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Publication details [#13184]

Myers-Scotton, Carol. 1998. Marked Grammatical Structures: Communicating Intentionally in The Great Gatsby and As I Lay Dying. In Myers-Scotton, Carol. Codes and Consequences. Choosing Linguistic Varieties. Oxford University Press. pp. 62.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

communication | intention | literary language | markedness | stylistics

Annotation

Myers-Scotton's Markedness Model is used to explain specific stylistic choices in two literary works: Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" and Faulkner’s "As I lay dying".