identical meaning, as another word or phrase. Words are synonymous if they have the same sense; if they have the same values for all their semantic features, or expression with the same meaning. E.g. mother and father – parents, politician = statesman, animal = fauna Three types of synonymy: 1. Absolute synonymy if two or more expressions satisfy the three conditions 1. All their meanings all identical 2. They are synonymous in all context 3. They are semantically equivalent (i.e., their
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rhythmic poetry. Many ways this lives today is through indie and rock bands. These songs represent today’s popular topics, feelings, and emotions of the songwriter’s life. The songwriter represents his life and situations by his use of metaphors, idioms, and similes. The band, The 1975, is an indie rock band started in 2002 from Manchester, England. This band combines the dark yet youthful themes of sex, love, and fear with indie rock and pop rock music. This band took their musicality from people
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Terminology Key: W S T V O P R L M N H I J D E F A B C A17,B6, C19,D11,E7, F6,H1,I10,J1,L4,M8,N6, Lexis Adjectives Nouns Verbs Dicource Semantics Grammar Sentences Phonetic/Phonology Pragmatics Orthography LEXIS A3, B3,C7,E2,F2, I2,J1, L3, M1,O1, P4,S5 * Acronym Ex:RADAR= Radio Detecting And Ranging * Affixation Ex: Incapable,ex-President, Laughing * Archaic language (old) Ex: By thy long grey beard and glittering eye
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choices. An idiom is a phrase that when spoken outside of a particular culture it seems incomprehensible. This peculiar use of phrases is not taken literally but is understood by members of that culture. A phrase such as “jump the shark.” is an idiom. It doesn’t mean to literally jump the shark, it means when a show or radio program has reached the impending inevitable end. Using this term is appropriate when others understand the terms meaning. It would be inappropriate to use idioms in cultures
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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNVERSITY – HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE Advanced Teaching Methodology TESOL Program Instructor: Nguyen Thu Huong, Ph.D. Class: 2016-B Name: Doan Thi Sam FINAL PAPER Vocabulary is a crucial part of language that it is unattainable for a language system to achieve without them. Language structure is considered “the skeleton of the language,” it agreed that vocabulary is “the vital
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non-literary pieces of writing. Common examples of Jargon On cloud nine: Extremely happy Sweet tooth: Someone who loves sweets is said to have a sweet tooth. Shrink: Psychiatrist Gumshoe/Private Eye: Detective Poker face: Blank or unreadable expression Ball park figure: A value that is numerically estimated UFO:
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wrote his own libretti. After taking German Romantic opera, or Romantische Oper, to a higher level, he reiterated the nature of opera as a drama within the music that also includes other artforms. In his mature works, Wagner created a new chromatic idiom as well as means of portraying meanings through motifs, called leitmotifs, which impacted and influenced
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It can also be a special repetition, arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it, as in idiom, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, or personification. Figures of speech often provide emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However, clarity may also suffer from their use, as any figure of speech introduces an ambiguity between literal and figurative interpretation. A figure of speech is sometimes called
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Non-verbal Communication Non-verbal communications are the communication styles that include facial expressions, tone and pitch of the voice, gestures displayed through body language and the physical distance between the communicators. It allows convey of information about their emotional state as well as define or reinforce the relationship between people. The British, being notoriously undemonstrative, keep emotions hidden from public view so as not to make anyone uncomfortable. First, in British
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* Alphabetical idioms - lists A : * list A1 : abbreviated piece of nothing → (hold all the) aces * list A2 : achilles heel → alarm bells * list A3 : all along → all the rage * list A4 : all sizzle and no steak → apple of your eye * list A5 : (upset the) applecart → at all costs * list A6 : at this stage of the game → (have an) axe to grind * Alphabetical idioms - lists B : * list B1 : (leave someone holding the) baby → in bad shape
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