The Stylistic Functions of Abstract and Concrete Nouns in Temsula Ao’s Selected Poems

Linguistic Features of the Formation of Imagery in the Poetry of Storytellers

The aim of this study was to identify how selected linguistic devices participate in the formation of poetic imagery in a purposively selected corpus of Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkish, and medieval Occitan poetic materials. The methodology was based on qualitative multistage analysis: historical and terminological review, ope...

Lexical Representation of Memory in “My Hills” and “Summer Rains” by Temsula Ao: A Stylistic Study

The Aesthetics of Figurative Language in Contemporary Indonesian Poetry

Contemporary Indonesian poetry employs figurative language not only as stylistic ornamentation but also as a means of constructing aesthetic experience and interpretative meaning. This study examines how figurative language functions aesthetically and contributes to meaning-making and emotional engagement in contempora...

LANGUAGE AS IDENTITY: STYLISTIC TRAITS IN ADAILTON'S WRITING

Considering the multiple possibilities of linguistic and literary analyses, the present research aims to explore, in the light of stylistics, the expressive resources present in the works Revoltoso Ribamar Palmeira (1978) and CristóVÃO Cristo: Imitações (1976), written by the Caxias author Adailton Medeiros. Amid a his...

STRUCTURAL AND SEMANTIC ORGANIZATION OF ENGLISH PEJORATIVE LEXIS DENOTING MALE REFERENTS IN LITERARY TEXTS

The study aims to investigate the relationship between lexical-semantic group (LSG) affiliation and types of semantic motivation (metaphor, metonymy, and direct nomination) in English absolute pejoratives denoting male referents. Using a sample of 49 lexical units extracted from the novels “Ministry of Time”, “Run on R...

The Significance of Personal Deictics in the Arabic Language

This study rigorously examines the significance of personal deictics in Arabic from an integrated semantic–pragmatic perspective, using Ziyārat Wārith as an analytical case study. It proceeds from the central hypothesis that personal deictics—particularly pronouns and vocative forms—extend far beyond a merely neutral r...