A stylistic analysis of the use of modality to identify the point of view in a short story

• Main Authors: Pariña, Jose Cristina M., De Leon, Kristine D.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Ian Rosales > Criticism and interpretation; Modality (Linguistics); Perspective (Linguistics); Language and Literacy Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2367; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/3366/type/native/viewcontent/3L_2014_2002_08.html
• Institution: De La Salle University

The present paper used the modal framework of Simpson in doing a stylistic analysis of the story "Things You Don't Know" by Ian Rosales, a highly-acclaimed Filipino writer. Since stylistics has always been concerned with how readers interpret the texts by focusing on linguistic choice...