A Study of Linguistic Complexity in Nautical Historical Fiction with Reference to Patrick O’ Brian’ s Master and Commander
- Country : India
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Keywords : Nautical Historical Fiction, nautical and naval terms, sociolinguistic, linguistic.
Abstract
It is the reading of the Nautical Historical Fiction inevitably raises the question in front of reader that “How much vocabulary do I need to know?” and it recurs again and again. It is because O'Brian's Master and Commander provides a deep presentation of nautical and naval terms, medical and scientific terms, people, place and political groups, historical events, weapons, armaments, and the military words, flora, fauna and nautical history, food and drink and customs and culture. The reality is that we are completely unaware of the historical and nautical background. The novel weaves around the language of sea and science into the narrative and stopping to consult a reference book the intimacy between reader and tale and between reader and author disturbs. Thus every follower of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin the central characters of the novel, has discovered finding of one's way through the complex vocabulary of novel, which can be as challenging as navigating, uncharted waters. The novel enlightens readers on sociolinguistic perspectives through nautical terms, medical and scientific terms, weapons, people, places and political groups, flora fauna and nautical history and medical and scientific terms.
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