Govarî zankoî germîan/Govarî zankoy Germyan, Dec 1, 2023
Writing is one of the four basic language skills, alongside listening, speaking and reading. It i... more Writing is one of the four basic language skills, alongside listening, speaking and reading. It is "an extremely complex cognitive activity in which the writer is required to demonstrate control of variables simultaneously. At sentence level, these include control of contents, format, sentence structure, vocabulary, spelling and letter formation. Beyond the sentence, the writer must be able to structure and integrate information into a cohesive and coherent paragraph and text." . Writing is using printed symbols in the form of letters or visual symbols that form words. Words are formed into sentences, broken down into larger paragraphs, and are often divided into different
Some children appear to grow normally until they face the academic demands of school. These learn... more Some children appear to grow normally until they face the academic demands of school. These learners cannot make their way continue compensating for the added content-learning demands. Their performance problems are sometimes rooted in reading disorders. Reading disorder is a specific learning disability described by disorders with correct and /or fluent word recognition, and poor spelling and decoding abilities. This study aims to highlight the characteristic features of reading disorder and the skill area affected by students suffering from reading so that they can be used as a basis for identifying this disorder among learners. The study concludes that the main characteristics of reading disorder could be found in the following areas 'reading, writing and the general aspect of learner's life'. Besides, the skill area affected by students with a reading disorder is realized by a deficit in the main components of being a good reader, that is: (reading decoding, word rec...
Explaining the relation between language and artistic function is the area of stylistics . This d... more Explaining the relation between language and artistic function is the area of stylistics . This discipline is concerned with the application of theoretical ideas and analytical techniques drawn from linguistics to the study of literary texts in order to arrive at a more broadly based objective analysis. It is the study of style which refers to the way in which language is used by a given person in a given context; and in literature, it incorporates the entire linguistic repertoire utilized by a given writer in a given literary work. One of the mechanisms used to anaylse a writer's style is through 'linguistic deviation'. The present paper is thus an attempt to apply this particular mechanism to the interpretation of one of Hemingway's short stories 'One Reader Writes'. It aims to enable the reader to enjoy, understand and appreciate the literary devices used by the writer to effectively communicate his message. To tackle this topic, the paper is divided into ...
Everywhere, teachers of English as a foreign language are faced with enormous challenges in their... more Everywhere, teachers of English as a foreign language are faced with enormous challenges in their classrooms. They are expected to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse number of learners every year; and there is more content to teach each year as well. Providing teachers with different strategies and teaching methods is the area of Applied Linguistics. This paper aims at highlighting the value of adding some sort of fun-class activities to the miscellaneous teaching methods that are at the discretion of foreign language teachers. It explores the role of such activities in motivating students, the effect they have on reducing the boredom of teaching and learning processes, as well as their significance in rendering the whole process as interesting as possible. To tackle the topic, the paper is organized into five sections: section one is introductory. It sheds light on the topic in general and the type of fun-class activities involved. Section two, dwells on the discipline of ap...
The present paper views the stylistic method to literature as an approach that takes part in two ... more The present paper views the stylistic method to literature as an approach that takes part in two important aspects of the study of literature: its understanding and enjoyment. It is evident that such a topic will concentrate on the detailed analysis of the use of language in a given literary text, and the effect of this use on the reader, rather than evaluating a literary work by intuition. As this branch of linguistics is complex and involves various levels, the paper will confine itself to the concept of 'foregrounding' in stylistics. The data is derived from an untitled poem by the American poet and novelist E. E. Cummings. As the poem is untitled, literary analysts often use the first line of the poem 'love is more thicker' as its title. To conduct the analysis, the paper is divided into four sections: Section one presents the preliminaries; section two deals with the levels of language that are usually at work in literary analyses; section three is the core of t...
People's private lives consist to a phenomenal extent of speech acts: throughout the day, peo... more People's private lives consist to a phenomenal extent of speech acts: throughout the day, people use speech acts in their conversations, and also interpret kinds of speech acts performed by other people. Once a speaker produces an utterance, the addressee immediately seeks to categorize the utterance as this or that kind of speech act. This means that public life can be conceived as a gigantic network of speech acts. However, a large number of the verbs expressing these speech acts have not yet been systematically investigated. To highlight the role of Speech Act Theory in literary analysis, the present paper investigates the analysis of the speech act of insisting in two Shakespearean comedies: A Mid-Summer Night's Dream and As You Like It , with reference to its manifestation in the Kurdish translated version available. The paper consists of six sections: section one is introductory; it sheds light on speech act theory in general with reference to the importance of speech ...
There is no doubt that the true usefulness of the study of style (Stylistics) lies in an effort t... more There is no doubt that the true usefulness of the study of style (Stylistics) lies in an effort to demonstrate the relevance of significant description to interpretation. It concentrates on identification and description of formal and structural features of a given text, and the role of these features within the universe of discourse. The present work is an attempt to practically manifest the role of stylistic method to literature, and how it plays a vital role in helping the reader to arrive at two important aspects of the study of literature, its understanding and enjoyment. To accomplish this, stylistics makes use of the principles and methodologies drawn from linguistics to arrive at the effect the writer wishes to communicate to the reader. This paper deals with the analysis of Larking's 'Wants' so as to show to what extent the writer makes use of specific language structures in an attempt to convey his message to the reader. To tackle this research point, the paper is divided into four sections: section one is introductory, it sheds light on the role of stylistics in exploring the significant link between linguistic form and function, and also gives an account of the writer's biography. Section two presents stylistics as the interdiscipline that gathers different linguistic and literary issues together and shows their interrelatedness. Section three is concerned with foregrounding as a stylistic device that operates effectively in carrying a writer's viewpoint to his readers. It gives an account of this general principle with reference to its types as well as other related terms that usually co-occur with it. Section four, which is the core of the study, tackles the congruence of foregrounding found in the poem under study, and, in a separate section, discusses the significance of each foregrounded part and the role it has in conveying the general idea of the poem. This section consequently exhibits how different aspects of linguistic form may coincide to fulfill an artistic function of language. The paper ends with the statement of conclusion and a list of the references utilized.
People's daily dialogues are full of verbs referring to speech acts. But most of these verbs ... more People's daily dialogues are full of verbs referring to speech acts. But most of these verbs have not yet been pragmatically analysed. The speech act verb 'to urge' is one of these verbs; it is frequently found in people's daily conversations. The present paper conducts a speech act analysis of this performative verb in two Shakespearean comedies: A Mid-Summer Night's Dream and As You Like It , in the light of pragmatics in general and speech act theory in particular, and with reference to its manifestation in the Kurdish translated version. The research consists of six main sections: section one is introductory; it sheds light on the concept of speech acts and its vital role in literary text analysis; section two, sheds light on the speech act theory of literature in general; section three, dwells on the concept of 'urge' as a speech act verb; section four, deals with the structure of the speech act of urging with reference to the general components of speech act verbs set by Searle in his standard model (1969). Section five, represents the practical part of the study. It exhibits the analysis of the speech act of urging , and meanwhile shows its realization in the Kurdish translated version of the texts under study. This realization highlights aspects of similarities and differences between the source and the target languages. Section six, eventually, is assigned for the findings of the paper along with their discussion. It is followed by a list of the works cited. This paper is not to be regarded as merely an attempt to apply Speech Act Theory to certain dramatic texts; it is, in fact, an exploration in the process of analysis; an endeavour to extend the theory and give it more credibility by discussing it in concrete terms. Hence, the study can be said to be advantageous to scholars, researchers and students in the fields of pragmatics, semantics, literary pragmatics, stylistics and literature.
People's daily dialogues are full of verbs referring to speech acts. But most of these verbs ... more People's daily dialogues are full of verbs referring to speech acts. But most of these verbs have not yet been pragmatically analysed. The speech act verb 'to urge' is one of these verbs; it is frequently found in people's daily conversations. The present paper conducts a speech act analysis of this performative verb in two Shakespearean comedies: A Mid-Summer Night's Dream and As You Like It , in the light of pragmatics in general and speech act theory in particular, and with reference to its manifestation in the Kurdish translated version. The research consists of six main sections: section one is introductory; it sheds light on the concept of speech acts and its vital role in literary text analysis; section two, sheds light on the speech act theory of literature in general; section three, dwells on the concept of 'urge' as a speech act verb; section four, deals with the structure of the speech act of urging with reference to the general components of speech act verbs set by Searle in his standard model (1969). Section five, represents the practical part of the study. It exhibits the analysis of the speech act of urging , and meanwhile shows its realization in the Kurdish translated version of the texts under study. This realization highlights aspects of similarities and differences between the source and the target languages. Section six, eventually, is assigned for the findings of the paper along with their discussion. It is followed by a list of the works cited. This paper is not to be regarded as merely an attempt to apply Speech Act Theory to certain dramatic texts; it is, in fact, an exploration in the process of analysis; an endeavour to extend the theory and give it more credibility by discussing it in concrete terms. Hence, the study can be said to be advantageous to scholars, researchers and students in the fields of pragmatics, semantics, literary pragmatics, stylistics and literature.
International Journal of Teaching & Education, 2020
There is no doubt that teachers of English as a foreign language are faced with enormous challeng... more There is no doubt that teachers of English as a foreign language are faced with enormous challenges in their classrooms. They are expected to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse number of learners every year; and there is more content to teach each year as well. Providing teachers with different strategies and teaching methods is the area of Applied Linguistics. This paper aims at highlighting the value of adding some sort of fun-class activities to the miscellaneous teaching methods that are at the discretion of foreign language teachers. It explores the role of such activities in motivating students, the effect they have on reducing the boredom of teaching and learning processes, as well as their significance in rendering the whole process as interesting as possible. To tackle the topic, the paper is organized into five sections: section one is introductory. It sheds light on the topic in general and the type of fun-class activities involved. Section two, dwells on the discipline of applied linguistics and its contribution to the process of foreign language teaching. Section three, exhibits the various methods and approaches put forward by applied linguists to assist foreign language teachers in the teaching process. Section four is the core of the study in which different fun-class activities are presented along with the linguistic aspect they support in language classes. Section five, eventually presents the conclusions the study has arrived at. The paper ends with a list of the references consulted.
Govarî zankoî germîan/Govarî zankoy Germyan, Dec 1, 2023
Writing is one of the four basic language skills, alongside listening, speaking and reading. It i... more Writing is one of the four basic language skills, alongside listening, speaking and reading. It is "an extremely complex cognitive activity in which the writer is required to demonstrate control of variables simultaneously. At sentence level, these include control of contents, format, sentence structure, vocabulary, spelling and letter formation. Beyond the sentence, the writer must be able to structure and integrate information into a cohesive and coherent paragraph and text." . Writing is using printed symbols in the form of letters or visual symbols that form words. Words are formed into sentences, broken down into larger paragraphs, and are often divided into different
Some children appear to grow normally until they face the academic demands of school. These learn... more Some children appear to grow normally until they face the academic demands of school. These learners cannot make their way continue compensating for the added content-learning demands. Their performance problems are sometimes rooted in reading disorders. Reading disorder is a specific learning disability described by disorders with correct and /or fluent word recognition, and poor spelling and decoding abilities. This study aims to highlight the characteristic features of reading disorder and the skill area affected by students suffering from reading so that they can be used as a basis for identifying this disorder among learners. The study concludes that the main characteristics of reading disorder could be found in the following areas 'reading, writing and the general aspect of learner's life'. Besides, the skill area affected by students with a reading disorder is realized by a deficit in the main components of being a good reader, that is: (reading decoding, word rec...
Explaining the relation between language and artistic function is the area of stylistics . This d... more Explaining the relation between language and artistic function is the area of stylistics . This discipline is concerned with the application of theoretical ideas and analytical techniques drawn from linguistics to the study of literary texts in order to arrive at a more broadly based objective analysis. It is the study of style which refers to the way in which language is used by a given person in a given context; and in literature, it incorporates the entire linguistic repertoire utilized by a given writer in a given literary work. One of the mechanisms used to anaylse a writer's style is through 'linguistic deviation'. The present paper is thus an attempt to apply this particular mechanism to the interpretation of one of Hemingway's short stories 'One Reader Writes'. It aims to enable the reader to enjoy, understand and appreciate the literary devices used by the writer to effectively communicate his message. To tackle this topic, the paper is divided into ...
Everywhere, teachers of English as a foreign language are faced with enormous challenges in their... more Everywhere, teachers of English as a foreign language are faced with enormous challenges in their classrooms. They are expected to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse number of learners every year; and there is more content to teach each year as well. Providing teachers with different strategies and teaching methods is the area of Applied Linguistics. This paper aims at highlighting the value of adding some sort of fun-class activities to the miscellaneous teaching methods that are at the discretion of foreign language teachers. It explores the role of such activities in motivating students, the effect they have on reducing the boredom of teaching and learning processes, as well as their significance in rendering the whole process as interesting as possible. To tackle the topic, the paper is organized into five sections: section one is introductory. It sheds light on the topic in general and the type of fun-class activities involved. Section two, dwells on the discipline of ap...
The present paper views the stylistic method to literature as an approach that takes part in two ... more The present paper views the stylistic method to literature as an approach that takes part in two important aspects of the study of literature: its understanding and enjoyment. It is evident that such a topic will concentrate on the detailed analysis of the use of language in a given literary text, and the effect of this use on the reader, rather than evaluating a literary work by intuition. As this branch of linguistics is complex and involves various levels, the paper will confine itself to the concept of 'foregrounding' in stylistics. The data is derived from an untitled poem by the American poet and novelist E. E. Cummings. As the poem is untitled, literary analysts often use the first line of the poem 'love is more thicker' as its title. To conduct the analysis, the paper is divided into four sections: Section one presents the preliminaries; section two deals with the levels of language that are usually at work in literary analyses; section three is the core of t...
People's private lives consist to a phenomenal extent of speech acts: throughout the day, peo... more People's private lives consist to a phenomenal extent of speech acts: throughout the day, people use speech acts in their conversations, and also interpret kinds of speech acts performed by other people. Once a speaker produces an utterance, the addressee immediately seeks to categorize the utterance as this or that kind of speech act. This means that public life can be conceived as a gigantic network of speech acts. However, a large number of the verbs expressing these speech acts have not yet been systematically investigated. To highlight the role of Speech Act Theory in literary analysis, the present paper investigates the analysis of the speech act of insisting in two Shakespearean comedies: A Mid-Summer Night's Dream and As You Like It , with reference to its manifestation in the Kurdish translated version available. The paper consists of six sections: section one is introductory; it sheds light on speech act theory in general with reference to the importance of speech ...
There is no doubt that the true usefulness of the study of style (Stylistics) lies in an effort t... more There is no doubt that the true usefulness of the study of style (Stylistics) lies in an effort to demonstrate the relevance of significant description to interpretation. It concentrates on identification and description of formal and structural features of a given text, and the role of these features within the universe of discourse. The present work is an attempt to practically manifest the role of stylistic method to literature, and how it plays a vital role in helping the reader to arrive at two important aspects of the study of literature, its understanding and enjoyment. To accomplish this, stylistics makes use of the principles and methodologies drawn from linguistics to arrive at the effect the writer wishes to communicate to the reader. This paper deals with the analysis of Larking's 'Wants' so as to show to what extent the writer makes use of specific language structures in an attempt to convey his message to the reader. To tackle this research point, the paper is divided into four sections: section one is introductory, it sheds light on the role of stylistics in exploring the significant link between linguistic form and function, and also gives an account of the writer's biography. Section two presents stylistics as the interdiscipline that gathers different linguistic and literary issues together and shows their interrelatedness. Section three is concerned with foregrounding as a stylistic device that operates effectively in carrying a writer's viewpoint to his readers. It gives an account of this general principle with reference to its types as well as other related terms that usually co-occur with it. Section four, which is the core of the study, tackles the congruence of foregrounding found in the poem under study, and, in a separate section, discusses the significance of each foregrounded part and the role it has in conveying the general idea of the poem. This section consequently exhibits how different aspects of linguistic form may coincide to fulfill an artistic function of language. The paper ends with the statement of conclusion and a list of the references utilized.
People's daily dialogues are full of verbs referring to speech acts. But most of these verbs ... more People's daily dialogues are full of verbs referring to speech acts. But most of these verbs have not yet been pragmatically analysed. The speech act verb 'to urge' is one of these verbs; it is frequently found in people's daily conversations. The present paper conducts a speech act analysis of this performative verb in two Shakespearean comedies: A Mid-Summer Night's Dream and As You Like It , in the light of pragmatics in general and speech act theory in particular, and with reference to its manifestation in the Kurdish translated version. The research consists of six main sections: section one is introductory; it sheds light on the concept of speech acts and its vital role in literary text analysis; section two, sheds light on the speech act theory of literature in general; section three, dwells on the concept of 'urge' as a speech act verb; section four, deals with the structure of the speech act of urging with reference to the general components of speech act verbs set by Searle in his standard model (1969). Section five, represents the practical part of the study. It exhibits the analysis of the speech act of urging , and meanwhile shows its realization in the Kurdish translated version of the texts under study. This realization highlights aspects of similarities and differences between the source and the target languages. Section six, eventually, is assigned for the findings of the paper along with their discussion. It is followed by a list of the works cited. This paper is not to be regarded as merely an attempt to apply Speech Act Theory to certain dramatic texts; it is, in fact, an exploration in the process of analysis; an endeavour to extend the theory and give it more credibility by discussing it in concrete terms. Hence, the study can be said to be advantageous to scholars, researchers and students in the fields of pragmatics, semantics, literary pragmatics, stylistics and literature.
People's daily dialogues are full of verbs referring to speech acts. But most of these verbs ... more People's daily dialogues are full of verbs referring to speech acts. But most of these verbs have not yet been pragmatically analysed. The speech act verb 'to urge' is one of these verbs; it is frequently found in people's daily conversations. The present paper conducts a speech act analysis of this performative verb in two Shakespearean comedies: A Mid-Summer Night's Dream and As You Like It , in the light of pragmatics in general and speech act theory in particular, and with reference to its manifestation in the Kurdish translated version. The research consists of six main sections: section one is introductory; it sheds light on the concept of speech acts and its vital role in literary text analysis; section two, sheds light on the speech act theory of literature in general; section three, dwells on the concept of 'urge' as a speech act verb; section four, deals with the structure of the speech act of urging with reference to the general components of speech act verbs set by Searle in his standard model (1969). Section five, represents the practical part of the study. It exhibits the analysis of the speech act of urging , and meanwhile shows its realization in the Kurdish translated version of the texts under study. This realization highlights aspects of similarities and differences between the source and the target languages. Section six, eventually, is assigned for the findings of the paper along with their discussion. It is followed by a list of the works cited. This paper is not to be regarded as merely an attempt to apply Speech Act Theory to certain dramatic texts; it is, in fact, an exploration in the process of analysis; an endeavour to extend the theory and give it more credibility by discussing it in concrete terms. Hence, the study can be said to be advantageous to scholars, researchers and students in the fields of pragmatics, semantics, literary pragmatics, stylistics and literature.
International Journal of Teaching & Education, 2020
There is no doubt that teachers of English as a foreign language are faced with enormous challeng... more There is no doubt that teachers of English as a foreign language are faced with enormous challenges in their classrooms. They are expected to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse number of learners every year; and there is more content to teach each year as well. Providing teachers with different strategies and teaching methods is the area of Applied Linguistics. This paper aims at highlighting the value of adding some sort of fun-class activities to the miscellaneous teaching methods that are at the discretion of foreign language teachers. It explores the role of such activities in motivating students, the effect they have on reducing the boredom of teaching and learning processes, as well as their significance in rendering the whole process as interesting as possible. To tackle the topic, the paper is organized into five sections: section one is introductory. It sheds light on the topic in general and the type of fun-class activities involved. Section two, dwells on the discipline of applied linguistics and its contribution to the process of foreign language teaching. Section three, exhibits the various methods and approaches put forward by applied linguists to assist foreign language teachers in the teaching process. Section four is the core of the study in which different fun-class activities are presented along with the linguistic aspect they support in language classes. Section five, eventually presents the conclusions the study has arrived at. The paper ends with a list of the references consulted.
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