Linguistic Stylistics and Literary Interpretation: An Alternative Interpretation to Awonuga's Analysis of 'If'

Linguistic Stylistics and Literary Interpretation: An Alternative Interpretation to Awonuga's Analysis of 'If'

This study criticizes the linguistic stylistic procedure employed by Awonuga (1988) to interpret the poem 'If' by Jared Angira in his recent article in Ife Studies in English Language. The paper observes that while Awonuga's conception of linguistic stylistics and its principles is c...

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Main Author:	Adegbite, Wale
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Linguistic stylistics Textual interpretation Textual analysis Use of "If" Function of "If"
Online Access:	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2713
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