Galsworthyの強調手法

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In order to attract the reader's attention, John Galsworthy, an author most careful in his technique of writing, often resorts to "italicized emphasis" -emphasis shown by making a word or words (sometimes a whole sentence) printed in italics. This technique is often made use of by various authors, the examples of which are by no means difficult to be found. Few writers, however, have used this method more extensively and effectively than the Nobel Prize novelist and dramatist of "The Forsyte Saga". This technique of Galsworthy's is greatly appreciated by foreign readers and students of English pronunciation (accentuation and intonation), who manage to acquire correct word stress with the aid of dictionaries, but who might be at a loss how to put right sentence stress and proper intonation, regarding which dictionaries can help us little, if at all. Galsworthy's dramas and novels with many printed marks and hints of pronunciation may serve as excellent text-books of spoken English. In this paper, quoting examples from his plays (and novels), I attempt to analyze and and interpret his technique of "italicized emphasis", with a view to learning the right way of speaking English-how to accentuate correctly and intonate properly.
横浜国立大学の論文
1958-09-30