Abstract
Previous studies on J.P. Clark-Bekederemo’s poetry have concentrated on literary and some linguistic features, highlighting the nexus between theme and figuration in the works. However, such studies have not paid attention to the role deictics play in foregrounding stylistic functions in the texts, which is absolutely essential for a comprehensive description and interpretation of the poet’s idiolect. This study, therefore, investigates the stylistic value of deictic words in encoding or reinforcing aspects of meaning and aesthetics in the poetry under study. Specifically, with M.A.K. Halliday’s systemic functional linguistics as the analytical platform, the study demonstrates that the deployment of personal pronouns ‘I,’ ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘me’; locative adverbs ‘here’, ‘there/elsewhere’ and temporal adverbs ‘now’ and ‘then’, helps the poet to relate his experiences, visions and propositions within specific spatial or temporal frameworks. The aim is to show that lexico-grammatical patterns of language use such as deictics have the potentials to combine with other elements of language to convey textual message and also achieve artistic beauty.
Highlights
There is no doubt that J.P Clark-Bekederemo is one of the leading lights of Nigeria’s first generation of writers
The critical fact is that this work is limited by its triadic focus on the phonostylistic, lexical and paralinguistic affective aspects of the poet’s idiolect
The pre-occupation of this study is to show how deictic words are organized with contextual considerations in J.P
Summary
There is no doubt that J.P Clark-Bekederemo is one of the leading lights of Nigeria’s first generation of writers. The function of language tends to be reflected in its grammatical and lexical structure...” Against this background, the study demonstrates that lexico-grammatical patterning in a text is as crucial as any other level of linguistic description in encoding the message and aesthetics of literary discourse. A good deal of critical works have been carried out globally on different aspects of deixis in various languages, which underscores the importance of the concept in linguistic study. These include Barr’s (1979) “The Use of Deictic to Identify Participants in Bahasa Indonesia,” Colburn’s (1981) The Function. Clark-Bekederemo’s poetry, which is the preoccupation of the present study
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