This article examines the use of the word ‘the’ in one specific text, a short story by Roald Dahl. More precisely, it looks at all those instances where ‘the’ can be seen to be a predetermined choice, irrespective of the on-going events of the narrative, in that it is strongly linked, in the language, to another lexical item or items.
Lexically predetermined THE: Data from within a short story by Roald Dahl
COFFEY, STEPHEN JAMES
2009-01-01
Abstract
This article examines the use of the word ‘the’ in one specific text, a short story by Roald Dahl. More precisely, it looks at all those instances where ‘the’ can be seen to be a predetermined choice, irrespective of the on-going events of the narrative, in that it is strongly linked, in the language, to another lexical item or items.File in questo prodotto:
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