A Review of Adjectival and Adverbial Cases in Characterization of Akhavan Sales's Poetic Style

The distinctive use of language to influence the reader is an essential aspect of a writer’s style. Specific structure, selectivity, genre, and opting for certain words and compound terms are key factors in stylistics, from which writers and poets benefit to induce the desired meaning. Language is the foundation of thought and contemplation and, like any other social action, it denotes a certain implication. This necessitates a close analysis of what adverbs and adjectives signify as parts of speech. In his career, Akhavan Saless relies on adverbs and adjectives to make a strong bond between the linguistic context and its semantic impacts. The present study is a linguistic analysis of Akhavan Saless’ poetry in terms of parts of speech to uncover direct effects of his literary career on readers. Results imply that purposeful use of adverbs and adjectives as linguistic tools contributes to semantic development of his discourse as well as rational persuasion of readers, without being unreasonably lengthy.