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THE EMPLOYMENT OF ZEUGMA AND SYLLEPSIS IN ADAGES AND FAMOUS QUOTES AS A KIND OF DISCOURSE GENERA
Corresponding Author(s) : May Tahseen Hameed
Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews,
Vol. 9 No. 4 (2021): July
Abstract
Purpose of the study: The study aims to explore zeugma and syllepsis in adages and famous quotes as discourse forms. This study also aims to determine if they are different figures of speech, if they are widely used in adages, famous quotes in literature, why they are employed in the text's message, and which type among their subtypes is most important prominent.
Methodology: The study follows the major categories of zeugma and Seagal’s model of syllepsis. This research is of theoretical type, and the research method is descriptive-analytical. The data collection method is a library and refers to documents, books, and articles.
Results: The findings of this study indicated that they are widely used in this type of discourse, prozeugma is most prominent, and that they are different figures, while syllepsis is rare.
Application: These results will enhance the writer\speaker's appreciation ability and language performance by using the figure of speech as a tool in their message.
Novelty: The results of this study should be reliable in the field of discourse analysis when speakers \ writers want to deliver an effective and strong language.
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Bacon, F. (2009). The Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon. Halcyon Press Ltd. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139149587
Broun, K. and Miller, J. (2013). The Cambridge Dictionary of Linguistics. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139049412 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139049412
Croft, W. (2004). Cognitive Linguistics. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 245-169. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511803864 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511803864
Cruse, D. (1986). Lexical semantic relations. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Du-Mo, J. (2006). The Difference between Zeugma and syllepsis. US-China Foreign Language, 4(11), 28-31.
Dylan, B. (1965). Queen Jane Approximately. Retrieved from https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/queen-jane-approximately/
Edith Wharton Quotes. (n.d.). BrainyQuote.com. Retrieved from https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/edith_ wharton_100511
Fahnestock, J. (2011). Rhetorical Style: The Uses of Language in Persuasion, New York: Oxford University Press, PP: 174-183. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199764129.001.0001
Foreyth, M. (2004). The Elements of Eloquence, New York: Penguin, PP: 110-111
Gibbs, J. (2008). The Cambridge Hand Book of Metaphor and Thought, New York: Cambridge University Press, PP: 300-312. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511816802
Katz, A. (1998). Language and Thought. New York: Oxford University Press, PP: 88-94.
Kroeger, P. (2018). An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. Berlin: Language Science Press, PP: 33-40.
Lascarides, A. (1996). Ambiguity and Coherence, Journal of Semantics, 13(1), 41-65. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jos/13.1.41
Norrick, N. (1981). Semiotic Principles in Semantic Theory, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, PP: 44-60. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.20
Quinn, A. (1982). Figure of Speech 60 Ways to Turn a Phrase. Salt Lake City: A Peregrine Smith Book.
Rooryck, J. (1985). Gapping -Zeugma in French and English: a non Deletion Analysis. Linguistic Analysis, 15(2-3), 187-213.
Seagal, A. (2015). Syllepsis: An Unfought Wars. Advances in Language and Battle. Language Studies, 6(2), 137-147. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.2p.137
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Short, W. (2017). Can Figures of Speech Persuade? An Argument from Zeugma. In Liao, T. & Vatr, a. (eds.). The Language of Persuasion. Linguistic Approaches to its Theory and Practice in the Classical and Practice in the Classical World. Amsterdam: Studies in the Classical Philology. Leiden: Brill, PP: 12-27.
Sloane, T. (2001). Encyclopedia of Rhetoric. Oxford: Oxford University, PP: 788-796.
The Holy Bible (n.d.). Authorised King James Version (Printed by Authority). World Publishing.
Warren, B. (1999). Aspects of Referential Metonomy. In Panther, K. U. & Radden, G. (eds.), Metonymy in Language and Thought. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, PP: 124-133.