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limited research in specific areas of ASL, due to ASL not being officially recognized as a language until 1960, the importance of classifiers is indisputable. Classifiers are “designated handshapes and/or rule-grounded body pantomime used to represent nouns and verbs” by representing a class of things with a shared characteristic (Aron 1). They can express many different key pieces of information and are an extremely complex aspect of ASL grammar. Classifiers are essential to nearly all levels…

What are some traits/attributes, that describe what a hero is not or does not? (ie: adjectives, nouns and/or verbs that focus on that trait or attribute you chose to represent negation) Choose a character, author, article, poem, excerpt, or a scene that supports the statement. Find and include a quote that supports that statement. Cite the quote…

as opposed to the female physician. The overall writing of this article was poor with modifiers, redundancy, and consistent passive voice, distancing the authors from the study; however, there is clear, condensed sentences and the use of compound nouns that make strong…

However presently portmanteau nouns such as “femi nazi” Have emerged with feminists often being seen as aggressive bitter women who are completely undermining their valid argument for women’s equal rights, this shows the lack of respect feminism has in society which in turn promotes…

The short story Soldier of Fortune by Bret Anthony Johnston is filled with different writing techniques. He uses tone, scene, and description to make the story flow and feel believable. He teaches the reader how to create living, breathing characters, while still using symbolism to add mystery and foreshadow to the piece. While perfect for this story, other authors, to create their own pieces of fiction and creative non-fiction, can use these techniques. Firstly, the first paragraph sets up…

Depicted above are lines 11, 12, and 13 from the poem “Ozymandias” by Percy Shelley. In this sonnet, a broken statue of an arrogant king is described in a desolate place that was once his empire. Line 11 is part of the inscription on the statue itself. I was drawn to this passage by the blatant irony it presents, as I am often frustrated by man who he thinks he owns nature. Humans take extreme action to work against the natural world, such instances include the deforestation of land for…

sentence use is a verb, and in the second a noun, that is, we have a case of lexical ambiguity. An English-Malay dictionary will say that the “use” ( verb) can be translated by (menggunakan and menghabiskan) use and finish, whereas the noun is translated as penggunaan or manfaat. One way a reader or an automatic parser can find out whether the noun or verb form of use is being employed in a sentence is by working out whether it is grammatically possible to have a noun or a verb in the place…

of the monster, a robot in the seat’. Steinbeck first describes the tractor driver as having lost his physical attributes that made him human. He then exemplifies it further through the use of a semantic field of inhuman characteristics through the nouns ‘monster’ and ‘robot’ which suggests the tractor driver has additionally lost his emotional attributes which made him human. Consequently, Steinbeck develops this further through the effectiveness of mechanization in eliminating the driver’s…

Latin language. This now English word was derived from the Latin noun “ambitio,’ which in ancient Rome, were people who desired to be elected and in order to do this, went around their area gathering votes and trying to establish themselves. The development of this Latin root throughout the Middle Ages has led to the broader word of ambition. In the modern world, ambition is still driving people to achieve their goals. Still a noun, as it was in the past, it now means, “a strong desire to do or…

other and then end with a farewell. The incorporation of inferences support the social purpose by showing their close relationship but also adds to the coherence of the whole. For example, Natalie and James both identify the inference of the proper noun ‘Mackay’ (part 2) to describe where Chantal arrived and demonstrates a common understanding between both interlocutors. Furthermore, the use of the elements from the same semantic field of family and holidays such as ‘chrissy’, ‘boxing day’,…