A Pragma-Syntactic Study of Vocative in Selected English Novels
الباحث الأول:
Hussein Awad Ibrahim
الباحثين الآخرين:
Prof.Dr. Hussein D. Muzhir Al-Hassnawi
المجلة:
جامعة الكوفة - كلية الاداب
تاريخ النشر:
None
مختصر البحث:
This paper attempts to investigate
the syntactic-pragmatic relationship
associated with vocative use in two
English novels–namely, Austen’s
Pride and Prejudice (1813) and
Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises
(1926). Leech (1999) is adopted as a
mod…
This paper attempts to investigate
the syntactic-pragmatic relationship
associated with vocative use in two
English novels–namely, Austen’s
Pride and Prejudice (1813) and
Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises
(1926). Leech (1999) is adopted as a
model for the analysis of vocative in
the selected novels. Three hundred
vocatives are quantitatively analysed
according to the model of analysis
adopted in this study. These 300
vocatives (150 vocatives from each
novel) are randomly selected from all
over the novels as a representative
sample of them. The results have
verified all of the study hypotheses
and proved the applicability of
Leech’s (1999) model. In both novels,
the most frequently used function of
vocative is the address function
whereas the least common one is
emotive function. The functions that
are most likely to be simultaneously
combined (by bifunctional vocatives)
are the call and addressee-identifying
functions on one hand, and the
addressee-identifying and address
functions on the other hand. Besides,
the syntactic position of vocative in
the sentence in which it occurs matters
in the sense that it is conspicuously
related to its pragmatic functions .
