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Fowler, Roger. 1979. Anti-language in fiction. Style 13 (3) : 259–278.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

argot | fiction1 | literature

Person as a subject

Halliday, M.A.K.

Annotation

F. applies Halliday's (1976: 'Anti-languages') sociolinguistic theory to the concept of 'dialogic' or 'polyphonic' structure. He uses it to analyse Burgess's 'A clockwork orange' and Burrough's 'Naked lunch'.