A stylistic study of lexical devices in Aladdin and the princess and the frog

Abstract EN

This study is a quantitative-qualitative, descriptive study .

it stylistically investigates lexical devices in aladdin and the magic lamp and the princess and the frog .

the study attempts to answer the following questions: what are the lexical devices used and how are they realized ? what are the dominant lexical devices in the selected data ? what are the functions of the lexical devices in the selected data ? according to the questions , the study aims at : finding out the lexical devices that are employed in the selected data and how they are realized linguistically, setting out the dominant lexical devices , and shedding light on the effects and functions of lexical devices in the selected data.

to achieve the aims of the study the following procedures are followed: presenting the literature review about stylistics, lexical devices , in addition to animations and analysing how the lexical devices are being used in the selected data and exploring their functions.

the model adapted in this study of lexical devices by galperin (1971) ; it is a classification of expressive means and stylistic devices.

findings of the study revealed that the dominant lexical devices used was metonymy followed by simile respectively.

on the basis of the analysis, the following conclusions are given: metonymy is found out to be the most dominant lexical devices , the lexical devices are used to deliver information clearly and add intensity to language meaning, the lexical devices are realized in a systematic way to embellish and enhance the texts.