Yusupov Oybek Nematjonovich Ahmedova Nigora Shavkatovna

 
 

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Questions for discussion: 
1.
What is a quotation? 
2.
How are quotations usually marked off in the text? 
3.
What is the aim of use of a quotation? 
4.
Are quotations used accompanied by a reference to the author? 
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5.
 
Allusions
An allusion is a reference, by word or phrase, to a historical, literary, 
mythological, biblical fact or to a fact of everyday life made in the course or speaking 
or writing. The use of allusion is based on the accumulated experience and knowledge 
of the writer who presupposes a similar experience and knowledge in the reader. As a 
rule no indication of the source is given. This is one of the notable differences 
between quotation and allusion. Allusions and quotations may be termed nonce-set 
expression. 
Allusion as has been pointed out, needs no indication of the source. It is 
assumed to be known. Therefore most allusions are made to fat with which the 
general reader should be familiar. However allusions are sometimes made to things 
and facts which need commentary before they are understood. To these belongs the 
allusion-paradox [30]: 
A nephew called Charlie is something I can’t 
Put up with at all since it makes me his aunt. 
The allusion is made to a well-known play and later film “Charlie’s Aunt 
 In which a man is disguised as a woman. 
We distinguish two structural types of allusion. The first type is when allusion 
is realized through one word or a word combination. In this case the reference is made 
to certain famous names, events or facts: 
Henry VIII, Ann Boylein, Queen Victoria, 
Prince Albert, Voterloo. 
The second type of allusion is realized through its interpretation, so to say 
explanation given in the text. 
In the following example the allusion which is based on a biblical legend, 
embraces several ideas and may be called sustained: 
And had it been the dove from Noah’s ark 
Returning there from her successful search, 
Which in their way that moment chanced to fall’ 

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They would have ate her, olive brace and all
(Byron). 
The stylistic function of allusion is various: either to make comparison, or to 
produce a humorous effect: 
“He was the meekest of his sex, the mildest of little man. 
 He walked as softly as the Ghost in “Hamlet” 
 and more slowly”(
Dickens). 
The allusion to the famous play by Shakespeare is very expressive. Dickens 
draws an analogy between a timid and mild person and the misty and mysterious 
Ghost of the King in “Hamlet” to produce a humorous effect. 
Thus in order to get adequate information about the use of allusion in the text 
the reader must be acquainted with the essence of this allusion, to know the source 
from which it was taken; 
“He was a perfect