Psychogrammatical Utilization of the Definite Article ‘the’ in the Story ‘Lamb to the Slaughter’

Function words, the same as, content words will have some connotative meanings based on the contexts in which they appear. This study aimed at addressing some of the connotative meanings pertinent to shades of meanings of the definite article 'the' in the short story 'Lamb to the slau...

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Published inTheory and practice in language studies Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 620 - 624
Main Authors Asiyaban, Amir Reza, Eskandarpour, Farzad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Academy Publication Co., LTD 01.03.2015
Academy Publication Co., Ltd
Subjects
Analysis
Connotation
Content words
Context (Linguistics)
Depression (Psychology)
Evidence
Fiction
Function words
Grammar
Language
Lexicography
Linguistics
Meaning
Reference (Semantic)
Undergraduate Students
Verbs
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Summary:Function words, the same as, content words will have some connotative meanings based on the contexts in which they appear. This study aimed at addressing some of the connotative meanings pertinent to shades of meanings of the definite article 'the' in the short story 'Lamb to the slaughter'. The results of the reflection on the use of the definite article 'the' illustrated that in some contexts the same as one motioned in the story where 'the' has been used without any prementioned entity to which it can refer, it can carry some shades of meaning beyond the context itself. Accordingly, the definite article would associate the following meanings: 1- It is separate from you. 2- It is far from you. 3- It is dependent. 4- It is a complete entity 5- it conveys the sense f focalization by the camera man. Index Terms--shades of meaning, contextualization, genitive pronoun, definite article
ISSN:1799-2591
2053-0692
DOI:10.17507/tpls.0503.23