Understanding Compound Sentences, Hyponymy, and Catalan Literature
Understanding Compound Sentences
A compound sentence is a sentence that has two or more verbs in a personal way, and many structures as the constituent verbs. Different sentence structures that form a compound sentence are known as propositions.
Linking Propositions
Propositions can be linked in the following ways:
- Punctuation, usually a comma, or a colon.
- A connector that can be a conjunction, an adverb, or a relative pronoun.
Types of Linking
- Juxtaposition: Propositions are at the same level, bound by punctuation and syntax.
- Coordination: Propositions are linked with a connector and are at the same syntactic level.
- Subordination: Propositions are linked with a connector, showing inclusion relationships between them.
Types of Compound Sentences
A compound sentence has a structure of juxtaposition if the propositions that are bound up with punctuation and syntax are at the same level.
A compound sentence has a structure of coordination if the propositions are linked up with the connector are in the same syntactic level.
A sentence has a structure of subordination if the propositions are linked up with the connector of inclusion relationships between them.
Hyponymy and Homonymy
Hyponymy always indicates the generic terms, while hyponyms are dealt with specific words that are part of a set and, therefore, can be defined using the same word or hypernym.
Homonymy
Homonymy is the property of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings.
We can also find cases of homonymy such as homography or homophony:
- Homograph: Spelled the same, but pronounced differently.
- Homophone: Spelled differently and pronounced the same.
Modern Catalan Literature
The educated literary production experiences a major setback as a result of the displacement of the center court of the peninsula and the Spanish nobility and the part of writers. However, Catalan literature of these centuries can distinguish the same periods in the set of Europe, although we speak of few works of lesser quality compared to the great classical era of basically Castilian and French. The three aesthetic movements of this stage are the Renaissance, Baroque, and the Enlightenment.
The popular literature, however, retained its vigor because the Catalan language remained the only perceived as their own spoken and the Catalan people, which was transmitted from one generation to the literary manifestations of Medieval origin or new creation.
The Characteristics of Popular Literature
- Is transmitted orally, resulting in the modification and multiplication of versions.
- Is tied to singing and music, and in some cases, dance.
- Is anonymous and expresses the feelings of an entire community.
- Stylistically does not present many variations, and romances are the most common in poetry, a sample of which is the second text of the anthology: The Lady of Aragon.
The most important types of compositions are the joys, the carols, songs of tambourine, the Corrandes, songs of outlaws, the tales, and legends. As for theater, the works are more abundant than the secular religious ones.