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Peer reviewedWebster, Jonathan J. – World Englishes, 1998
Explores Singapore poet Edwin Thumboo's aesthetic use of consistent foregrounding, or use of certain linguistic devices to attract attention, in one poem from three perspectives: propositional; textual; and interpersonal. The approach adopted is functional-semantic in orientation and is designed to gain a better appreciation of the poem's texture…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
