IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
Volume 10 – Issue 1 – 2021
Figure 2b Ron’s Speech: Communicative Sentence Type Projection
Ron’s speech examples: Interrogatives: “Where now?” said Ron, with an anxious look at Ginny. Declaratives: “His memory’s gone,” said Ron. Imperatives: “Go on and get it out,” Ron whispered, shifting his chair so that he blocked Harry from Madam Pomfrey’s view. Ron’s communicative sentence type projections are almost the same in the canon and in the fanfics. He uses declaratives the most often (65.3% in the canon and 64.9% in the fanfics), next rank imperatives (22.2% in J. K. Rowing’s text and 20% in the fic-writers works) and interrogatives (12.5% in the canon and 15.1% in the fanfics). Thus, his speech is preserved in almost the original form from the canon. Another background character for Harry, Ron, the same as Hermione, is characterized by the similar communicative sentence types in his speech both in the canon and in the fanfics, which deviate by no more than 3%. Figure 2c Harry’s Speech: Communicative Sentence Type Projection
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