This thesis analyzes how Harold Pinter&rsquo / s characters use language with ulterior motives: making their existence felt and acknowledged, concealing the truth, avoiding conflict or confrontation, and exerting dominance. In the dissertation, stylistics, which is the analysis of texts by means of linguistic phenomena, has been used as the method of analysis. Characters&rsquo / use of language with ulterior motives has been illustrated with reference to a variety of Pinter&rsquo / s plays.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12606207/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 July 2005 |
| Creators | Kocamaner, Hikmet |
| Contributors | Norman, Unal |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.A. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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