Modal structure in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five

Modal structure in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five

The article analyses modal structure (tense, polarity) in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five within the framework of Systemic-Functional Grammar. The analysis of the Mood element shows the prevailing pattern to be past positive; the use of present tenses embodies Vonnegut's specific...

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Main Author: Monika Kavalir
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2011-12-01
Series:Acta Neophilologica
Subjects:
American literature
modal structures
systemic functional grammar
linguistics
stylistic
literary analysis
Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/2829

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