Stylistic appearances and linguistic diversity

Linguistic Contamination: Word-building Peculiarities and Stylistic Functions

The article investigates the linguistic and extralinguistic nature of contamination – a word-building pattern that seems to be on the rise in modern English. The relative productivity of contamination is traced down to several factors: first, the speaker’s intention to assert his individuality through punning and word-juggling; second, saving up time and physical and mental effort; third, camou...

Linguistic Diversity and Redistribution

This paper investigates the effect of linguistic diversity on redistribution in a broad crosssection of countries. We use the notion of “linguistic distances” and show that the commonly used fractionalization index, which ignores linguistic distances, yields insignificant results. However, once distances between languages are accounted for, linguistic diversity has both a statistically and econ...

Linguistic diversity and universals

a linguistic and stylistic analysis of surah luqman

the careful selection and proper use of lexical elements is the distinguishing feature of the holy quran. these elements are classified as subsets of semiotics and each of them play their role within the context of a surah and topics that it covers. for example in luqman surah topics such as monotheism, polytheism, atheism, prayer and the day of resurrection are discussed by different methods s...

linguistic and mental stylistic of ahlam mosteghanemi: algerian literate

stylistic is a critical method which studies the linguistic and mental level of a literary work in order to discover the important elements; that's why it selects the literary texts as its main work and attempts to study them. the present paper surveys ahlam mosteghanemi poetries in descriptive – analytical method stylistically in three levels: vocal, combined and mental.