<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper is a follow-up of my research carried out on the interface area of language and literature, summarizing the conclusions that can be drawn from the approach of literary works with linguistic means. In my research I have analysed the dramatic works of G. B. Shaw with the help of the latest results of interactional sociolinguistics. After a thorough examination of the Shavian characters’ verbal interaction focusing on the relevance of ethnic features (Britishness, for instance), this article discusses the legitimacy of linguistic methods in the interpretation of literary works. </p></abstract>

This paper is a follow-up of my research carried out on the interface area of language and literature, summarizing the conclusions that can be drawn from the approach of literary works with linguistic means. In my research I have analysed the dramatic works of G. B. Shaw with the help of the latest results of interactional sociolinguistics. After a thorough examination of the Shavian characters’ verbal interaction focusing on the relevance of ethnic features (Britishness, for instance), this article discusses the legitimacy of linguistic methods in the interpretation of literary works.

Approaching Literature with Linguistic Means: a Few Conclusions

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca Department of Humanities, Miercurea Ciuc

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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This paper is a follow-up of my research carried out on the interface area of language and literature, summarizing the conclusions that can be drawn from the...

Approaching Literature with Linguistic Means: a Few Conclusions

Published Online: Jul 16, 2014

Page range: 255 - 263

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2014-0018

Keywords
language, literature, semiotic perspective, interactional sociolinguistics, interdisciplinary approach

© 2014

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Approaching Literature with Linguistic Means: a Few Conclusions

Published Online: Jul 16, 2014

Page range: 255 - 263

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2014-0018

Keywordslanguage, literature, semiotic perspective, interactional sociolinguistics, interdisciplinary approach

© 2014

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
language, literature, semiotic perspective, interactional sociolinguistics, interdisciplinary approach