volume Number 11، number In Volume 1، Spring 2018 ، issue Number 39

Semantic-field Analysis: An Approach in Stylistics

Ne’matollah Iranzade(Author in Charge), Mohammad mehdi Zamani

Abstract

Semantic-field theory is a structuralistic theory in semantics. A Semantic field is a collection of words in which a special semantic component cause collocation between them. This study sets out to answer this question that how could be this theory applied in stylistic studies? This theory could be applied in semantic studies of literature, especially in meaning stylistics. The semantic study of literary works and meaning stylistics focus on being or not being existed individual meaning which is frequently seen in literary texts, versus general meaning. Introducing the principles of this semantic theory, this study, by analyzing a sample, shows the efficiency of applying this theory in studying literature and introduce semantic-field analysis as an approach in stylistic studies.

Keyword
Structuralistic semantics , Semantic field , Stylistics , Literary studies , Linguistics

• Safavi, Kourosh (2012), Introduction to Linguistics in the Study of Persian Literature, Tehran: Alam Publication.
• Farrokhzad, Forough (1975), Asir, Tehran: Amirkabir Publication.
• Farrokhzad, Forough (1976), Believe in the beginning of the cold season, Tehran: Morvarid Publication.
• Dalvand, Y, The Ambiguity of Hidden Proportions in Hafez Poetry, Master Thesis, Tehran, Allameh Tabatabai University, (2015) .
• Color, Jonathan (2009), Constructivist Poetics: Constructivism, Linguistics and the Study of Literature, translated by Kourosh Safavi, Tehran: Minavi Kherad Publication.
• Barouti Ardestani, S., Analysis of semantic domains of 50 lyric poems selected from Attar, Master Thesis, TehranAllameh Tabatabai University, (2013) .
• Lions, John (2012), An Introduction to Semantics, translated by Kourosh Safavi, Tehran: Scientific Publication.
• Vaezi, Ahmad (2010), An Introduction to Hermeneutics, Tehran: Institute of Islamic Culture and Thought .
• Fotouhi, Mahmoud, (2012), Stylistics: Theories, Approaches and Methods, Tehran, Sokhan Publication.
• Shamisa, Sirus (2002), Witness play in Persian literature, Tehran: Ferdows Publication.
• Farrokhzad, Forough (1351), Rebellion, Tehran, Amirkabir Publication.
• Sajjadi, Jafar (2010), Dictionary of Mystical Terms and Interpretations, Tehran, Tahoori Publication.
• Anvari, Hassan (2002), Farhang Bozorg Sokhan, Tehran: Sokhan Publication.
• Chandler, Daniel (2008), Fundamentals of Semiotics, translated by Mehdi Parsa, Tehran: Surah Mehr Publication.
• Geertrets, Dirk (2014), Theories of lexical semantics, translated by Kourosh Safavi, Tehran: Almi Publication.
• Haghshenas, M. (1998), 《Poetry horizons of Saadi and Hafez: A discussion on ease and refusal in poetry》 Kian Magazine, No. 41, p. 64 .
• Jahed Jah, A. and Rezaei, L, (2011), 《Vocabulary and its role in accelerating the narration of Shahnameh》 Journal of Literary Technologies, third year,،No1.
• Taghavi, M. and Dehghan, A. (2009), 《What is a motif and how it is formed》, Journal of Literary Criticism, Second Year No. 8, p.7 .
• Langman, Richard, Jack, Pellet, John and Weir, Heidi (1996), Explanatory Dictionary of Applied Linguistics, translated by Hossein Vosoughi andSeyed Akbar Mir Hosseini, Tehran: Book Translation and PublicationCenter.
• Cruse,Alan,(2006),A Glossary af semantics and Pragmatics,Edinburgh:Edinburgh universityPublication.