Essays about: "Corpus Stylistics"

Found 5 essays containing the words Corpus Stylistics.

1. 1. Containment as Imprisonment or Freedom : A Corpus-Assisted Analysis of Conceptual Container Metaphors in The Handmaid’s Tale

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Lina Haji Akram; [2023]
   Keywords : conceptual metaphor theory; conceptual container metaphors; embodiment; cognitive stylistics; mental states;

   Abstract : This thesis presents a close reading of the award-winning novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood. Drawing on Conceptual Metaphor Theory as a framework, and the notion of embodiment, the study sheds light on metaphorical linguistic expressions that contribute to the realization of conceptual container metaphors pertinent to the main character’s psychological state. READ MORE

3. 2. Murderbot Speaks : a Corpus Stylistics Look at Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Alvaro Gomez Sawicki; [2022]
   Keywords : murderbot; corpus; linguistics; corpus stylistics;

   Abstract : The Murderbot Diaries is a series of science fiction books that deal with the experiences of Murderbot, a human-machine construct. This study uses a corpus stylistics methodology to analyse the language of the books and looks for changes that occur in said language. READ MORE

4. 3. Is That Really You, Sherlock Holmes? : A Corpus Stylistic and Comparative Literary Analysis Investigating the Survival of the Authentic Holmes in Contemporary Pastiches

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Amanda Silfver; [2021]
   Keywords : Corpus Stylistics; Cognitive Stylistics; Narratology; Characterisation; Authenticity; Period Pastiche; Sherlock Holmes;

   Abstract : This thesis has conducted an extensive character analysis of Sherlock Holmes by comparing the original, authentic detective, as he appears in a corpus consisting of Conan Doyle’s collected works about Holmes, to the characterisation in three select period pastiches. The aim was to analyse to what extent the true characterisation of the famous sleuth has survived in contemporary adaptations, more specifically in the three texts, Sherlock Vs. READ MORE

5. 4. “THE QUEEN’S FUCKIN ENGLISH, KEN?” An analysis of the language of Trainspotting

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Samuel Grip; [2018-06-13]
   Keywords : engelska; Trainspotting; Irvine Welsh; corpus stylistics; code switching; Standard English; Scots;

   Abstract : The novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh is a work that has been acknowledged and appreciated for its use of non-standard language since its publication. This essay seeks to find out if this non-standard language is simply Scottish English, or if it is Scots, a language different from English that is sometimes regarded as a dialect of the same. READ MORE

6. 5. The Female Protagonists in Thackeray’s Vanity Fair : A Corpus Linguistic Study of Keywords, Collocations, and Characterisation

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Tina Åhman Billing; [2016]
   Keywords : Corpus Linguistics; Corpus Stylistics; Characterisation; Thackeray; Vanity Fair;

   Abstract : This essay uses corpus linguistic methods to study aspects of the novel Vanity Fair by W M Thackeray. The aim is to study the way Thackeray chose to describe his two female protagonists, Rebecca Sharp and Amelia Sedley. READ MORE