Linguistics deviations in E.E cummings' satiric poems : a critical discourse analysis / Shem Exodus Y. Alocilja.

By: Alocilja, Shem Exodus Y
Language: English Publisher: Sibalom, Antique : University of Antique, 2023Description: vii, 210 leavesContent type: Media type: Carrier type: DDC classification: TH378.242 A453 2023 Summary: Abstract: Edward Estlin Cummings (E.E. Cummings) is one of the most influential satiric writers during 1940-1950. This qualitative research maneuvered in critical discourse analysis on five selected satires of E.E. Cummings to determine the linguistic deviations employed in his works, reflect E.E. Cummings' social and political milieu, and suggest implications after a thematic analysis. In the data-gathering procedure, graphical, lexical, and semantic deviations were determined using the researcher-made deviation categorizer. For the textual analysis, the "Mathe-Guistic" (Mathematic-Linguistic) Process which integrates mathematic solutions was used in the poem interpretation Table-Form 1 while the contextual analysis was guided by the Poem Interpretation Table-Form 2. It was found out that the graphical deviations have the highest number of occurrences found in E.E. Cummings' poems; next to this is semantic deviations, and; finally, the lexical deviations have the least frequencies recorded. Specific linguistic features under each major class of deviations were also ranked according to frequencies. The implications given were related to the themes related to the socio-political milieu of the poems of E.E. Cummings that centered on the effects of wars, the government being the main attire on immoral acts of homosexuals, and environmental concerns. It was recommended that actions or solutions should be taken by selected groups of people as the poems of E.E. Cummings intend to challenge humanity for the betterment, including the society, where they belong. Researchers were also encouraged to use the instruments mentioned above to explore the mysteries uncovered in E.E. Cummings' poems and other writers.
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Thesis (M.A. in Education)--University of Antique, College of Teacher Education.

Abstract:
Edward Estlin Cummings (E.E. Cummings) is one of the most influential satiric writers during 1940-1950. This qualitative research maneuvered in critical discourse analysis on five selected satires of E.E. Cummings to determine the linguistic deviations employed in his works, reflect E.E. Cummings' social and political milieu, and suggest implications after a thematic analysis. In the data-gathering procedure, graphical, lexical, and semantic deviations were determined using the researcher-made deviation categorizer. For the textual analysis, the "Mathe-Guistic" (Mathematic-Linguistic) Process which integrates mathematic solutions was used in the poem interpretation Table-Form 1 while the contextual analysis was guided by the Poem Interpretation Table-Form 2. It was found out that the graphical deviations have the highest number of occurrences found in E.E. Cummings' poems; next to this is semantic deviations, and; finally, the lexical deviations have the least frequencies recorded. Specific linguistic features under each major class of deviations were also ranked according to frequencies. The implications given were related to the themes related to the socio-political milieu of the poems of E.E. Cummings that centered on the effects of wars, the government being the main attire on immoral acts of homosexuals, and environmental concerns. It was recommended that actions or solutions should be taken by selected groups of people as the poems of E.E. Cummings intend to challenge humanity for the betterment, including the society, where they belong. Researchers were also encouraged to use the instruments mentioned above to explore the mysteries uncovered in E.E. Cummings' poems and other writers.

APA 7th Edition Citation:
Alocilja, S. E. Y. (2023). Linguistic deviations in E.E. Cummings' satiric poems: A critical discourse analysis (Master's thesis). University of Antique, Sibalom, Antique, Philippines.

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