Linguistic stylistic analysis of Toni Morrison Sula Department: English By: Kelblaze08 Project ID: 2842 Rating: (3.1) votes: 26Rate this project12345 Price:₦5000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractStylistics is the study of linguistic features of a language and style is a pattern of writing that distinguishes one category of writing from another. This study attempts a stylistic analysis of Toni Morrison’s Sula a checklist of linguistic and stylistic categories will be applied as a theoretical frame work. The checklist which comprises of lexical categories, grammatical categories, Graphology, Phonology, lexico-sematics and foregrounded features will be employed. In the lexical category, it is noticed that the author's use of nouns most especially the use of proper nouns, takes the largest share of the major word classes. These nouns play a very great role in describing the characters, the setting and the locations as well. Through the use of adjectives (that contributes the 2nd largest number from the major word classes), the researcher will be able to describe the physical and psychological features of the character and setting. Verbs the third dominant group of the major word classes, have played an important role in the text. This role in making meaning accessible to the reader will be achieved by describing actions in the novel. The least represented in the major word classes are adverts. They perform a different sematic function such as manner, place, degree and time....Preview Download Preview +Other English project topics and materials you might be interested in»Stylistic analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s half of a yellow sun»Factors affecting the choice of language in a multilingual society»Corruption and victimization in isidore okpewhotides and anthony abaghas children of oloibiri»Political corruption and symbolism in Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi’s half of a yellow sun and Okey Ndibe’s arrows of rain»A stylistic analysis of selected short stories in jasper Onuekwusi's the triumphant return and Chimamanda Adichie's - A Thing Around Your Neck»The society and the girl child in the bluest eye by Toni Morrison and Kaine Agary's yellow yellow»Struggle and survival in a cowrie of hope by Binwell Sinyangwe and the Cardinals by Bessie Head»The language of the Christian religion: A comparative study of roman catholic church and some selected pentecostal denominations»The effect of the Nigerian Pidgin English on the academic performance of university students in Nigeria - a case study of National Open University of Nigeria students in Benin study centre»The post colonial experiences in warsan shire’s selected poems - ‘what we own’, ‘conversation about home (at the deportation centre)’ and ‘beauty’»The misuse of the English articles in selected Nigerian newspapers»Linguistic stylistic analysis of Toni Morrison Sula»Feminism in African novels - a study of Amma Sarkos beyond the horizon and faceless»An analysis of the language of bank advertisement in selected newspapers in Nigeria»Thematic analysis of Besie Head's When Rain Clouds Gather