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Syntactic And Semantic Analysis Of Cognate Word Combinations In The English And Uzbek Languages, Mukhtorjon Bakhtiyarov Senior Teacher, Department Of English Language Translation Theory And Practice
Syntactic And Semantic Analysis Of Cognate Word Combinations In The English And Uzbek Languages, Mukhtorjon Bakhtiyarov Senior Teacher, Department Of English Language Translation Theory And Practice
Philology Matters
This article describes the derivational potential of root word combinations belonging to the noun, adjective and verb groups in the English and Uzbek languages and their grammatical functional features on the basis of comparative-typological, comparative and distributive methods at the lexical and syntactic levels of the language. Structural models of derivation of verbs, nouns and adjectives in the English and Uzbek languages and their features are considered based on component analysis, as well as morphological factors that ensure the completeness of derivation, their distinctive and similar features in both languages, the role and importance in the formation of verbal compounds …
Linguistic Status Of Address: Address As A Syntactic Unit, Zebo Yovkacheva Phd Student
Linguistic Status Of Address: Address As A Syntactic Unit, Zebo Yovkacheva Phd Student
Philology Matters
This article discusses the linguistic aspect of address. The syntactic category of address attracted the attention of Russian linguists for a long time. The object of their study was address, the natural condition for the existence of which was oral and written forms of dialogical speech. A multilateral analysis of the essence and functioning of circulation in the Russian language was first presented in the works of A.A. Shakhmatova and A.M. Peshkovsky. In modern syntactic works and academic grammars, the methods of expression and distribution of addresses in oral and written dialogical speech, their bridges in the utterance, the nature …
Analysis Of Information Genres In National Journalism Of Colonial Turkestan (Uzbekistan), Khalim Saidov Candidate Of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Theory And Practice Of International Journalism Department
Analysis Of Information Genres In National Journalism Of Colonial Turkestan (Uzbekistan), Khalim Saidov Candidate Of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Theory And Practice Of International Journalism Department
Philology Matters
The foundation of periodicals in Turkestan during the Tsarist Russia, the role of Jadid journalists in disseminating information, the tasks of the press in Uzbekistan during the rule of Bolsheviks, the essence of authoritarian, totalitarian views (theories) on information and their consequences have been analyzed in the article. The item entitled “Short Stories from the Life of Russian Tsars, Local and Other Types of Information” pointed out in the charter of newspaper “Turkiston Viloyatining Gazeti” (Newspaper of Turkestan Region) is considered to be the first official source on the theory of authoritarian publications in the current research, with particular emphasis …
An Analysis Of Blends In Local English Newspapers, Manokaran Komalata
An Analysis Of Blends In Local English Newspapers, Manokaran Komalata
Student Works (2020-2029)
Numerous blends are often found in the newspapers such as brunch (breakfast + lunch), chocoholic (chocolate + alcoholic), and brick-tacular (brick + spectacular). Blend is a type of word-formation technique combining two clipped words termed as source words (SWs). This qualitative study explores blends found in local English newspapers; they are The Star, News Straits Times, The Malay Mail, and The Borneo Post. The study aims to (1) classify types of blends and (2) analyse the differences between paradigmatic and syntagmatic in blends. This research uses two theories dealing with definition of blends and types of blends. The types of …
Kesan Kemahiran Pemprosesan Fonologi Terhadap Pembacaan Awal Kanak-Kanak Tri Bahasa, Fung Lan Loo
Kesan Kemahiran Pemprosesan Fonologi Terhadap Pembacaan Awal Kanak-Kanak Tri Bahasa, Fung Lan Loo
Student Works (2020-2029)
Kemahiran pemprosesan fonologi merupakan kemahiran yang diperlukan dalam pemprosesan bahasa lisan dan bertulis dengan menggunakan maklumat fonologi. Kepentingan kemahiran pemprosesan fonologi dalam pembacaan awal bukan terhad kepada bahasa berabjad seperti Bahasa Inggeris, tetapi juga menyumbang kepada bahasa bukan berabjad seperti Bahasa Cina. Kajian ini bertujuan mengkaji tentang kesan kemahiran pemprosesan terhadap pembacaan awal kanak-kanak dalam tiga bahasa iaitu Bahasa Cina (L1), Bahasa Inggeris (L2) dan Bahasa Melayu (L3). Kajian ini melibatkan seramai 150 orang kanak-kanak Cina berumur enam hingga tujuh tahun dari enam buah Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina di Selangor, Malaysia. Sampel diuji dengan set ujian yang menilai keupayaan …
The Semantics Of Makan ‘To Eat’ In Malay, Mohamed Mufidah
The Semantics Of Makan ‘To Eat’ In Malay, Mohamed Mufidah
Student Works (2020-2029)
This study will explore and explain the cognitive semantics of makan ‘to eat’ in Malay, as there are various usages of makan ‘to eat’ that do not only denote their literal senses, but also metaphorical meanings such as makan hati (lit: to eat one’s heart) ‘to get offended’ and makan tuan (lit: to eat an owner) ‘to be betrayed’. The data will be collected from authentic texts which are online news articles, published novels, books and magazines. The data will be explained using Conceptual Blending Theory (Fauconnier & Turner, 1998, 2002) to demonstrate the mechanism of meaning constructions between two …
A Needs Analysis Of Oral Communication For Business Students, Raminderjeet Singh Savina Kaur
A Needs Analysis Of Oral Communication For Business Students, Raminderjeet Singh Savina Kaur
Student Works (2020-2029)
English is a universal language of communication in many industries such as Education, Business, Medical, Finance, Hospitality and Digital World. The present study focuses on the oral communicative needs analysis for business students in one of the private universities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was reported that many employers were reluctant to employ fresh graduates due to poor communication in English (Sani, R. The NST, 2019). Therefore, the objectives of this study is to identify three things which are, the English language needs of the Business students and challenges of the business students in English language as well as to …
Oral Presentation Skills Among Low Proficiency Esl Undergaduates, Majamin Zeuricca Johnny
Oral Presentation Skills Among Low Proficiency Esl Undergaduates, Majamin Zeuricca Johnny
Student Works (2020-2029)
This research study seeks to examine the issues that are related to ‘Oral Presentation Skills among Low Proficiency ESL Undergraduates’. The two research questions that have been constructed in this study focuses on eliciting the perspective of low proficiency undergraduates on the types of oral presentation difficulties that are faced by them and the types of communicative strategies that are used by this group in coping with their oral presentation difficulties. A total of fifty one low proficiency undergraduates from 3 local private universities with a MUET score of Band 1 and Band 2 have participated as respondents for the …
Lexical Borrowings In The Use Of Singlish By Bloggers, K. Panneerselvam Vilashiiney
Lexical Borrowings In The Use Of Singlish By Bloggers, K. Panneerselvam Vilashiiney
Student Works (2020-2029)
Singapore English is among the many new Englishes which have emerged across the world. It is divided into two forms; Standard Singapore English and Colloquial Singapore English also known as Singlish. The colloquial variety of this English is viewed as crippling the Standard English and has led to the initiation of the Speak Good English Movement by the Singapore government. Recently, linguists such as Wee (2014) have stated that Singlish should be allowed to be used as it reflects the true cultural identity of Singaporeans and this has led to the initiation of the Speak Good Singlish Movement. Singapore’s bilingual …
National Specificity Of American Satirical Short Stories, Lola Jalilova Senior Teacher
National Specificity Of American Satirical Short Stories, Lola Jalilova Senior Teacher
Philology Matters
The article discusses distinguishing features of the American humor and satire. National peculiarities of American satirical short stories are analyzed via examples of the works of American short-story writers. The main attributes of satire, its history, genres as well as the specifics of the genre are considered. The phenomena of satirical short story popularity in America is analyzed. Stylistic devices, comic creation means, implemented in the works of the XX century American writers are distinguished.
The artistic means used by the masters of American satire are diverse. Here we find notorious cartoon, and psychological analysis with a satirical tint, and …
Yuri Bregel – Researcher Of Khorezm Turkic Sources, Nargiza Adambaeva Researcher
Yuri Bregel – Researcher Of Khorezm Turkic Sources, Nargiza Adambaeva Researcher
Philology Matters
The article studies the analysis done by American scholar Y.Bregel (1925-2016) of the poet, historian, translator and statesmen Munis and Ognahiy’s “Firdavs ul-Iqbal”. “Firdavs ul- Iqbal” is a unique encyclopedic work that reflects the history, culture, ethnography, literary environment and social processes of Khorezm in historical and artistic form. A comprehensive study of “Firdavs ul- Iqbal” interests not only local scientists but also foreign scholars, as a result, there is known and unknown studies appeared in scientific sphere. The study of the problem by foreign scholars has not been sufficiently researched. This scientific need served as the basis for covering …
The Expression Of National Spirit In “Days Gone By” By Abdulla Kadiri, Nurboy Jabborov Dsc, Professor
The Expression Of National Spirit In “Days Gone By” By Abdulla Kadiri, Nurboy Jabborov Dsc, Professor
Philology Matters
The scientific concept of the article is that the national literary-aesthetic thinking is of primary criterion in evaluating a writer’s work and the essence of literature is determined by the artistic interpretation of the national spirit. The best examples of folk literature in the world, regardless of the language in which it is written, is on the agenda as a question number one to be analyzed scientifically in terms of the expression of the national spirit. Abdulla Kadiri’s novel “Days Gone By” has been analyzed in twentieth century Uzbek literature as a work that can meet this criterion.
According to …
Poetic Functions Of The Transformation Motif In Written Literature, Darmon Uraeva Dsc, Professor, Nargiza Kadirova Senior Teacher
Poetic Functions Of The Transformation Motif In Written Literature, Darmon Uraeva Dsc, Professor, Nargiza Kadirova Senior Teacher
Philology Matters
By means of comparative-typological tools the article describes the ‘Transformation’ motif as one of the most ancient, traditional motifs in the oral and written literature of the world. It explains the existence of general and specific features comparing poetic appearances and functions; correlation between genesis and mythological thinking, as well as the usage of remnants in modern literature on the basis of poetic innovations.
The ‘Transformation’ motif has been used in the written literature since ancient times. In the written literature, this motive occurs in the plot construction of poetic, prose, and dramatic works. It is also widely used in …
The Specific Features Of Documentary Novel Genre In The Modern American Literature, Mukhlisa Khidirova Master Student
The Specific Features Of Documentary Novel Genre In The Modern American Literature, Mukhlisa Khidirova Master Student
Philology Matters
The article is devoted to the study of the specific features of documentary novel in Modern American literature. The characteristics and evolution of a documentary novel are emphasized through the initial works of American authors. A documentary novel differs from other genres because of the factual and appropriate information. Norman Mailer, Truman Capote are considered to be the pioneering documentary novel writers in the Modern American literature. The initial establishments of documentary genre novel are considered to be the notes, religious laws, chronicles, political pamphlets, diaries, letters and others. Mostly, in documentary novels, the harshness of reality and difficulties of …
Structural-Compositional Analysis Of Comparisons In The Poetry Of Alisher Navoi, Gulrux Sayidova Phd Student
Structural-Compositional Analysis Of Comparisons In The Poetry Of Alisher Navoi, Gulrux Sayidova Phd Student
Philology Matters
The article explores the linguistic-poetic aspect of the art of allegory in the poetic works of Alisher Navoi, which has a special place in the development of world artistic thought and its analogies are structurally-compositionally analyzed, revealed in a condensed form or formula in order to have a clear idea of its structural features and to have a clear understanding,and the analogies in it set out the principles of structural division. According to the presence, place and quantity of analogy components in the poet's intended works, analogies are initially divided into three types – simple analogies, complex analogies and complex …
Isomorphic And Allomorphic Features Of The Structural, Semantic And Functional Classification Of Verbs In The English And Uzbek Languages, Shakhnoza Jalolova Associate Professor, Phd
Isomorphic And Allomorphic Features Of The Structural, Semantic And Functional Classification Of Verbs In The English And Uzbek Languages, Shakhnoza Jalolova Associate Professor, Phd
Philology Matters
The article deals with the problem of verb classifications in the English and Uzbek languages, as well as reveals the isomorphic and allomorphic features of these verbs. In addition, explained some ideas about the comparison of verb types taking into account the relationship between grammar and vocabulary, and the theory of optimal scientific classification of verbs is proved. However, the grammatically significant classification of the verbs, according to their lexica-grammatical meaning, formation, relation to the object, obligatory valance; whether they require prepositional object or not, the limit of the action in the time, the intransitive verbs which can be used …
The Notion Of Advertising Discourse In Modern Uzbek Linguistics, Aziza Kholboboeva Phd Student
The Notion Of Advertising Discourse In Modern Uzbek Linguistics, Aziza Kholboboeva Phd Student
Philology Matters
This article presents a theoretical interpretation of advertising discourse in modern Uzbek linguistics. In linguistics, discussion and the concept of a text are considered as one of the topical issues. The article discusses the features of advertising the text language in the context of parameters. Recently, along with the continuing interest in advertising practice, more and more attention is paid to the theoretical aspects of advertising, including from such sciences as linguistics, psychology, sociology, psycho and sociolinguistics, semiotics, cultural studies, and art history. The theoretical basis of the research was the fundamental works on the theory of discourse and communicative …
Issues Of Media Text And Language In Recreational Tv Programs, Amrullo Karimov Associate Professor, Phd
Issues Of Media Text And Language In Recreational Tv Programs, Amrullo Karimov Associate Professor, Phd
Philology Matters
Today, the media is divided into two major types: print and electronic. Text written for print media is significantly different from text written for radio, television, internet media. Accordingly, media texts cover several forms in terms of their specific features, ideological and technological aspects. Since reality in television language is usually expressed through images, a great deal of attention is paid to the power of the image. However, given the impossibility of achieving absolute efficiency with a dry image, there is a need for analysis of media texts.
The issue of language and style of the anchorperson (author) has a …
Theoretical Problems Of Cognitive Stylistics, Rusana Sinjapova Teacher
Theoretical Problems Of Cognitive Stylistics, Rusana Sinjapova Teacher
Philology Matters
The article is devoted to the theoretical problems of cognitive stylistics. The formation of stylistic trend in cognitive linguistics is determined by common theoretical postulates and some notions (interpretation, conceptual information, foregrounding and so on), and it is also due to the possibility of using and creative refraction of some notions and methods of analysis developed in cognitive linguistics, as applied to stylistic investigations. The main attention is paid to the cognitive principles of distributing information in the text, cognitive basis of stylistic devices, also great attention is paid to the theory of cognitive metaphor, mental spaces and conceptual integration. …
Medical Terminology As A Complex Term System, Feruza Akbarxodjaeva Independent Researcher
Medical Terminology As A Complex Term System, Feruza Akbarxodjaeva Independent Researcher
Philology Matters
The article analyzes the terminology in the field of medicine. The regulation of medical terminology is of great importance for mutual understanding of specialists, training the scientific and medical personnel, publication of scientific and reference literature, planning and accounting in the field of health, developing scientific relations with foreign specialists, obtaining and exchanging information, and computerization of medicine. The purpose of standardization of medical terminology is to systematize and clarify the meaning of terms, give logical coherence to the language of medicine, analyze and select the optimal forms of terms. Many features of medical terminology are due to the history …
Language As A Phenomenon Of Culture, Denis Elkin Independent Researcher
Language As A Phenomenon Of Culture, Denis Elkin Independent Researcher
Philology Matters
The article attempts to analyze the correlative relationships of language and culture. Language can be considered as an instrument of culture, as one of its components and, on this basis, described through features common to all cultural phenomena. On the other hand, language and culture can be compared as an independent, autonomous semiotic system. The interaction of languages and cultures - this is an objective law of social and historical development of mankind. Any text in the conditions of real communication bears traces of the culture of the people speaking this language. The isolation from the real conditions of the …
Translation As А Fifth Speech Activity, Nasir Kambarov Professor, Phd
Translation As А Fifth Speech Activity, Nasir Kambarov Professor, Phd
Philology Matters
The present article deals with translation to be the fifth activity in addition to speaking, writing, listening and reading. It dwells upon it not as a type of exercise which is widely used in teaching a foreign language but as a separate type of activity. The main attention is also paid to different viewpoints on the matter and the author made an attempt to prove that the translation can be used both as a skill and a type of activity requiring special competence for mastering it as a specialty. Translation, being an independent science, has its own methods, ways, rules …
Formation Of Orphoepic Competence At Cursors When Teaching Russian Language, Nargiz Sarimsakova Senior Teacher
Formation Of Orphoepic Competence At Cursors When Teaching Russian Language, Nargiz Sarimsakova Senior Teacher
Philology Matters
The article actualizes the problem of the formation of the speech culture of cadets. The author considers this problem in the framework of the formation of the orthoepic competence of future military personnel. The article substantiates the growing importance of the formation of orthoepic competence, lists the main reasons indicating the need to improve professionally oriented oral speech. The author pays attention to the structure of orthoepic competence of cadets, shows the main possibilities of teaching the discipline «Russian language» for the formation of this competency. The article also presents the methodological means of forming the orthoepic competence of cadets, …
The Language Of The Draughtsboard Sharks: A Conlang Project, Trent Garlin
The Language Of The Draughtsboard Sharks: A Conlang Project, Trent Garlin
English Department: Linguistics ENG 334
The language of the draughtsboard sharks is a fictional conlang. This paper describes the history, physical anatomy, means of articulation, morphology, syntax, and grammar of the language through the entirely fictional lens of a research team studying shark communication in New Zealand. Notable aspects of the conlang are its portrayal of imaginary, non-human speech organs created to eliminate a shark’s realistic inability to speak, as well as the absence of a written element to the language largely due to the lack of opposable thumbs (or fingers at all) on sharks. The language also includes IPA charts for both consonants and …
Parallel Chronotope Poetics In The Novel «The Day Lasts More Than A Hundred Years», Bahor Turaeva Phd, An Associate Professor
Parallel Chronotope Poetics In The Novel «The Day Lasts More Than A Hundred Years», Bahor Turaeva Phd, An Associate Professor
Philology Matters
Chronotope is being concerned as the literary-aesthetic category in the world literature critical studies, expressing the scope of the universe interpretation, the author’s outlook and imagination regarding the world foundation, defining personages, the composition means of expressing the sequence and duration of the events. In the following development of the scientific-theoretical thought in the world, a chronotope is accepted to be one of the poetic means to demonstrate the reality as well as to be a literary process that is basic for the expression of the reality in the compositional construction and illustration of the plot relying on the writer’s …
Bannock (Fort Hall, Idaho), Tim Thornes
Bannock (Fort Hall, Idaho), Tim Thornes
English Literature Faculty Publications and Presentations
The Bannock, whose precontact territory centered around the Snake River plain of southwestern Idaho and the Boise River valley, speak the variety of Northern Paiute most influenced by its close linguistic relative, Shoshoni. This influence may be due to a combination of factors, including the overlapping nature of aboriginal territories, the acquisition of the horse and buffalo-hunting culture, and the later impact of a one-way bilingualism that was present on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, whereby nearly all Bannock speakers also spoke (and speak) Shoshoni, but not the reverse. The number of Bannock speakers, currently, may be no more than …
Wadadɨka’A (Burns Paiute Reservation, Oregon), Tim Thornes
Wadadɨka’A (Burns Paiute Reservation, Oregon), Tim Thornes
English Literature Faculty Publications and Presentations
The Harney Valley, or tibidzi yipɨ (the True Valley), region of southeastern Oregon is a rich and varied landscape consisting of all the extremes one expects to find in the Great Basin—vast marshlands, high-elevation grasslands, alkali basins, pine forest, and ephemeral lakebeds and rivers. This high desert area attracts hundreds of thousands of water and other fowl (as well as birdwatchers) on their seasonal migration. Water has been, and remains, a source of tension in the region, as does the management of federal land more generally, including, in particular, the allocation of grazing rights. The occupation of the headquarters of …
Etymology Of “Ragtime”: Role Of “Tag, Rag, And “Bobtail” (The Rabble) And The 19th Century “Fancy Rag Balls”, Fred Hoeptner
Etymology Of “Ragtime”: Role Of “Tag, Rag, And “Bobtail” (The Rabble) And The 19th Century “Fancy Rag Balls”, Fred Hoeptner
Arts, Languages and Philosophy Faculty Research & Creative Works
Despite abundant speculation about the etymology of “rag” in “ragtime” since the emergence of ragtime music into popular consciousness in 1896, a convincing solution has remained elusive. As OED3 sums up the situation (rag, n. meaning #5): “Origin uncertain and disputed.”
But at least some new insight may now be possible. The present study is the first to use digitized newspaper archives to track “rag” and “ragtime” from their sources to full maturity, and the following picture emerges:
- The starting point is tag, rag, and bobtail “the common herd, the rabble”; the word appears in OED3 under bob-tail.
- Rag as …
Yahooskin (Beatty, Oregon), Tim Thornes
Yahooskin (Beatty, Oregon), Tim Thornes
English Literature Faculty Publications and Presentations
Although it is clear that the term “Yahooskin” is not a native term (likely originating from the Sahaptin (Ichiskiin) language), it has been in general use as a reference to disparate Northern Paiute bands (e.g., YapatɨkaɁa, ‘wild carrot-eaters’) around any of several lake basins of south-central Oregon, including the Silver, Summer, and Abert lakes, and the Warner Valley region. These bands were brought together after the formation of the Klamath Reservation and the signing of the treaty at Yainax in 1864. The “Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians,” as they had come to be called, were most closely tied to the …
Fort Mcdermitt Reservation (Mcdermitt, Nevada), Tim Thornes
Fort Mcdermitt Reservation (Mcdermitt, Nevada), Tim Thornes
English Literature Faculty Publications and Presentations
The McDermitt reservation straddles the Oregon-Nevada border and is the home of the majority of all remaining first language Northern Paiute speakers. Like the Duck Valley Reservation, it is quite isolated, lying approximately 90 miles northeast of the town of Winnemucca, Nevada (population > 7,000). The following stories are two of the many texts collected in the early 1960s by Sven Liljeblad from Pete Snapp, a fluent speaker from McDermitt. Mr. Snapp was in his early nineties at the time of this recording, which was made on reel-to-reel tape and archived as part of the Sven Liljeblad Collection in the Special …