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    Chapter I INTRODUCTION This chapter presents the background of the study‚ the statement of the problem‚ the theoretical and conceptual framework‚ the significance‚ and the scope and delimitation of the study. Background of the Study The continuous demand for worldwide technological development in communication paves way to developing more efficient and extensive way of communication‚ may it be for transactional‚ interactive‚ or personal reasons. Social networking Websites

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    MINISTRY OF HIGHER AND SECONDARY SPECIAL EDUCATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN Uzbek State World Languages University Theory and practice of translation faculty Theory and practice of translation/interpretation department [pic] In Lexicology On the topic: Shortening of words and their features Done by: Kudratova L. Group 309 Checked by: Muminov O. M Tashkent 2013 CONTENTS I. Introduction. 1.1. Common characteristics of the course paper 2.1. General definition

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    The Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan The Kazakh-American Free University The Department of Foreign Languages Course Work: English neologisms in mass media Made by: Gordeeva Anna Group: Trаnslаtion mаjor II Accepted by: Y.V.Novitskaya Grade: Ust-Kamenogorsk‚ 2014 CONTENTS Introduction 3 1. Neologism as linguistic phenomenon. Innovations in English 5 1.1. Definition of “neologism” and its

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    Translating Neologisms

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    Translating Neologisms Introduction: Neologisms are perhaps the non-literary and the professional translator ’s biggest problem. New objects and processes are continually created in technology. New ideas and variations on feelings come from the media. Terms from the social sciences‚ slang‚ dialect coming into the mainstream of language‚ transferred words‚ make up the rest. It has been stated that each language acquire 3000 new words‚ annually‚ but in fact‚ neologisms cannot be accurately quantified

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    Etymology of the Word Thyristor A thyristor is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating N and P-type material. The thyristor or Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) was proposed by William Shockley in 1950 and supported by Bell Laboratories‚ formerly known as AT&T Bell Laboratories. It was developed in 1956 by power engineers at General Electric (G.E.) led by Gordon Hall and commercialized by G.E. ’s Frank W. "Bill" Gutzwiller (1). There are various types of thyristors;

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    Etymology of Auspicious

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    Etymology of Auspicious “And fortune play upon thy prosperous helme As thy auspicious mistris.”(OED 792) Auspicious is a word that means ominous‚ favorable‚ and favored by fortune. The word auspicious originated in the fourteenth century and its original definition was the observation of birds for the purpose of obtaining omens. At first auspicious was previously just defined as omens‚ and omens used to be regarded as negative. Eventually the word transformed to mean favorable omens

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    Lexical Deviation

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    LEXICAL DEVIATION Deviation corresponds to the traditional idea of poetic license: the writer of literature is allowed in contrast to the everyday speaker to deviate from rules‚ maxims‚ or conventions. These may involve the language‚ as well as literary traditions or expectations set up by the text itself. The result is some degree of surprise in the reader‚ and his/her attention is thereby drawn to the form of the text itself (rather than to its content). Cases of neologism‚ live metaphor‚ or ungrammatical

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    Ways of Forming Words

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    WAYS OF FORMING WORDS Compounding is the word formation process in which two or more words combine into a single new word. Compound words may be written as one word or as two words joined with a hyphen. Shortening is the word formation process in which a word is reduced or shortened without changing the meaning of the word. Blending is the word formation process in which parts of two or more words combine to create a new word whose meaning is often a combination of the original words.

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    Thesis In Search of a Russian Word (Russian borrowings and their distribution in English) Language as a communication medium is connected with culture by numerous and difficult links. It is known‚ that there is no such a language which would be absolutely free from alien influences as any people in the modern world do not live absolutely separately. Communication with other countries‚ sports‚ science‚ culture‚ trade‚ policy‚ mutual trips - all disposes to exchange sights‚ reasons‚ discoveries

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    Alexis Hiatt Ms. Tjarks English 10 – 1A 18 February 2014 The Etymology of the Word “Nigger” While reading the book‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ the term “nigger” tends to constantly appear. The word first appears in chapter two when Huck says‚ “Miss Watson’s big nigger‚ named Jim‚ was setting in the kitchen door” (Twain 7). After that the term keeps reappearing all throughout the novel. As the novel unravels‚ it becomes apparent that Mark Twain is not using the term in an offensive

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