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Textuality in Text: A Discourse Analysis of Nelson Mandela‘s I Am the First Accused

Universal Journal of Literature and Linguistics | Vol 4, Issue 1

Table 2. Summaryof Substitution/Conjunction

Substitution
Substitution referenceLine referenceSubstituted information
This notion5-7The policy of white supremacy
To do it (an African)8When anything has to be carried
This sort of attitude8-9An African to work for a white man
Like white people11-12That they fall in love
An area34-35There
Their own36-37House
Conjunction
ConjunctionLine ReferenceConjunction Reference
Because (of this sort of)9-10To do it for him whether he is…..
Because (they have no schools)22-23Children wander about the streets
But (everywhere) 26-27Which erupts not only politically
Even though30House breakings and robberies
Because (without them)38We want equal political rights
Because (the majority of voters39-40This sounds revolutionary
But (this fear)40-41The white man fears democracy