English Language, Literature & Culture

Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2017

  • Antithesis “Life – Death” in the Novel by John Braine “Room at the Top”

    Yuliya Alexandrovna Kutsevich, Elena Evgenievna Markadeeva

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2017
    Pages: 94-98
    Received: 24 September 2017
    Accepted: 18 October 2017
    Published: 22 November 2017
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    Abstract: The article studies the images of two towns, Warley and Dufton, in the famous novel by John Braine “Room at the Top” (1957). The authors of the article compare the images in question and find out the stylistic devices (metaphor, detachment, alliteration, polysyndeton, etc) that enabled John Braine to create two opposite literary images related to e... Show More
  • Investigating the Effect of Cultural Schemata Activation on EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension

    Soheil Mahmoudi

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2017
    Pages: 99-104
    Received: 24 September 2017
    Accepted: 19 October 2017
    Published: 18 December 2017
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    Abstract: This study tried to find the possible relationship between listeners' cultural schemata and its activation and their performance in EFL listening comprehension. The participants of this study were two groups of 37 Muslim Iranian students. Firstly, the students were divided into two groups of high and low proficiency. Then, they were exposed to two ... Show More
  • Gender and Tag-Questions in the Iraqi Dialect

    Raed A. Albanon

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2017
    Pages: 105-114
    Received: 23 September 2017
    Accepted: 8 November 2017
    Published: 20 December 2017
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    Abstract: The issue of inequality between males and females is a significant phenomenon in the Arabic world. Gender equality and women’s freedom in the Islamic world generally, and the Arabic countries especially have always been questioned. These issues, no doubt, have an impact on the language of men and women. The teachings of the Holy Quran and the proph... Show More
  • Identifying and Explaining Some Structural Asymmetries in Kurdish vs. the English Language: Morphological and Syntactic Typology Study

    Areen Ahmed Muhammed

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2017
    Pages: 115-123
    Received: 19 October 2017
    Accepted: 28 November 2017
    Published: 2 January 2018
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    Abstract: Language is a framework that human can participate and share their ideas together. Using different languages created wide ranges of cultures and traditions. In this paper relations between two languages (English and Kurdish) will be explained in term of typology. Linguistic typology is ‘the classification of languages according to their general str... Show More