The foregrounding of place in Trainspotting: A discourse-stylistic analysis
In this paper, we investigate how place is foregrounded through language in Irvine Welsh's 1993 novel Trainspotting. We establish that many of the linguistic features which occur in the novel are associated with and represent Scots, a stigmatised language variety of Scotland. Drawing on Silvers...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Danish |
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Aalborg Universitetsforlag
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Globe |
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| Online Access: | https://somaesthetics.aau.dk/index.php/globe/article/view/1945 |