Grammaire et langue anglaise
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Phonologie et prononciation de l'anglais
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You will also find lessons about the different dialects and varieties of English.
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Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Linguistics is concerned with the nature of language and communication, and with the study of particular languages and dialects. It includes many subareas / fields of research : grammar, phonology, syntax, morphology, etc.. In this section you will find a lot of lessons regarding linguistics.
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The novel opens in the Salinas River, a few miles south of Soledad, in California. "Soledad" is a Spanish word for "loneliness" or "solitude," a reference to one of the novel's central themes: "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place". Almost every character of Of Mice and Men is lonely or separated from the others somehow.
In the opening lines, the peaceful scene by the river symbolically represents freedom. There is a strong emphasis on the natural world. Steinbeck is a master of description, especially the description of the Californian landscape. It is worth mentioning that John Steinbeck spent the first 18 years of his life in the Salinas Valley. The setting in this novel is natural, quiet and peaceful. This is highly significant in contrast to the trouble George and Lennie have left behind in Weed, and to the hard-working days ahead. |
As the novel opens, rabbits are mentioned several times in the description of the landscape: ‘On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones”. (…) “The rabbits hurried noiselessly for cover”. Rabbits add to the rural, agricultural setting of the novel but they are also a feature of George and Lennie’s dream to own a ranch and “live off the fat of the land”.
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