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The Foregrounded Regularities and Irregularities in
the Language of John Donne’s Love Poems

Muhammad Asif Javed, M.Phil. English
Ammara Gull, M.Phil. Scholar in English


Abstract

This research is based on the foregrounded regularities and irregularities in the language of john Donne’s love poems. It deals with the regularities and irregularities of language which are foregrounded for the purpose of getting attention of the reader .The present work traces out the regular and irregular foregrounded elements which include free verbal repetition, verbal parallelism and all the presumed deviations from the standard use of language. Present research explains the foregrounded elements which include free verbal repetition, verbal parallelism and all the presumed deviations from the standard use of language .present research explains the foregrounded regularities and irregularities , style and stylistics has been discussed. it also analysis of foregrounded in the poem at the level of lexis and prominence is pointed out which is presented in the poems.

Key words:John Donne, Love Poems, Foregrounded, Regularities, Irregularities.

Introduction

Linguistics is a multidisciplinary subject. It is a recent field of studies growing very rapidly in all dimensions of human activities. Unlike literary criticism it is an objective field. Due to the enormous development of Linguistics, Linguists look at literary works from Linguistic perspective. This Linguistic perspective of the study of literary work evolved a new area of studies called ‘STYLISTICS’. Although a lot of work has been done on this subject in Europe and America, in this region, Stylistics is a new subject.

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Muhammad Asif Javed
M.Phil English
Visiting faculty member BahauddinZakaryia University
Sub-campus Sahiwal, Pakistan
Asifjavedch2011@gmail.com

Ammara Gull
M.Phil. Scholar in English
University of Sargoodha, Pakistan
gullhameed129@gmail.com

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