scholarly journals LEXICAL, GRAMMATICAL AND STYLISTIC REDUNDANCY IN ENGLISH TEXT

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (9(77)) ◽  
pp. 154-156
Author(s):  
Yuliya Litkovych ◽  
Vita Sternichuk
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
English Text ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Foreign Origin ◽  
Linguistic Unit ◽  
Semantic Development ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Definition Of

Lexical, grammatical and stylistic pleonasms in contemporary English-language media discourse are analyzed in the article. The definition of pleonasms, especially their types is offered. It is outlined the peculiar features of their usage in contemporary English-language media discourse. It has been proved that the redundancy in lexical pleonasms is expressed by synonyms. It is substantiated that grammatical pleonasms arise due to suffixes, prefixes and adverbs when creating degrees of comparison of adjectives. Pleonasms in contemporary English-language media discourse are used to intensify the utterance and to influence pragmatically on the addressee. Pleonasm is an independent expressive means of language. As a permanent feature of a linguistic unit, it differs not only from the stylistic means of expressing redundancy in speech, but also from grammatical types of redundancy. The autonomy of pleonasms in a language is justified by their purpose to clarify, intensify and add different shades of the meaning of a word or any concept in order to accurately convey information to the addressee. These redundant phrases are understood as absolutely natural phenomenon in English. One of the reasons for the creation of pleonasms is insufficient transparency of one of the components and this component the word of foreign origin. Pleonasm is the result of rather complex processes of semantic development of components that are combined.

FEATURES OF ECONOMIC MEDIA DISCOURSE TRANSLATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-142
Author(s):  
Sh.K. Shameyeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Economic Discourse ◽  
Syntactic Features ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Insufficient Knowledge ◽  
Provided Examples ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

This article examines different interpretations of the term discourse, gives a definition of economic discourse. The proposed work also examines the main features of the translation of economic media discourse that a specialist needs to know. The characteristics of stylistic, lexical, syntactic features of economic media discourse were given. The article examines the mistakes that a specialist can make, as well as the difficulties that arise in the translation process. These difficulties arise not only due to the lack of knowledge of the language, but also due to insufficient knowledge of the translator in the field of economics. The knowledge that a translator must have in order to translate accurately was examined. For an in-depth understanding, the work provided examples of translation of some terms and phrases from the English language, with examples of their use in certain situations.

scholarly journals Image Actualization of the First Lady Within the Framework of Image Stereotyping of the President in the Media (Exemplified by the 43rd and 45th US Presidents and Their Wives)

2021 ◽  
pp. 27-36
Author(s):  
Bogdan Gasanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
English Language ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Communicative Interaction ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
The Media ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Guardian

This article aims to reveal the specifics of the actualization of the family image within the framework of image stereotyping of a politician in mass media. For several decades, mass media discourse has been paying special attention to the personal lives of political leaders and opinion leaders, satisfying the needs of readers eager to learn what they are like in everyday life and personal relationships. This study provides a definition of the concept of a politician’s communicative behaviour, shaping his speech portrait, which is to a large extent formed through the media. The speech portrait is made up of the politician’s rhetoric (either conservative or liberal) implemented in public speeches. At the same time, a politician’s image often depends on mass media, more precisely, on their attitude towards him/her, the narration about the politician’s family playing an important role in this. The empirical material of this study includes newspaper articles of the English-language periodicals The Guardian and Politico from 2009–2020, writing about the presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush and their family members. These periodicals are of interest due to their political orientation, within the framework of which the images of these politicians and their family members are shaped. Turning to comparative analysis, the author identified the relationship between a politician’s image and the representation of his family members in the press. In addition, discourse analysis was used, logically supplemented with linguoculturological and sociopragmalinguistic modelling of communicative interaction. The research found that mass media discourse presents the politicians’ family life through the representation of their wives, often with gender stereotyping. Moreover, there is a clear process of delimiting the spouses in newspaper discourse, i.e. the image of a politician does not always affect the image of his wife, which means that they are viewed independently from each other.

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS OF ORAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCY OF TENTH GRADE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAMINATION IN BALOCHISTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qamar Zaman, Muhammad Aslam, Madeline Milian
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Linguistic Competence ◽  
English Text ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Text Book ◽  
Strategic Competence ◽  
Communication Competency ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Listening And Speaking

It is a natural phenomenon that a language comprises of primarily four skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. These basic four skills of a language make for effective communication. The English language has a great importance in the Pakistani context because all the competitive examinations are given in English language. In Pakistan, as in many other parts of the world, the English language represents the door of opportunities. However, it has been observed that the teaching of the English language and its assessment at secondary schools in Pakistan has been limited to two skills i.e. reading and writing, whereas, other skills of English language Listening and Speaking which includes linguistic competence, sociolinguistic competence, strategic competence, and discourse competence, are ignored categorically. This study is based on an analysis of Oral Communication Competency through Annual Examination Papers of 2014 to 2019 for Grade Ten in English Language Examination conducted by Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Quetta in the Province of Balochistan. The study aims to investigate whether activities for learning Oral Communication in the English Text book for grade ten developed by

scholarly journals Prescriptive Signs of an 18th Century English-Language Scientific Medical Text

2020 ◽  
pp. 178-193
Author(s):  
L. V. Yagenich
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
English Text ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
Scientific Text ◽  
Xviii Century ◽  
Medical Text ◽  
Language Of Science ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Linguistic Units

The article is devoted to the problem of studying a written scientific English text in medicine. Attention is paid to the features of its formation as a result of long historical development. The question of the patterns of presentation of prescriptive information in the medical text of the XVIII century, which is considered the final stage of the nationalization of the language of science, is revealed. The author determines that a medical text possessing signs of expressing prescriptiveness functions as informing, regulating and influencing the addressee with the aim of expressing the meanings of duty, recommendation, permission and prohibition. The article contains a definition of prescription in relation to a medical text. The description of the ways of expressing prescriptions by means of linguistic units is presented: verbs used in the passive voice, nouns, adjectives and participles. It is shown that such texts are intended to induce the recipient to accurately follow the instructions of the doctor and to prevent the possibility of double interpretation. The main prescriptions of the medical written English-language scientific text of the XVIII century, used by doctors in relation to the recipients, are identified as having a character that is not compulsory, but politely recommended.

scholarly journals Media-Discourse Poetics: Linguocognitive Grounds for Pun and Wordplay Demarcation (Based on the Material of English Language Press)

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 272-282
Author(s):  
E. S. Shmelyova
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Demarcation Criterion ◽  
Conceptual Integration ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Stylistic Device ◽  
Linguistic Means

Pun and wordplay are to be regarded as some of the most striking linguistic means of creating expressiveness and forming media discourse poetics. However, despite the significant amount of previous research into these devices, many aspects of their formation and functioning still remain unclear. First and foremost, it concerns the definition of pun and wordplay, and their respective demarcation. This article, in addition to the widespread formal (structural) demarcation criterion, considers the linguo-cognitive grounds for such a division. The study was conducted on the material of English-language media headlines based on the frame analysis method. The research has identified three frame models of pun and wordplay formation: two frames overlapping on the basis of (a) common terminal(s) (M1), one frame expanding due to the emergence of a new frame focus (M2), and conceptual integration of two frames (M3). Based on the analysis of examples of these models actualized in Englishlanguage mass media headlines, it has been concluded that the frequency of a particular form of realization of a stylistic device based on the corresponding structural and frame (linguo-cognitive) model may indicate whether it is an instance of the pun or wordplay.

scholarly journals The automation of processes of atlas mapping

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Sergey A. Krylov ◽  
Gleb I. Zagrebin ◽  
Anton V. Dvornikov ◽  
Dmitriy S. Loginov ◽  
Ivan E. Fokin
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Research Work ◽  
State University ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
Mathematical Basis ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Reference Information ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Definition Of

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Atlas mapping is one of the priorities of the modern mapping industry. It is connected both with the unceasing popularity of traditional atlases in the printing version, and with the active introduction and use of interactive electronic and web atlases, as well as with the development of atlas information systems. Currently there are no generalizing methodological solutions for automating the atlas compilation processes, despite the importance and perspectives of atlas mapping. In addition, there is no software which ensures all requirements for the design of the atlas. The use of geographic information technologies in atlas mapping doesn’t solve all the problems involved in creating atlases. For example, GIS can be used for solution of individual processes, e.g. the development of spatial and thematic databases, the creation of thematic maps, the cartographic generalization, the project of graphical index of maps into atlas pages, etc. But GIS doesn’t provide for the creation of a finished cartographic work with an integrated structure and content. This fact undoubtedly leads to the high cost and laboriousness of creating atlases, to the long-term design and the presence of errors in their compilation.</p><p>The Department of Cartography of the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK) carries out research work on the development of the theory and methods of automating atlas mapping processes. The research is being directed to the speed of creation and improvement of the quality of general geographical, thematic and complex atlases. As part of this research, methods and algorithms for the automated creation of atlases have been developed, providing solutions to the most time-consuming and rather complex processes of atlas mapping, among which are:</p><ol><li>The development of an optimal atlas structure;</li><li>Design of the mathematical basis of the atlas (selection of a scale series, cartographic projections, format and layout);</li><li>Formalization of the creation of geographic base maps for atlas;</li><li>The formation and visualization of reference information of the atlas;</li><li>Organization, storage and use of spatial-temporary data in electronic atlases.</li></ol><p> Figure 1 presents the proposed solutions for automating processes mentioned above. The list of solutions may be different depending on the type of atlas being created (general geographical, thematic, and complex atlas). So the following options can be when developing the structure of the atlas. The use of a unified system of classification and coding of thematic maps and taking into account the degree of knowledge (study) of the object and mapped phenomenon is being used only for a thematic or complex regional atlas. The definition of possible combinations of territories shown on a single atlas map is used only for thematic or general geographical atlas. For each type of atlas, the formation and use of the reference information system of the studied atlases can be used, as well as the identification and formalization of factors affecting the inclusion of a specific section or a separate map.</p><p>The results of the research will ensure the efficiency of creating atlases and increase their quality. Also its will help to meet the increasing consumer demand for atlas map products, especially in the form of electronic atlases and geo-portal solutions.</p>

scholarly journals English Phrasal Verbs as Cognitive and Semantic Complexes and Fragment of Multilateral Knowledge of Matrix Format

2019 ◽  
pp. 22-32
Author(s):  
N. M. Bober
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Phrasal Verbs ◽  
Initial Space ◽  
Conceptual Structures ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Linguistic Unit ◽  
Component Form ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
Definition Of

The article suggests a novel approach to the study of the English phrasal verbs, which is currently at the frontier of the cognitive syntagmatics. Based on the works in this domain, this paper specifies the definition of phrasal verbs as cognitive-semantic complexes which represent / describe a certain fragment of multi-dimensional knowledge of the matrix format. Particular attention is paid to the critical analysis of the scholars’ views on the problem of the second component of these entities, which to this day are not univocal both in terms of discussing their functions performed in the structure of the phrasal verbs, and of their morphological nature and the associated terminology.It is assumed that the semantics of the phrasal verbs is created by the interaction of the conceptual structures of both the verb, and its second component, where the abstract meaning of the latter gives wide opportunities for evolving of new meanings. In this case, the function of both components of a compositionally complex linguistic unit or a cognitive-semantic complex, which is a phrasal verb, consists in the profiling of certain aspects of the situation described by this formation, contributes to the new properties, which otherwise cannot be individually described/labelled by none of its components: neither the verb nor the post-positive component.It has been proved that the English language possesses a characteristic cognitive-semantic construct “verb + postpositive component” that reflects a certain grammatical pattern of the combinatorial construction of phraseological entities bases on the mechanisms of conceptual integration, when the metaphorical selection of the verb initial mental space and the initial space of the postpositive component form a new blend - a new conceptual structure which absent in the initial mental spaces of each of the components.

Problems in English Communicating Skills for Learners of English

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (07) ◽  
pp. 20484-20491
Author(s):  
Dr. Ishag Adam Hassan Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
English Language ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Small Component ◽  
Curriculum Review ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

This paper is devoted to presenting the methods in English communicating skills for Learners of English in general and the problems specific to University of Bahri. English language major’s graduates then; it discusses the notion of communicative competence, and defines strategic competence. It also briefly deals with the various definitions of communication strategies and taxonomies of conversation strategies. Also, I give brief definition of the word conversation, that is the act of talking together or exchange ideas, opinions, skills, and information. As accustomed, speaking is natural and automatic but communication is an art which must be learned and practiced. Also the aim of this paper is to present you with suitable suggestions about how you can solve problems while reading English? In order to comply with this objective: we considered two variables. The first one is that within our daily practice at the university we have students with different abilities while reading English. Therefore, we need to help them increase the ability in reading comprehension. However, we don’t have enough teachers and needed resources to supply them with the help they need. The second variable is related to the fact that at University there are different centers where the students’ skills can improve and their reading comprehension skills deficiencies could be overcome by getting help from the teachers. This study is small component of a larger curriculum review exercise. The findings of study in general suggest that both students and English language lecturers were in agreement that Sudanese students had a problem in writing and speaking English and due to that the conversational problems are raised.      Finally, the paper concludes by representing the pedagogical implications of conversation strategies.

L'anglicisme dans la langue française

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 00013
Author(s):  
Danny Susanto
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
English Word ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Font Size ◽  
The World ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Bibliographic Study

<p class="Abstract">The purpose of this study is to analyze the phenomenon known as&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">“anglicism”: a loan made to the English language by another language.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Anglicism arose either from the adoption of an English word as a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">result of a translation defect despite the existence of an equivalent&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">term in the language of the speaker, or from a wrong translation, as a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">word-by-word translation. Said phenomenon is very common&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">nowadays and most languages of the world including making use of&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">some linguistic concepts such as anglicism, neologism, syntax,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">morphology etc, this article addresses various aspects related to&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Anglicisms in French through a bibliographic study: the definition of&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Anglicism, the origin of Anglicisms in French and the current situation,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">the areas most affected by Anglicism, the different categories of&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Anglicism, the difference between French Anglicism in France and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">French-speaking Canada, the attitude of French-speaking society&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">towards to the Anglicisms and their efforts to stop this phenomenon.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The study shows that the areas affected are, among others, trade,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">travel, parliamentary and judicial institutions, sports, rail, industrial&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">production and most recently film, industrial production, sport, oil industry, information technology,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">science and technology. Various initiatives have been implemented either by public institutions or by&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">individuals who share concerns about the increasingly felt threat of the omnipresence of Anglicism in&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">everyday life.</span></p>

scholarly journals Sex Dolls in the Swedish Media Discourse: Intimacy, Sexuality, and Technology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Björkas ◽  
Mariah Larsson
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Therapeutic Uses ◽  
Broad Variety ◽  
The Media ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractSex dolls are a complex phenomenon with several diverse possible emotional, sexual and therapeutic uses. They can be part of a broad variety of sexual practices, and also function as a sexual aid. However, the media discourse on sex dolls first and foremost concerns how we perceive the relationship between intimacy and technology. A critical discourse analysis of the Swedish media discourse on sex dolls reveals six themes which dominate the discourse: (a) the definition of what a human being is; (b) a discourse on the (technological and existential) future; (c) a social effort; (d) a loveless phenomenon; (e) men’s violence against women; and (f) pedophilia. Accordingly, this discourse is very conservative and normative in its view of sexuality, technology, and humanity. Overall, the dominant themes do not provide any space for positive effects of technology on human sexuality, and if they do, it is usually as a substitute for something else.

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