Bc. Martina Štykarová

Master's thesis

Indirectness in Fictional Dialogues as Expression of Extra Meanings: Based on Discourse Analysis of Lively's Heat Wave

Indirectness in Fictional Dialogues as Expression of Extra Meanings: Based on Discourse Analysis of Lively's Heat Wave
Abstract:
Diplomová práce se zabývá analýzou diskurzu fiktivních dialogů v románu Heat Wave od Penelopy Livelyové. Vybraný materiál zahrnuje druhou a třetí kapitolu. Analýza se týká jednotlivých prvků nepřímosti: implikace, ironie a vágnosti. Analýza postupuje chronologicky dle uspořádání dialogů v románu, v nichž jsou zkoumány funkce jednotlivých prvků, skrytý význam a jejich působení na chování či mluvu postav …more
Abstract:
The diploma thesis deals with discourse analysis of fictional dialogues in Heat Wave by Penelope Lively. The chosen material includes the chapters Two and Three. The analysis concerns individual elements of indirectness: implicature, irony and vagueness. The analysis proceeds chronologically corresponding with dialogues in the novel, in which functions of individual elements, implicit meaning and their …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 27. 11. 2009

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 17. 2. 2010
  • Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Ludmila Urbanová, CSc.

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