Paradigmatic, syntagmatic and contextual relations in Araby

This study aims to study a well-known short story Araby in scope of linguistic criticism according to the paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations of language. In addition, we suggest the context and the language relation as the depth axis in addition to the vertical and horizontal axes. We will look into the literary material in two principle perspectives in this study, one of which is the grammatical or structural point of view, that is, the analysis of the text in a morpheme, word, phrase or sentence level and the other is the analysis of the text as a whole in discourse and communication level. The findings obtained from the study are illustrated in tables and figures so that they can easily be interpreted. We try to criticize the material both on the author's favor and the addressee's favor, in which case the story is the message between them. The selection of the words preferred by the author and the way they are lined up and composed are discussed in detail and explained by serial and linear relations.