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The greatest American writer Eugene O Neill (1888- 1953) achieved a recognizable place among the English and American dramatists through the stylistic features of his dramatic language . This study investigates O Neill s way of handling dramatic language, in Hairy Ape ,( the use of grammar from the settled norms in play writing) . It endeavors to show how O Neill manipulates his character s dialogue and the effects of this manipulation .The problem is related to what extent O Neill s use of language deviates from the linguistic norm , and the levels of linguistic deviation in his style. The study aims to analyze the types of grammatical deviation in O Neill s Hairy Ape . Moreover, it attempts to justify the reasons behind these deviations (and to support some critical points of view concerning O Neill s and style in using grammatical deviations). . Deviation as a linguistic phenomenon has an important effect on the readers (and hearers ), if a part of a poem is deviant it becomes especially , noticeable , or perceptually prominent ( Short, 1969 : 11 ) . Out of the stylistic analysis ,it has been found out that the writer uses a language deviated from the literary convention or everyday speech(norm). He uses different types of linguistic deviations to achieve his purposes

Grammartical Deviation , Neill s Hairy Ape

2010

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