This approach of stylistics will examine the phenomenon of speech and thought presentation

categories quantitatively and qualitatively in the selected texts on the scales of model
suggested by Leech and Short (1981).
Leech and Short Model (1981) will be applied in this research.

Speech presentation categories

Narration no speech presentation involved (hence the bracketing of

the symbol here)
e.g. He looked straight at her.
= Narrators Representation of Speech Acts

NRSA

IS

FIS

DS

FDS

e.g. He looked straight at her and told her about his imminent
return. She was pleased.
= Indirect Speech
e.g. He looked straight at her and told her that he would
definitely return the following day. She was pleased.
= Free Indirect Speech
e.g. He looked straight at her. He would definitely come back
tomorrow! She was pleased.
= Direct Speech
e.g. He looked straight at her and said Ill definitely come back
tomorrow!.
=Free Direct Speech
e.g. He looked straight at her. Ill definitely come back tomorrow!
She was pleased.

Thought presentation categories

N

NRTA

IT

Narration no thought presentation involved (hence the bracketing of

the symbol here)
e.g. He looked straight at her.
= Narrators Report of Thought Acts
e.g. He looked straight at her and thought about his imminent
return. She remained unaware of his plan until the following
day.
= Indirect Thought
e.g. He looked straight at her and decided that he would definitely

return the following day. She remained unaware of his

plan until the following day.
= Free Indirect Thought
FIT

e.g. He looked straight at her. He would definitely come back

tomorrow! She remained unaware of his plan until the following
day.
= Direct Thought

DT

e.g. He looked straight at her and decided Ill definitely come

back tomorrow!. She remained unaware of his plan until the
following day.
=Free Direct Thought

FDT

e.g. He looked straight at her. Ill definitely come back tomorrow!

She remained unaware of his plan until the following day.