Abstract
This paper investigates the theme of the sea in Guy de Maupassant’s Une vie through lexicometric and lexical-statistical methods. Using a digitized corpus and the Hyperbase software, it identifies salient forms and lexical networks related to the sea and examines their contribution to the novel’s stylistic and thematic construction. The quantitative approach aims to objectify dominant patterns (frequencies, specificities, hapax) and to show how the sea operates as an ambivalent motif—separation/integration, threat/attraction—within Maupassant’s narrative imagination.
Recommended Citation
Benzina, Ouafae
(2016)
"The Sea in All Its Forms in Maupassant’s Une vie: A Lexicometric Study,"
Faits de Langue et Société (FLS): Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarhub.univh2c.ma/fls/vol2/iss1/3