Awonuga, C. and Chimuanya, Lily and Meshioye, Christiana (2018) Deviation-type Foregrounding and Literary Interpretation: The Example of James Kirkup‟s "Thunder and Lightning". International Journal of Language and Literature, 6 (1). pp. 69-79. ISSN 2334-234X (Print), 2334-2358 (Online)
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Abstract
The study examines the linguistic and literary cues used by James Kirkup in his poem „„Thunder and Lightning‟‟. Based on the theory of foregrounding, some models of transitivity, and the rules of selectional restriction the study highlights some stylistic patterns in the poem and concludes that such patterns are motivated for meaning in the text; and that the overall meaning of the poem stems from the reversal of man and elements of nature
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Foregrounding; transitivity; selectional restriction; stylistics; deviation |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Humanities |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2018 10:36 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Sep 2018 10:36 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/11515 |
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