English is a cosmopolitan language. Its global appeal originated not only from certain historical and political factors, but the qualities and characteristics of the language also helped much in its worldwide extension. The most significant characteristics of Modern English is its extraordinary receptive and adaptable heterogeneousness. …
On the basis of outstanding achievement, Browning gained a reputation second only to that of Tennyson in the latter half of the 19th century. Like other Victorian, he was interested in nature but was more fascinated by human nature. In his dramatic poems, there is a …
A study of the history and process of borrowings is essentially the study of the development of language. It reveals the point of contact between two people, two civilizations, two ways of living and speaking. The English language owes its profundity and richness to a number …
MORPHEME is the minimal distinctive unit of grammar and the central concern of morphology. It is the smallest functioning unit in the composition of words. Words are the parts of words, such as suffixes, prefixes, and affixes. The smallest parts of expression associated with some meaning …
Back Formation is the method of forming new words by subtracting something from old ones. The adverbs sideling, groveling, darkling were formed by adding the suffix -ling. But in such sentences, he walks sideling, he lies groveling, I listen darkling, the suffix -ling looked exactly …
Whether American English is an independent variety or an offshoot of British English has been a subject of debate, but there is no doubt that American English has established itself as an independent variable. It differs from British English from the point of view of …
Pun consists of a play on words that are alike in sound but different in meaning. It also occurs when the same word is used in two different senses. Examples : Is life worth living? It depends upon the liver. They went and told the …
Satire is a composition in verse or prose to ridicule the faults of individuals or communities. Unlike Sarcasm, it aims at improvement and reform rather than hurting and embittering. Examples : Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels Byron’s The Vision of Judgment Pope’s The Dunciad
Realism is a modern concept often used in judgment of art and literature. It studies the relation of the sphere of art to the world of reality to depict life as it is to hold the mirror up to nature. It underlies Aristotle’s definition of …
“Women hold up half the sky,” says a feminist writer and this theory has cut across a greater cross-section of cultures since the 18th century. Feminism tries to bring about a revolution in the relationship between woman and man, aims at disturbing the existing order …
