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Language as a Discursive Practice: A Critical Study of Scarlett Thomas's Novels

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Author

Muhammad Munawar Khan

Department

Department of English

Program

Mphil

Institute

National University of Modern Languages

Institute Type

Public

City

Islamabad

Province

Islamabad

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2010

Subject

English Language

Language

English

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2021-02-17 19:49:13

Modified

2024-03-24 20:25:49

ARI ID

1676728707343

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Language as a Discursive Practice: A Critical Study of Scarlett Thomas's Novels This qualitative study takes language as a discursive practice and applies this concept to the texts of two novels (PopCo & The End of Mr. Y) of Scarlett Thomas — contemporary British novelist. It is a theoretical work done with the aim to understand what language as a discursive practice is and to find how this propositionisimplicitlyworkinginnarrativetextsofThomas.Thestudystartswiththis assumption/hypothesisthatlanguageispotentiallyamulti-meaningphenomenonhowever,its meaningfulness is contingent upon the context of its use. Relevant literature has been critically reviewed in Chapter 2 concerning significant aspects of language as a discursive practice. This discussion opens up spaces and creates rationale for the study of language use in the texts of Scarlett Thomas. Poststructuralism as methodological perspective, Discourse Analysis as Research Strategy and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) as a method of study have been critically discussed to find out their relevance to the texts under study in Chapter 3. A certain amount of criticism, particularly about the application of Discourse Analysis as Research Strategy and justification of CDA as a relevant method is also part of Chapter 3. The Analysis and Interpretation of the text using framework procedures of Fairclough (1989) is the focus of Chapter 4. Language as a discursive practice is discussed and critiqued with this understanding that how language use in the given texts is presented in a common sense way but implicitly the linguistic constructs are positioned to influence the reader for ideological interests. Based on this discussion of language use in the novels, insights are drawn in Chapter 5 mainly concerning that language is a multi-meaning phenomenon and its social use is always perspectival. Finally limitations/suggestions are also given with focused consideration for reader of narratives specifying that there is an essential need to adopt a creative approach to understanding language as a discursive practice in its possible entirety.
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