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Alfraidi, Tareq – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
The concept of Theme is regarded as a functional linguistic element that exists in many languages. The main aim of this study is to explore the functions of Theme in Arabic, applying the Systemic Functional Linguistics framework adopted by Downing (1991). Methodologically, several related real examples have been selected from the written discourse…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Semitic Languages, Guidelines, Written Language
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Lihan, Kang – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
Based on a report on Dr. Li Wenliang in the British mainstream BBC media under the epidemic of COVID-2019, this paper analyzes from three perspectives guided by Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar: transitivity, mood and personal pronoun. It is found that the material process appears most frequently which shows that the news reports mainly…
Descriptors: Grammar, News Reporting, Form Classes (Languages), Programming (Broadcast)
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Ihina, Zoia – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This article is dedicated to revealing linguistic means that realise "the event" in the gothic narrative--H. James's novella "The Turn of the Screw" and the opera libretto of the same name. The event is treated as a situational change of states and presupposes that "the real" and "the unknown" should meet.…
Descriptors: Fiction, Novels, Discourse Analysis, Literary Devices
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Ping, Kuang – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The traditional discourse analysis focuses on the language analysis, but ignores the effect of non-language sources to the textual construction. At present, however, with the development of technology, pure discourses gradually decrease. There are other elements existing in the discourse more or less. The discourse analysis blending various…
Descriptors: Grammar, Web Sites, Discourse Analysis, Semiotics
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Cui, Huanle; Liu, Lingling; Li, Juanjuan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
It is widely believed that tourist trade has been the fastest developing trade in the world. In China, with the development of economy and the improvement of people's living standard, travelling has been an indispensable part of living. Therefore, tourism text becomes one of the most effective publicity tool to attractive tourists. A tour guide…
Descriptors: Grammar, Tourism, Economic Development, Living Standards
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El-Sharif, Ahmad – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This article makes a literary review to the linguistic research in the use of metaphor in didactic discourse; especially the religious one. Acknowledging Conceptual Metaphor Theory as the primary theory in the field, the researcher embarks upon how metaphor is perceived and analysed in discourse in order to pertain its persuasive function. The…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Discourse Analysis, Islam, Religion
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Babapi, Nasrin; Parvaneh, Farid – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The present article is an attempt to read Nadin Gordimer's "The Pickup" from the lens of Foucault. It starts with Foucault's assumption that power is everything and any kind of relation in the world is defined through the discourses of power. It discusses the techniques through which the power dominates its authority over the subjects…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Novels, Social Status, Social Differences
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Adjei, Daniel Oppong – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This paper shows how humour is deployed in Achebe's "A Man of the People" by analysing the make-up of the various instances of humour as well as their significance in attaining the desired effects. To Veatch (1998), humour contains two incongruous elements; one element is socially normal while the other is a violation of the…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Usage, Attachment Behavior, Humor
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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)
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Mahmoudi, Yazdan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The present paper is supposed to compare and contrast three of these masterpieces written the Renaissance period. The epyllions under study are Christopher Marlowe's "Hero and Leander," Thomas Lodge's "Scylla's Metamorphosis" and Francis Beaumont's "Salmacis and Hermaphroditus." Bush believes that "the influence…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Classics (Literature), English Literature, Poetry
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Ahmed, Mumtaz; Irshad, Ayesha – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The stylistic analysis of Robert Browning's poem "Patriot into Traitor" is done by using graphological, phonological, morphological and lexico-syntactic patterns. This analysis is helpful in decoding the underlying meanings of the poem. It clearly brings to surface what the poet really wants to impart.
Descriptors: Poetry, Language Styles, Phonology, Morphology (Languages)
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Fonseka, Edirisingha Arachchige Gamini – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
According to the theory of dialogism propounded by Mikhail Bakhtin, all discourse in the novel is a product of a process of dialogic imagination. Yet heteroglossic situation in the novel differs from general narration, as it involves interaction among two or more characters speaking in their respective voices to represent different aspects of…
Descriptors: Novels, Discourse Analysis, Dialogs (Language), Speech
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Khadem-Nabi, Mir Mohammad – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This paper discusses the lexical choices made by the translator of a novel. The novel, "The Gadfly," has a political significance for the pre-revolutionary Iran. Lexical choices were discussed in light of the methodology provided by Leuven-Zwart who introduces three taxonomies of modulation, modification and mutation for translation…
Descriptors: Translation, Indo European Languages, Novels, Political Attitudes
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Dagvasumberel, Enkhjargal – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
Negation in modern Mongolian was analyzed by scholars namely: Luvsanvandan Sh (1968, 2000), Wonsoo Yu (1991), Mönkh-Amgalan Yu (1998), Purev-Ochir B. (1998, 2001), Byambasan P. (2006), Kunihiko Hasimoto (2008), BatIreedui J.(2009), Ravdan E. (2009), Mönkh-Amgalan Yu & Kan Shin (2014). Sentential negation in modern Mongolian is not sufficiently…
Descriptors: Languages, Morphemes, Sentence Structure, Language Research
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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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