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

• Published in: Theory and practice in language studies Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 620 - 624
• Main Authors: Asiyaban, Amir Reza, Eskandarpour, Farzad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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; United States

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...