Lexical Semantics: Key Concepts and Definitions
Lexical Semantics: Key Concepts
Lexis (n) / Lexical (adj): A term in linguistics referring to a language’s vocabulary. Often used adjectivally in phrases like: -lexical item, -lexical entry (a language’s complete lexical items, its dictionary), -lexical structure (how lexical items are organized), -lexical field (a lexicon part defined by a concept).
WORD: A unit of expression recognized by native speakers in written and spoken language. Defining ‘word’ has challenges. Three senses of ‘word’ are:
A:
Read MoreTravel Planning: Itineraries, Routes, and Packages
Itinerary
An itinerary is a planned route for a trip. It includes a detailed description of the way, with information about places of interest, stopovers, relevant information about eventualities that can be found along the way, and where activities and services are normally proposed.
Routes
Routes are travels of tourist or thematic interest connecting two or more places. They are commonly referred to as trips to get to know a territory in a short period of time by connecting places. They are normally
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Using Mother Tongue in VYL Education
1) Reasons to Use the Mother Tongue:
Security: Some children need time to adjust to the school environment and the target language. Using their mother tongue can ease this transition, gradually introducing more English.
Need for Communication: Children need to share information. Allowing them to communicate in their mother tongue fosters learning and builds teacher-student relationships. Their input can also be used for vocabulary and language activities.
Giving
Analysis of Auden’s Funeral Blues: Themes and Literary Devices
Funeral Blues: A Detailed Analysis
Funeral Blues, by Wystan Hugh Auden, is considered by many scholars to be one of the most important poems of the 20th century. Auden was a popular modern poet, dramatist, and literary critic whose everyday language and conversational rhythms have had a major influence on modern poetry.
In The Song IX, the poem focuses on death as an irreversible moment for every human being. The author emphasizes that although people die, relationships endure. The principal theme
Read MoreAnalysis of Humanistic, Literary, and Journalistic Texts
Humanistic Text
Definition: Linked to the study of human beings and their social activities, arts, and culture.
Features: Subjective, with a persuasive intent using arguments to defend ideas. It has an abstract and speculative character, employing various language functions (representative, appellative, metalinguistic, expressive, and poetic). It uses specific terminology.
Types of Humanistic Text:
- Recipient: Divulgate, specialized, academic
- Transmission Channel: Lecture, discussion
- Sender’s Intention:
Literary Terms and Concepts: Definitions and Examples
Metalinguistic Function
It is the function oriented towards the code. It consists in the use of the code (language) to discuss or describe itself. It is the function typically fulfilled by grammars or works of linguistics.
Stanza
Example: “The Canonization” by John Donne.
Microstyle
Includes similes, parallelisms, anaphoric references, ellipsis, rhymed verse with end-stopped and run-on lines, etc.
Suspension of Disbelief
Poetry, drama, and novels create worlds of fiction in which readers accept what is
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