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A Corpus Stylistic Analysis of Lexical Features and Interpersonal Meaning in Never Let Me Go |
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| รหัสดีโอไอ | |
| Creator | Taweewat Inree |
| Title | A Corpus Stylistic Analysis of Lexical Features and Interpersonal Meaning in Never Let Me Go |
| Contributor | Kamonchanok Sanmuang |
| Publisher | Faculty of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University |
| Publication Year | 2569 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University |
| Journal Vol. | 18 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 300590, pp.1-29 |
| Keyword | corpus stylistics, lexical bundles, interpersonal meaning, systemic functional linguistics (SFL), parts of speech (POS) |
| URL Website | https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/journal-la/index |
| Website title | Journal of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University |
| ISSN | 2651-1126 |
| Abstract | This study aimed to investigate linguistic patterns in the novel Never Let Me Go (hereafter, NLMG) to help explain interpersonal meaning through a corpus linguistics method. This research identified language features in the narration of cloned characters, particularly keywords, four-word lexical bundles, and patterns of Parts of Speech (POS). The NLMG corpus was compiled, and AntConc was then used to extract keywords and four-word lexical bundles. Part-of-speech tagging was conducted using TagAnt (version 2.1.1). The keyword results were from the comparison of the NLMG corpus with the American English 2006 Corpus (AmE06). The results indicated that personal pronouns, particularly, I, we, and you, have a major effect on the narrative voice and interpersonal relationships. Some four-word lexical bundles, such as I don't know, I'm not sure, and I don't think, showed hesitation and uncertainty. Other bundles, such as Tommy and me, which refer to Ruth and other characters, fostered relationships and patterns of interaction. These patterns showed degrees of certainty, alignment, and social roles. They were interpreted through concordance and file-view analyses of the NLMG corpus together with the interpersonal framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), particularly mood and modality, to explain how the characters express certainty, uncertainty, and social relationships. The integration of corpus stylistics and the interpersonal metafunction of SFL provides a functionally motivated account of how recurrent language patterns shape uncertainty, stance, and social standing in literary discourse, offering a depth of explanation neither method achieves on its own. |
