Luận văn An investigation into lexical stylistic devices describing the appearance of characters in english and vietnamese prose

Tóm tắt Luận văn An investigation into lexical stylistic devices describing the appearance of characters in english and vietnamese prose: ...Characters 2.2.4. General Notes on Stylistics 2.2.5. Stylistic Devices 2.2.5.1. Definition of Stylistic Devices Galperin [17] defines that a stylistic device is “a conscious and intentional intensification of some typical structural and/ or 7 semantic property of a language unit (neutr...g mày cong, ủen và dày. Súng mũi sổ thẳng, mạnh. [70, p. 108] In addition to simple Epithets, compound Epithets play a crucial part in describing the appearance of characters in Vietnamese. For example: (6) Chị tụi ủó qua tuổi con gỏi lõu rồi, nhưng nột mặt thanh tỳ, cỏi mũi thẳng, cỏi... a description. It creates a humorous effects as in: (30) Cheeks and arms so hard and red that I wondered the birds didn’t peck her in preference to the apples. [95] 17 4.1.6. Irony in EP and VP (31) I see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themsel...