Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1- (A-), University of Cologne (English Seminar), course: Hauptseminar Studies in English Semantics, language: English, abstract: This paper aims at investigating the linguistic phenomenon of syllepsis, which is done at three stages. First, the linguistic mechanisms of ambiguity, on which syllepsis is based, are described and their communicative effect is hinted at. Further, zeugma is presented in short as an adjoining figure. Finally, syntactic and semantic varieties of syllepsis are...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 2,0, Universitat zu Koln (Institut fur Theater-, Film- und Fernsehwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar: Die Filmsprache von Andrej Tarkowskij, Sprache: Deutsch, Anmerkungen: In dieser Arbeit wird untersucht, inwieweit interkulturelles Missverstehen eine Rolle fur das Scheitern der Kommunikation spielt. Im ersten teil werden die Mechanismen des Missverstehens erlautert, um danach das Missverstehen in der interkulturellen Kommunikation zu beschreiben. Das Problem des Verstehens der fremden Kultur wird als eine...

Essay from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,1, University of Cologne (Institut fur Englische Philologie), course: English Word Formation, language: English, comment: The essay presents a motley assortment of word formation processes outside of the regular derivation requiring affixation. Despite the apparent arbitrariness of the language games involved in clipping, blending and Co., all moves are strictly calculated and unveil the elaborate language machinery., abstract: The aim of the following essay is to expose the irregular...

Exam Revision from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, University of Cologne (Institut fur Englische Philologie), course: British Drama of the 90s, language: English, abstract: The most frequently used characteristics of in-yer-face theatre are sensation, shock, confrontation, taboo breaking, disturbing, provocative, attacking. It is a theatre of sensation, both actors and spectators are kicked out of the orbit/domain of conventional reactions, touches nerves, provokes alarm. Often such dramas employ shock tactics, or is shocking because it is...