Discursive analysis

And with the familiarity and easy grace peculiar to him, he raised the maid of honor’s hand to his lips, kissed it, and swung it to and fro as he lay back in his armchair, looking in another direction.

‘Attendez,’ said Anna Pavlovna, reflecting, ‘I’ll speak to Lise, young Bolkonski’s wife, this very evening, and perhaps the thing can be arranged. It shall be on your family’s behalf that I’ll start my apprenticeship as old maid.’

Episode: Prince Vasili, Anatole , Prince Bolkonski, Lise Meinen

Language features: present simple, past simple, present perfect simple, passive voice.

Linking words: though, with, and, that, who, but, lately, as

Verbs: reply, indicate, consider, put up , check, said.

Antonyms: last-current, poor-rich, happy-unhappy.

Discourse markers: Presently , That’s what

Preposition: by, if, with, from, under,

Modal: can be, shall, might

Anaphoric refences: he, his, she.

Cataphohic references: this.

Exophoric references: Attendez

Substitution:he her, she, it, did, have.

Ellipsis: like this position ,

Form: noun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction.

Function: subject, predicate, determiner, object, subordinator, correlator.

He is the well-known Prince Bolkonski who had to retire from the army under the late Emperor, and was nicknamed ‘the King of Prussia.’

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An Ancient Stone Carving Of A Man Holding His Crotch Was Just Found In Turkey

Published October 22, 2021

This 10,000-year-old relief was found alongside other carvings at a site near Göbekli Tepe, widely considered to be the world's oldest known temple.

Stone Relief Of A Man Holding His Phallus

Bekir Kösker

The figure dates back to around 8,000 B.C.