You are analysing Stella. Find a quotation for each aspect of the framework, from scenes 1 and 2. These can be in note form, or written out as analysis (which will help you with the essay task later this week).
a) Lexis
b) Grammar
c) Phonology
d) Discourse Structure
Example: LEXIS: Stella says, ‘It’s just incredible, Blanche, how well you’re looking,’ which seems like a dutiful compliment from an obliging little sister. However, the continuous verb ‘you’re looking’ and the adjective ‘incredible’ could also hint at sarcasm, or highlight worry about Blanche’s present mental state. Williams further highlights Stella’s dutiful responses with the stage directions, describing how Stella says the words ‘a little wearily’ and later, ‘dutifully’. Thus the verbs describing Stella’s actions are passive and compliant, as opposed to Blanche’s hyperbolic shrieks and touches to the forehead.
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does anyone have the ''simplified'' version, of what lexis means? i check google, and it said
ReplyDeleteall of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function
what does that mean? =/
help?!?!
thanks for the help everyone (!)
ReplyDeleteLaughing out lout. Foysol was talking to himself; no one helped him. Poor Foysol.
ReplyDeleteyou coudlve help me yet, you choose to laugh at me, thanks 'rafsunny'
ReplyDeleteFoysol, by lexis we basically mean 'words'. That includes but is not exclusive to things such as: register, imagery (like simile, metaphor, personification, synecdoche etc), semantic fields, dialect etc. So when looking at lexis, these are the kinds of things you are interested in. Hope this helps!
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