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Al-Hindawi, Fareed Hameed; Kadhim, Basim Jubair; Raheem, Saeed Mahdi Abdul – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
This study is concerned with phonopragmatics, as a phenomenon that is based on phonological factors to convey the speaker's intentions in Husseini discourse. Husseini discourse is a genre which is mainly characterized by the use of eloquent religious styles. Specifically, the study aims to investigate the Husseini preachers' use of prosodic…
Descriptors: Clergy, Discourse Analysis, Phonology, Language Styles
Alli, Oyedokun; Ademola, Wasiu – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This paper undertakes, through the prism of linguistic (stylistic) analysis, a reading of the ideological discourse in Festus Iyayi's novels- "Violence, The Contract", and "Heroes", with the broad aim of establishing the nexus between literature and ideology, through the instrumentation of language, for societal transformation.…
Descriptors: Language Styles, Discourse Analysis, Correlation, Novels
Hassan, Hassan Badr; Menacere, Karim – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This paper examines phraseology as a lexical feature from a Quranic perspective. It explores the importance of demystifying the phraseological theoretical base in order to facilitate the task of translators and second language learners and deal more efficiently with the challenging language aspects of phraseology. Despite prolific publications and…
Descriptors: Translation, Islam, Semitic Languages, Phrase Structure
Sarfo-Kantankah, Kwabena Sarfo – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
Using the concepts of apologia, image repair and rhetoric, this paper examines the strategies employed by a former president of the Republic of Ghana to simultaneously maintain his reputation after losing the 2016 Ghanaian general elections and campaign for re-lection as the standard bearer of his party. The paper finds that the former president…
Descriptors: Presidents, Foreign Countries, Reputation, Political Campaigns
Nwala, Michael Alozie; Tamunobelema, Isaac – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
The social media is now the fastest and easiest means of communication; it is very popular and most of its sites are accessible. The Facebook, one of the popular types of the social media is not just common among youngsters; it is very dynamic, user-friendly and specific. This paper using the descriptive design and Technological Determinism (TD)…
Descriptors: Social Media, Teaching Methods, Language Usage, Language Variation
Al-Sheikh, Samir – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Being a linguistic phenomenon, poetry is marked by the defamilarization of language in a poetic discourse there is an "aesthetic distortion" of the normal codes, in which the aesthetic value is the most prominent function of the poetic texture . This study is a new adventure in correlating linguistics to aesthetics by and through the…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Language Styles, Poetry, Correlation
Padgate, Usa – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Parallel structure is one linguistic feature implemented to bring aesthetics to the delivery of the English language. Traditional grammar and writing classes usually emphasize that parallelism must be observed when the language is used. In literature, as well as in real-life usage, however, parallelism is often flaunted to effect various purposes,…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Fiction, Grammar, English (Second Language)
Obeso, Wilmar Salazar – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
The Problem Statement (PS) section communicates the issue that targets a study. Having a clear understanding of its rhetorical moves facilitates its communication. However, undergraduate students are not generally worried about this important writing aspect. The purpose of this descriptive study intended to explore the rhetorical moves in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Al-Zubaidi, Nassier A. G.; Jasim, Tahani Awad – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The present paper is a genre analysis of linguistics books prefaces in English and Arabic. Following Swales' (1990) genre framework, this study is a small scale-based generic analysis of 80 preface texts, equally divided into 40 texts from English and Arabic. The corpus analysis revealed that to perform its communicative function, the genre of the…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Computational Linguistics, Language Styles, Books
Solati, Bahman – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Looking through the eyes of Persian culture, we see that man is not all noetic; he is not driven by intellect or consistent in his use of reason. On the contrary, he is most moved by emotion. A perfect example: Persian philosophy is most commonly uttered in both poetry and prose. This is, I believe, where the brilliance of Persians rests, in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poetry, Poets, Influences
Labidi, Abid Larbi – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
My major purpose in studying Caryl Phillips's widely acclaimed novel "Crossing the River" is to examine, through a close textual analysis, the severe identity crisis inflicted upon slaves under the three-century long slavery institution. I explore how slaves' tragic rift of separation from their African homelands led to a disastrous loss…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Novels, Slavery, Family (Sociological Unit)
Fomukong, Seino Evangeline Agwa – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
There are many purposes for using language which determine how the writer or speaker chooses words, syntactic expressions and figurative language. This is as a result of the fact that language has a very powerful effect over people, their actions and thoughts. This is seen in the use of language in various discourse types which include…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Advertising, Language Styles
Youssef, Sayed Mohammed – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
William Golding has been identified as a nonconformist whose opinions always go contrary to what is customarily accepted or established. This is shown in all his novels, more specifically "The Inheritors", in which he defies long established opinions held by anthropologists, historians, archaeologists as well as many others about the…
Descriptors: Authors, Social Attitudes, Novels, Evolution
Siddiek, Ahmed Gumaa – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The present study is an attempt to raise some points that should be considered when translating the Quranic Text into English. We have looked into some samples of translations, selected from well known English translations of the Holy Quran and critically examined them. There were some errors in those translations, due to linguistic factors, owing…
Descriptors: Translation, Semitic Languages, Simulation, Error Patterns
Sarker, Md Abdul Momen; Talukder, Tusar – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The paper brings into focus how Syed Manzoorul Islam, in his three-decade-long literary career, has mastered a narrative style that sets him apart from many of his Bengali contemporaries. It demonstrates all the traits unique to his storytelling: blurring of boundaries between dream and reality, self-reflexivity, irony, and humor. The research…
Descriptors: Postmodernism, Language Styles, Authors, Indo European Languages
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