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The Near And Distant Discourse Towards Disasterle Discours Proche Et Lointain Envers La Catastrophe, Mohammed Alkhattib Aug 2021

The Near And Distant Discourse Towards Disasterle Discours Proche Et Lointain Envers La Catastrophe, Mohammed Alkhattib

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

Abstract: When it comes to talk about a disaster, it is not easy to maintain the objectivity and neutrality towards the event. Emotions can be very explicit, especially when the speaker is “related” to the people affected. “Related” with means kinship does not only mean being a member of one's family, but also of the same region, the same country, or even the same ethnic group. This research aims making a linguistic and discursive comparison between the discourse of two different cultures (Arab and Western) towards the catastrophe. We will take as an example, the disaster of the Jordanian school …


Concerning The Interpretation Of The Concept Of Phraseological Units, Abdugafur Mamatov Aug 2021

Concerning The Interpretation Of The Concept Of Phraseological Units, Abdugafur Mamatov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

This article is about the interpretation of the concept of phraseological units. Phraseological units are a communicative tool, it is a social phenomenon as a language tool, it exists in the relationship of language and thinking, language and culture, language and national mentality, and also performs a communicative function that reveals their essence in speech. Phraseological units, along with naming (nominative) an event or reality, have in their essence a content that reflects the material, mental, spiritual side of the person, the life experience of the people.


Linguostatistic Features Of English And Uzbek Proverbs, Nurbek Juraev Aug 2021

Linguostatistic Features Of English And Uzbek Proverbs, Nurbek Juraev

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

The following article provides some findings about linguostatistic features of English and Uzbek proverbs. Proverbs, which are one of the genres of folklore, combine the life experiences, dreams and aspirations of ancestors, their attitude to the state and society, historical and spiritual state, philosophical, ethnic and aesthetic feelings. They have been polished over the millennium to form a concise poetic form. Linguistic statistics is a branch of linguistics that is used to study, analyze, and classify language sources using a statistical method. Among proverbs which we have discussed, we have found not only universal proverbs of both nations, but also …


Modern Concepts Of The Study Of Phraseological Units Within The Framework Of Frame Representation And The Theory Of Conceptual Metaphor, Navruza Aliyeva Aug 2021

Modern Concepts Of The Study Of Phraseological Units Within The Framework Of Frame Representation And The Theory Of Conceptual Metaphor, Navruza Aliyeva

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

The current article is devoted to the particular theoretical views of the notion of frame as well as it focuses on the and the theory of conceptual metaphor. Moreover, it deals with the specialized frame, slot and terminal characteristics which might be involved in most common used phraseological units, particularly, on the examples of English, Russian and Uzbek sentences and collocations. As it’s obviously seen that phraseological units contain deep sense, which have roots in the culture of nation. They reflect people’s way of thinking and perception of the world. They are considered to be “codes” of culture, its specific …


The Light Switch Of Language: Code-Switching, Cierra Johnson May 2021

The Light Switch Of Language: Code-Switching, Cierra Johnson

Emerging Writers

Many students are held back from the opportunities life has to offer, simply because of language. This article examines the use of code-switching and argues that it could be the key to pulling all students together, giving them equal chances at success.