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| LETTRES ET SCIENCES HUMAINES [ L.S.H. ] |
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| Auteurs de l'article |
| Louis OBOU |
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| Text linguistics, langage, literary idiolect text, context |
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Num ISSN : 10-3427-09 [ Bimestrielle ] |
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Parution N° n°29 - 2015 du 27-03-2017 |
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Volume : O, n°29 - 2015 de l'année 2015 |
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| « A systemic textlinguistic approach of literary idiolect: Tutuola, Armah and Soyinka »pp. 167-178. |
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| The aim of the study is to examine the language and style used in some West African prose writings and point out some features in them that mark them as different from other varieties of contemporary English. The writers used in this study, namely Amos Tutuola, Ayi Kwei Armah and Wole Soyinka, have already shown their mettle in creative writing in English. The procedure for moving from an individual text to the identification of the common features of language use by individual writer (literary idiolect) or those by a group of writers (literary dialect), is also important for the successful application of the systemic textlinguistic theory. This article discusses the contribution of literary dialect to three African writers’ narratives, namely Tutuola, Armah and Soyinka, by showing how they both affect the form and the content of their writings and shape our understanding of their texts. |
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