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5 - A Critical and Stylistic Analysis of the Depiction of the Transnational Human Trafficking Victim in Minette Walters’ The Cellar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2023

By
Christiana Gregoriou
Edited by
John Douthwaite  and
Ulrike Tabbert
John Douthwaite
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Genova
Ulrike Tabbert
Affiliation:
University of Huddersfield
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Summary

Gregoriou presents a study of characterisation in a crime fiction novel on child trafficking. Her choice of analytic tools (speech presentation, naming strategies, transitivity, modality and metaphor analysis) narrows the focus to an in-depth exploration of these selected five, bringing to light character Muna’s mind style.

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characterisationtraffickingmind stylespeech presentationmodalitynamingmetaphor
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The Linguistics of Crime , pp. 88 - 104
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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