The role of context in the interpretation of ernest hemingway's "hills like white elephants" in terms of verschueren's mental world

Abstract EN

There is an obvious notion that developed over time.

This notion reveals that language is embodied within a context that strongly influences the interpretation of meaning.

It introduces the point of view of a large number of scholars, linguists, sociolinguists, social psychologists and anthropologists.

The Context has also its own influence on semantics and especially in pragmatics.

Pragmatics studies the relations between language and context that are considered as basic to account of language understanding.

In addition, it is important to consider the role of mental world in language interpretation and understanding.

The present study concentrates on using Verschueren's mental world in the analysis and the interpretations of Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants".

Verschueren's mental world includes certain properties which deal with aspects of personality, emotions, beliefs, desires or wishes and motivations or intentions.