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“Language is worth a thousand pounds a word”
Angles, 2015 This paper studies the following axiom: ‘brevity is the soul of wit’ through a series of 11 theses and 16 propositions. It takes as proof an extract from Sam Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners (1956).
Jean-Jacques Lecercle
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Meaning condensation techniques in Niẓāmī’s Makhzan al-asrār [PDF]
مطالعات زبانی و بلاغیCondensation is one of the artistic arrangements of literary works. In the traditional rhetoric, condensation has mostly been noted in relation to brevity and omission.
Yousof Asqari Bayqoot, Mahdi Dehrami
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Славянский мир в третьем тысячелетии, 2023 The article examines the meaning of the Slovak temporal diminutive noun chvíľka ‘minute’ on the corpus matter. The lexeme is analyzed in the intralanguage aspect, when its semantics are analyzed against the background of the Slovak substantives chvíľa ...
Daria Vashchenko
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Poeticity in The House of the Edrisis [PDF]
مطالعات زبانی و بلاغیThe House of the Edrisis (Khāne Edrisi-hā) is a novel by Ghazāleh Alizādeh in which vivid descriptions play a prominent role, leading to the creation of poetic elements within the text.
Fatemeh Modarresi, Hadi Titeh
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Diagnostic performance of intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for assessment of anal fistula activity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 To evaluate intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences for quantitative characterization of anal fistula activity.This retrospective study was ...
Philippe Lefrançois +8 more
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Less is More": The Power Style in Raymond Carver's and Mary Robison's Selected Short Stories"
مجلة کلية الاداب جامعة حلوان, 2022 Raymond Carver's (1938-1988) is one of the major American writers of short stories writers. Since he appeared, he has been called the greatest short story writer since Hemingway, as well as the godfather of literary minimalism.
Sherine Mostafa El Shoura
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa +8 more
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سرالإيجاز والإطناب دراسة تحليلية بلاغية
Al-WasilThis analytical rhetorical study explores the concept of brevity (Ijaz) and elaboration (Itnaab) within Arabic literature and the Qur'an. Ijaz, or brevity, is defined as the expression of a substantial meaning through few words, which, despite their ...
Asmakin Antoro
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Based on Brevity: Fiction in 140 Characters or Less
[sic], 2016 This paper examines how short-short stories published on social media platforms such asFacebook and Twitter experiment with brevity. It examines the use of devices such as planned spaces between words, colors, and enjambments, a genre called twitter ...
Ritika Singh
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Less is More: The Power Style in Raymond Carver's and Mary Robison's Selected Short Stories
مجلة کلية الاداب جامعة حلوان, 2022 Raymond Carver's (1938-1988) collection of short stories secured his reputation as a major American writer of fiction. Since he appeared, he has been called the greatest short story writer since Hemingway, as well as the godfather of literary minimalism.
Sherine El Shoura +1 more
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