Sea Fever 1) Who wrote the poem ‘Sea Fever’? Ans:- John Masefield wrote the poem ’Sea Fever’. 2) What was the favourite place of the poet? Ans:- To see the sea was the favourite place of the poet. 3) What do you mean by steer? Ans:- Steer means to control the direction of movement. 4) What was the colour of mist on the sea’s face? Ans:- The colour of the mist was grey. 5) What thing did not the poet deny? Ans:- The poet can not deny the call of running tide. 6) Write the name of Sea-bird? Ans:- Sea-gull is the name of a sea-bird. 7) Who wants to live a gypsy life? Ans:- The poet wants to become a gypsy life. 8) Write the name of the sea-animal? Ans:- Whale, a name of the sea-animal. 9) What do you mean by whetted knife? Ans:- Whetted knife means sharpened knife. 10) What kind of day does the poet prefer for siling? Ans:- The poet prefers va...
Top 10 Linguists of All Time (1) Noam Chomsky (1928-present) revolutionized the philosophy of language as well as the formal methods used to describe linguistic structures. Most schools of linguistic thought either directly incorporate his views on the generative nature of syntactic structure, or stand in reaction to it. (2) Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) was the first linguist to distinguish between synchronic and diachronic analyses of language: how languages function today versus how they evolved over time. He is also considered the father of semiotics. (3) Pāṇini (ca. 4th century BC) was a profoundly influential Sanskrit grammarian who formulated rules of morphological analysis that were more advanced than any western linguist until the 20th century. (4) Roman Jakobson (1896-1982) developed many of de Saussure's ideas about synchronic linguistics, including introducing the distinction between phonetic and phonological representa...