Personification regards the static entities as living dynamic entities, also implies some human being characteristics on the static entities. The application of personification is to give lives to the objects,(such as animals, plants) with the fancy imagination, in order to express the inside relationships of the object appropriately. It is a simple, touching rhetorical expressions which drives
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ALLITERATION Alliteration refers to the repetition of a consonant sound, at least three times in a sentence. It is often used as a figure of speech in poetry, and even advertisements use alliteration in their tag lines to make the ads more memorable. Some examples of alliteration are: Don't delay dawns disarming display. Dusk demands daylight. - Paul Mccan Sara's seven sisters slept soundly in sand. ANASTROPHE Anastrophe the inversion of the normal order of speech in a particular sentence. It
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Today Continue Lexical semantics Antonymy Semantic features Compositional semantics Principle of Compositionality Anomaly Idiom Metaphor LING 200 -- McGarrity 1 Semantic relations between words Antonymy: two words with opposite meanings Complementary Gradable Reverses Converses LING 200 -- McGarrity 2 Antonymy Gradable: meanings are subjective, may depend on context fat/skinny big/small tall/short LING 200 -- McGarrity 3 Antonymy Reverses: one word undoes the movement
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language. For each term I will give the definition, followed by an example. I will then describe an appropriate circumstance for using the example and when it might lead to misunderstanding. Idiom: The language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class. Don’t give up your day job. This idiom is commonly used to describe someone who believes they are very good at something and could make a living doing just that when in fact in the eyes of others they are really actually no good
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speakers. Throughout this paper I will define and give examples for ten different types of figurative language while providing appropriate usage. These types of figurative language include idiom, analogy, metaphor, simile, cliché, amphiboly, fame word, hyperbole, euphemism, and lastly colloquialism. Idiom Idioms are words or phrases that mean something different from what they are literally saying. For example “to burn the candle at both ends” means to exhaust yourself by doing too much ("Language
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pragmatics to maintain a constant link between language, translation, and the social and cultural environment in which both language and translation operate. In Other Words examines various areas of language, ranging from the meaning of single words and expressions to grammatical categories and cultural contexts. Firmly grounded in modern linguistic theory, the book starts at a simple level and grows in complexity by widening its focus gradually. The author explains with clarity and precision the concepts
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Good afternoon dear professors and dear colleagues! Today I have an opportunity to present to you the research, the designation of which is «Lexical analysis of the novel «On the road» written by Jack Kerouac». Trips, journeys, wanderings and youth are the main sources of inspiration for Jack Kerouac whose book has remained bestseller for more than 60 years. Buddhist, philosopher and travelling writer, not only wrote the book about hitchhiking, but also gave the name to the whole direction in literature
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the most common types are idioms, analogies, metaphors, hyperboles, similes, clique, euphemism and colloquialisms. However the confusion lies in the ability of the person receiving the information and their individual capability to recognize and interpret the meaning of the information that is being provided. Therefore it is important to understand what figurative language is and when it and with whom it is appropriate to use. Idioms are defined as “an expression in the usage of a language
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