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AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERSONS OF DISCOURSE, THIRD PERSON, AND PRETERITE IN THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
| Abstract: This study is an analysis of the persons of discourse, third persons and preterite in The old Man and the Sea. Grammatically speaking, both the oral and written expressions of speakers of English as a second language are characterized by inappropriate use of the persons of discourse hence the need for this study. It is significant because it establishes the worth of persons in every discourse situation. Besides, it stresses the need for turn-turning to achieve coherence in a text. The persons of discourse are two people in a dialogue that interchange personal pronouns ‘I’ and ‘you’ between them and use neuter ‘it’ to make reference to the things that constitute part of the dialogue in a novel. Third person is the thing that the persons of discourse talk about while preterite means simple past tense. The study is limited by dearth of materials as the topic, to the best of the researchers’ knowledge, has not been explored by scholars. Qualitative and discursive approach was adopted as method of investigation. The result of the analysis shows that the personal pronouns ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘he’ and preterite are often used in the novel. The old man and Manolin often interchange ‘I’ and ‘you’ between them. ‘He ’is employed by the old man to refer to the hooked fish; it is also used by the narrator to make reference to the old man. Preterite is used repeatedly to report the past events in the novel. The study impacts positively on readers generally as it enables them to have better understanding, of any literary piece or the writer’s point of view. |
| Keywords: Person, Pronouns, Preterite, Discourse, And Dialogue |
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