Foregrounding in language: parallelism

Question 1

parallelism=

Answer 1

creation of patterns of similarity

Question 2

effects of parallelism=

Answer 2

perception of patterns (created by p) often leads the reader/listener to look for a RELATIONSHIP of similarity or contrast in terms of meaning (“the parallelism rule”)

Question 3

two main categories of parallelism>

Answer 3

• mimicking of sound
• semantic similarities

Question 4

Genres where parallelism often found>

Answer 4

-nursery rhymes
- slogan: politics & public health; advertising

Question 5

Why is parallelism used in nursery rhymes?

Answer 5

for aesthetic rhythmic effect

Question 6

internal deviation=

Answer 6

creation of expectation INSIDE a text which is BROKEN

Question 7

end-stopped line=

Answer 7

where line corresponds to end of sentence or clause, usually marked by punctuation

Question 8

use of ‘end-stopped lines’ allows for>

Answer 8

comfortability

Question 9

breaking of ‘end-stopped lines’ for?>

Answer 9

splits clauses/sentences into 2 for various effects/reasosn

Question 10

enjambmenbt=

Answer 10

‘run-on-lines’> breaks grammatical unit>2

Question 11

congruence of foregrounding=

Answer 11

co-occurence of foregrounding features at DIFFERENT lingusitci levels in same stretch of textc

Question 12

cohesion of foregrounding=

Answer 12

similar froegrounding features in different parts of the text POINTING TOWARDS the same meaning or effect

Question 13

paralllelism concs>

Answer 13

-parallelism can occur at different linguisitic levels
- parallelism is an important foregrounding device in a range of text-types but the specific functions it performs may vary text specifically & genre specifically
the relationship between line breaks & grammatical units in verse can be exploited to achieve foregrounding effects
-foregrounding devices in texts tend to interact & this is considered in stylistic analysis