%0 Journal Article
%T A Morpho-Syntactic Study of Contemporary Science Fiction Short Stories | Said | International Journal of English Linguistics | CCSE
%A Nadya Said
%J Home | International Journal of English Linguistics | CCSE
%D 2019
%R 10.5539/ijel.v9n3p117
%X The aim of the present study is to research two morphological processes: acronym and compounding (phrasal compounds/circumlocution) and one syntactic category which are ¡®existential sentences¡¯ in science fiction short stories. The present paper identifies different types and rates of existential sentences. In this respect, ¡®bare existential and locative¡¯ read the high percentages and may be contrasted with other classifications of English existential sentences which have a verb other than ¡®be¡¯ and a definite expression. ¡®Phrasal compounds¡¯ vary in rates as they constitute notable percentage for those that involve ¡®lexical means and lexical relations¡¯ followed by ¡®prepositional compounds¡¯, ¡®conjunctional compounds¡¯, and those involve ¡®a noun, pronoun, and an adjective¡¯. Furthermore, ¡®phrasal compounds¡¯ containing a verb¡¯ having the value of zero. Analysis of data has acknowledged that ¡®atomic¡¯ acronym constitutes the high percentage than ¡®molecular¡¯ and this explains the abundance of the unpronounceable acronym in science fiction. Generally, existential sentences, existential sentences may give the entire clause a fresh status.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijel/article/view/0/39057