English modifier system : a semiotic analysis /
This study is an effort to investigate English modifiers that are referred to by different names: adjectives, adverbs and rhetorical features, but work in the same way, i.e. to modify another word class such as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs or adjectives. Underlying this study is an assumption tha...
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Gombak, Selangor :
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Social Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia,
2016
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| 100 | 1 | |a Alam, Tasdiq Nomaira | |
| 245 | 1 | |a English modifier system : |b a semiotic analysis / |c by Tasdiq Nomaira Alam | |
| 260 | |a Gombak, Selangor : |b Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Social Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, |c 2016 | ||
| 300 | |a xii, 93 leaves : |b ill. ; |c 30cm. | ||
| 502 | |a Thesis (MHSAL)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2016. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-81). | ||
| 520 | |a This study is an effort to investigate English modifiers that are referred to by different names: adjectives, adverbs and rhetorical features, but work in the same way, i.e. to modify another word class such as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs or adjectives. Underlying this study is an assumption that the rules of English modifiers are not comprehensive enough as it is often confusing especially for ESL learners to understand whether or not the modifier is an adverb or adjective or a rhetorical feature. The study uses both quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis of the sign –ly utilizing the meaning based framework advocated by Tobin (1990), Govindasamy (2005), Stern (2006) and Reid (2011), all exponents of the Columbia School of Linguistics. The objectives of this study necessitate the use of a textual analysis format. Fifty feature articles written by native speakers of English from The Economist between 2014 and 2015 were selected and analysed using simple descriptive statistics. The objectives of the study are to investigate whether or not –ly is primarily used as an adverb, and the study also aims to find out the semantic value of the sign –ly by discovering its core meaning. The results of the study revealed that although a majority of the –ly modifiers are adverbs (79.10%), considerable number of adjectives and rhetorical feature that end in –ly (10.79% and 10.10% respectively) are present in English language. Furthermore, and more importantly the findings illustrate that –ly inflection consistently intensifies the modified either positively or negatively irrespective of context. Among 462 –ly adverbs, 94.15% positively intensify and 5.85% negatively intensify their modified. 82.53% –ly adjectives positively intensify and 17.47% negatively intensify the modified amongst 63 adjectives. The lowest quantity of –ly modifiers are found as rhetorical features, 59, and 93.22% positively intensify and 6.77% negatively intensify their respective modified. Thus, it can be summed up that the sign –ly has a core meaning for all the modifiers. Consequently, it is needless to classify the –ly modifiers as belonging to distinct word classes; in fact, it should just be treated as a meaningful sign. | ||
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