stylistics as a new method of text analysis explores the overall structure of texts. an author’s use of repetition as well as other linguistic and literary elements is among the most prominent stylistic features intended to create an effective expression. since the nahj al-balaghah is one of the most important religious books, and has a great literary value, it has always attracted the attentio...

In this paper we measure the degrees of association among aggregate pronunciational, lexical and syntactic differences in 70 Dutch dialect varieties. First, we show that pronunciation is marginally more strongly associated with syntax than it is with lexis and that syntax and lexis are only weakly associated. Then, we check for the influence of geography as an underlying factor because geograph...

Changes in the sound system of a language may involve many different aspects. First, phonemes may be added to an inventory, they may become obsolete, or they may change their shape. Second, allophonic rules may emerge (e.g. "voice intersonorant fricatives"), disappear, or change. Third, phonotactic restrictions may be added (e.g. no syllable-initial Iknl sequences, so that such clusters are red...

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Introduction: In this paper we report on clinical linguistic applications of several versions of the Bilingual Aphasia Test (BAT) and the Persian Aphasia Battery (PAB) developed to assess patterns of recovery and language impairments in monolingual and bilingual aphasics with different clinical histories living in Iran. Methods: The participants are adult monolingual native speakers of Persian ...

ABSTRACT From his very early writings on general linguistics onwards, the Romanian linguist Eugenio Coseriu, like own contemporary Noam Chomsky and Ferdinand de Saussure before them, delineated concept of linguistic knowledge . His pursuit this led him to elaborate famous distinctions levels language , which came be one most important contributions theory. In addition detailing such distinction...