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Analysis of Endophoric Reference in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This study explores the references in Lewis Carroll's ‘Alice in Wonderland,' using Halliday and Hasan's method of cohesion analysis. Specifically, the present study aims to extract the story's endophoric references (anaphoric and cataphoric) as used by the main character, Alice. By using a qualitative approach, through reading and analyzing the data of Alice’s utterances, it has been revealed that they employ two aspects of reference: anaphoric and cataphoric. There are 153 anaphoric references and 116 cataphoric references. Further, both kinds of reference are divided into two types: personal and demonstrative. It is the personal references that dominate. The researchers were able to clarify the role of anaphora and cataphora in the story as a way of building up cohesiveness in the text, and further recommendations are discussed at the end of the paper.

Source: Forum for Linguistic Studies

DOI: 10.30564/fls.v6i5.6752

Authors: Ibrahim Fathi Huwari, Sarp Erkir, Ali Ata Alkhaldi, Ida Royani

Institutions: Petra University, American University of the Middle East, Universitas Islam Negeri Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan

Language: English

Topic: Linguistics and Discourse Analysis

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4403690982

FWCI: 5.955

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Cited by: 2

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