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

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...

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Main Authors: Pariña, Jose Cristina M., De Leon, Kristine D.
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:faculty_research-33662024-12-02T03:27:21Z A stylistic analysis of the use of modality to identify the point of view in a short story Pariña, Jose Cristina M. De Leon, Kristine D. 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 choices, the modal choices of the writer based on Simpson's modal framework would allow the readers to identify the attitude of the narrator. Indeed, results show that the epistemic type of modal was preponderant -this type apparently allows the readers to feel the narrator's uncertainty in situations or events. In addition, this modal framework also enables the readers to further identify the shade of a text, since the choice of modals highlights either a positive, negative, or neutral shade of a story. Since the epistemic modal was the most pronounced, the story is definitely negative in shade, and this can be inferred in the short story where the narrator is uncertain what was going on in her everyday affairs. In turn, this uncertainty is emphasised by the narrator's dependence on his/her perception of external appearances or surroundings. 2014-01-01T08:00:00Z text text/html https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2367 info:doi/10.17576/3L-2014-2002-08 https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/3366/type/native/viewcontent/3L_2014_2002_08.html Faculty Research Work Animo Repository Ian Rosales--Criticism and interpretation Modality (Linguistics) Perspective (Linguistics) Language and Literacy Education
institution De La Salle University
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country Philippines
Philippines
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topic Ian Rosales--Criticism and interpretation
Modality (Linguistics)
Perspective (Linguistics)
Language and Literacy Education
spellingShingle Ian Rosales--Criticism and interpretation
Modality (Linguistics)
Perspective (Linguistics)
Language and Literacy Education
Pariña, Jose Cristina M.
De Leon, Kristine D.
A stylistic analysis of the use of modality to identify the point of view in a short story
description 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 choices, the modal choices of the writer based on Simpson's modal framework would allow the readers to identify the attitude of the narrator. Indeed, results show that the epistemic type of modal was preponderant -this type apparently allows the readers to feel the narrator's uncertainty in situations or events. In addition, this modal framework also enables the readers to further identify the shade of a text, since the choice of modals highlights either a positive, negative, or neutral shade of a story. Since the epistemic modal was the most pronounced, the story is definitely negative in shade, and this can be inferred in the short story where the narrator is uncertain what was going on in her everyday affairs. In turn, this uncertainty is emphasised by the narrator's dependence on his/her perception of external appearances or surroundings.
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author Pariña, Jose Cristina M.
De Leon, Kristine D.
author_facet Pariña, Jose Cristina M.
De Leon, Kristine D.
author_sort Pariña, Jose Cristina M.
title A stylistic analysis of the use of modality to identify the point of view in a short story
title_short A stylistic analysis of the use of modality to identify the point of view in a short story
title_full A stylistic analysis of the use of modality to identify the point of view in a short story
title_fullStr A stylistic analysis of the use of modality to identify the point of view in a short story
title_full_unstemmed A stylistic analysis of the use of modality to identify the point of view in a short story
title_sort stylistic analysis of the use of modality to identify the point of view in a short story
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publishDate 2014
url https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2367
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