In:Translation of Autobiography: Narrating self, translating the other
Susan XU Yun
[Benjamins Translation Library 136] 2017
► pp. 41–65
Chapter 2Language of autobiography
Style and foregrounding
Published online: 13 November 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.136.c2
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.136.c2
Article outline
- 2.1Introduction
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2.2Literariness in autobiography
- 2.2.1Criteria of literariness
- 2.2.2Subjective and objective language
- 2.3Stylistic analytical framework
- 2.3.1Foregrounding and familiarization
- 2.3.2Checklist of linguistic and stylistic categories
- 2.3.3Functional grammar and transitivity
- 2.3.4Linguistic criticism
- 2.3.5Integrated model of stylistic analysis
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2.4Foregrounding analysis of Challenge
- 2.4.1Lexical categories: Underlexicalization
- 2.4.2Syntactic categories: Contrast
- 2.4.3Figures of speech: Subtlety
- 2.4.4Context and cohesion: Enhancement of coherence
- 2.5Conclusion
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