... narration, his language, and his mannerisms and try to offer explanations for his actions. I think Stevens' language is extremely important in understanding his character, as it is self-styled and conscious, therefore he uses this language for a reason however, the unconscious and social effects it has on Stevens carry equal importance when summarizing his character. People often adopt a different style of speaking when expressing a certain viewpoint; by way of stereotype we affix a certain ideology with a certain type of language. This is called Style-shifting. Most commonly people living on the Lower-middle class/Upper-Working class borderline of society use it due to being in constant contact with people in higher and lower social groups than themselves. In order to integrate and conduct business with people either side, style-shifting is used, whereby people adopt the language from the group of the person they are addressing. (Suzanne Romaine) Stevens Style-shifts throughout the ...

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