(Christie, 1920) (Christie, 1930) MAS: The Mysterious Affair at Styles MAV: The Murder at the Vicarage MOE: Murder on the Orient Express (Christie, 1934) BIL: The Body in the Library (Christie, 1942) HPC: Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Christie, 1938) TMF: The Moving Finger (Christie, 1943) TAF: Taken at the Flood (Christie, 1948) FPA: 4.50 from Paddington (Christie, 1957) ECR: Elephants Can Remember (Christie, 1972) ABH: At Bertram's (Christie,1965) As Stockwell (2011, p. 10) notes, stylistic analysis of readable length cannot possibly be “any exhaustive”, which is why it is necessary to select which parts and aspects of the texts are to be analysed. Consequently, the analysis of characterisation will be narrowed down to examining the lexical level of language, with a focus on the semantic fields that appear in each corpus, and the schemata they trigger. The grammatical level of language will also be of used in order to explain certain structures that convey specific meaning. In addition, inspired by Mahlberg and McIntyre’s (2011, p. 4) statement that can “keywords be analysed into categories that are provided by a specific theory”, this study will take a starting point in the concepts that have been mentioned throughout the theory chapter as being associated to masculinity and femininity. Accordingly, the following list provides an overview of such concepts. Women related Men related Concepts Asexual Activeness Beauty Adventurousness Curiosity Aggression Dependence Braveness Devotion Competition Femininity Confidence Goodness Double moral standards Human nature Emotional toughness Ignorance Innocence Intelligence Insecurity Knowledge Intuition Logic Maternity Masculinity Morality Ownership Passiveness Persistence Patience Protection Piety Science Purity Self-reliance Sacrifice Sexual Shyness Strength Weakness Success Unemotional War
MAS: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Christie, 1920) MOE: Murder on the Orient Express (Christie, 1934) HPC: Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Christie, 1938) TAF: Taken at the Flood (Christie, 1948) ECR: Elephants Can Remember (Christie, 1972) MAV: The Murder at the Vicarage (Christie, 1930) BIL: The Body in the Library (Christie, 1942) TMF: The Moving Finger (Christie, 1943) FPA: 4.50 from Paddington (Christie, 1957) ABH: At Bertram's (Christie,1965) As Stockwell (2011, p. 10) notes, “any stylistic analysis of readable length cannot possibly be exhaustive”, which is why it is necessary to select which parts and aspects of the texts are to be analysed. Consequently, the analysis of characterisation will be narrowed down to examining the lexical level of language, with a focus on the semantic fields that appear in each corpus, and the schemata they trigger. The grammatical level of language will also be of used in order to explain certain structures that convey specific meaning. In addition, inspired by Mahlberg and McIntyre’s (2011, p. 4) statement that “keywords can be analysed into categories that are provided by a specific theory”, this study will take a starting point in the concepts that have been mentioned throughout the theory chapter as being associated to masculinity and femininity. Accordingly, the following list provides an overview of such concepts. Women related Men related Concepts Asexual Beauty Curiosity Dependence Devotion Femininity Goodness Human nature Ignorance Innocence Insecurity Intuition Maternity Morality Passiveness Patience Piety Purity Sacrifice Shyness Weakness Activeness Adventurousness Aggression Braveness Competition Confidence Double moral standards Emotional toughness Intelligence Knowledge Logic Masculinity Ownership Persistence Protection Science Self-reliance Sexual Strength Success Unemotional War
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