Explanation

• Christopher Marlowe is often regarded as a major pioneer of English tragedy.

Additional information:

• Thomas Kyd is famous for The Spanish Tragedy, an important early revenge tragedy.
• Shakespeare later developed English tragedy through plays such as Hamlet and Macbeth.

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Explanation

• In phonology, sound changes occur due to surrounding sounds.
• When a sound changes in a predictable phonetic environment, it is called assimilation.
• This happens when one sound becomes similar to a neighboring sound.
• It improves ease of pronunciation in speech.
• It is a common feature in connected speech.

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Explanation

• An oxymoron combines two apparently contradictory words.
• “Deafening” suggests loudness, while “silence” means absence of sound.

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Explanation

• Reference is a cohesive device that connects parts of a text.
• Example: “Ali is a student. He is hardworking.” The pronoun “He” refers to Ali.

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Explanation

• Pragmatics studies how context affects the meaning of language.
• The same sentence can communicate different meanings in different situations.

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