... text is constructed, with the emphasis on the language used. A socio-cultural approach takes into consideration the background of the speaker and the writer, and the social, cultural and even historic contexts of the text. It is concerned with the effect that the effect that the language produces on the receiver. A cognitive approach to language examines links between language and mental processes, and the effect that the text has on the reader or listener. As I am looking at characterisation and plot within this extract, I shall mainly use an inherency approach, but I will also look at some aspects using the socio-cultural and cognitive approaches. I will begin with a general overview of the narrative, and then use the work of Toolan, Greimas and Montgomery to illustrate further the creativity that I believe is to be found. The story concerns a woman who has been ill for many years, and ...

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