Evans, M orcid.org/0000-0002-0001-6577 (2023) Interjections and Individual Style: a study of Restoration dramatic language. Language and Literature, 32 (3). pp. 297-328. ISSN 0963-9470
Abstract
This paper examines the manifestation of individual style through the lens of a specific language category: the interjection. The analysis considers how interjections are used as a resource in the dramatic dialogue of three Restoration playwrights: Aphra Behn, John Dryden and Thomas D’Urfey, and how their preferences and practices of use compare to previously identified trends in the history of English. Using the concept of the repertoire as a frame for situated language use, the paper examines how genre, time, and characterisation shape the selection and frequency of interjections in the plays of each author. Corpus linguistic methods are used to provide a quantitative and qualitative overview of each author’s interjection repertoire. The results suggest that whilst genre, time, and characterisation are influential in shaping the selection and implementation of interjection forms, the choice of expressive language in dramatic contexts is also distinctive and coherent at an authorial level.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | Interjections; restoration drama; repertoire; individual style; genre; characterization |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Arts and Humanities Research Council AH/N007573/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2023 14:51 |
Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2024 16:56 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/09639470231158695 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:196031 |
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