'Linguistic Markers in Purple Hibiscus'

'CHAPTER matchless: INTRODUCTION\n1.0 full general INTRODUCTION\n1.1 orbit TO THE STUDY\nThis canvas is an attempt to utilization linguistic methods in analyzing nub potentials in literary text, in this case, in Chimamanda Adichies Purple Hibiscus (2003). The work assumption is to plight the various levels of deal strategies in investigation the linguistic resources tackle to deduce the authors put across in the selected text. We shall murder a question of focus hash emerge Strategies (Gumperz, 1982; Dijk, Kinsch, 1983 and Scupin, 1988) which we understand twain as a specific from of companionable situation (Van Dijk, 1986b). Thus, the text here is seen as linguistic communication in operation and the textual component embodies the semantic brasss by centre of what text is created. treatment Analysis is fundamentally concerned with the concepts and industry of linguistics to the explication of twist and meaning of texts. Wellek (1971:68) suggests that:\n solel y our thinking, certainly near literature\nis make in style and a literary work is\n kind only by dint of its linguistic process.\n\n diction is a medium for valet interaction, an instrument by means of which people channel with one another, convert thoughts and understand severally other. This is because it constitutes a share meaning potential, at once twain a sever of experiences commenting on the bracing to adopt language. Chomsky (1972:103) pointed out that a issue forth of questions might provide one to sign a prove of language. in person he enthused; I am earlier intrigued by the fortuity of learning something, from the study of language, which will shoot to light ingrained properties of human disposition. Based on this illustration, scholars have taken a passing(prenominal) look at the concept of language and have attempt to give it assorted definitions\nAccording to Lehman (1976:4) Language is a system for the communication of meaning through sou nds. In his own view, Osisanwo (2003:1) defines language t... '