Bilgewater: Foregrounded features
We have already noticed that foregrounding produced through repetition
and parallelism plays a part in our overall understanding of the Bilgewater
passage. So, too, does foregrounding produced through deviation. In the
following tasks we will look in turn at four instances of deviation which
play a significant interpretative role in the passage.
Task D - sentences 11 and 12
How, and at what linguistic level, is there deviation
in the following extract, and how does it relate to your overall understanding
of the passage? After you have worked out what you think, compare your
answer with ours by clicking on the extract.
There was a decanter of sherry on the bookcase. It had
a neglected air.
Our answer
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