Keywords
Term ID | Vocabulary | Parent | Term | Description |
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2010 | Environment | Place | Livery stable | |
3271 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Little sister | |
4670 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Lithographs | |
697 | Actions | Perceptual | Listening | |
4315 | Actions | Communication | Listening | |
944 | Actions | Verbal | Listen | |
3510 | Aesthetics | Style | List | |
3990 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Lips | |
2794 | Actions | Hunting | Lion hunting | |
2795 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Lion | |
3217 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Lind, Jenny | |
2326 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Lincoln, Abraham | |
4411 | Actions | Bodily | Limping | |
1441 | Actions | Movement | Limping | |
3652 | Actions | Movement | Limousine | |
3833 | Themes and Motifs | Meaning | Limitations of words / language | |
3419 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Liminal |
For events in which the boundary between life and death is blurred, such as when Dewey Dell describes her father as looking "like right after the maul hits the steer and it no longer alive and dont yet know that it is dead." EKP |
5515 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Limbourg, Belgium | |
5656 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Lilliput | |
2693 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Lilith | |
3221 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Lilith | |
3303 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Like death | |
1222 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Lightning bugs | |
5601 | Cultural Issues | Technology | Lighting |
For when a text makes explicit reference to electric lighting (as opposed to light from fires, candles, etc.) JBP |
728 | Environment | Atmospheric | Light | |
3147 | Actions | Physical | Lifting | |
1352 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Life as repetition | |
3766 | Cultural Issues | Education | Life after graduation | |
3821 | Environment | Natural | Lichen / fungi | |
5597 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | License Plate | |
789 | Environment | Domestic Space | Library | |
733 | Environment | Place | Library | |
3920 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Librarian look | |
1695 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Liberty | |
2578 | Cultural Issues | Politics | Liberal |
In The Reivers Lucius Priest defines the various positions of Conservative, Liberal, Republican, and Democrat in the following manner: "Like this: a Republican is a man who made his money; a Liberal is a man who inherited his; a Democrat is a barefoot Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write." (109) Though, these positions are hardly set in stone it is important to note the distinct separation between political outlook and political party. JB |
3906 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Lexington, Virginia | |
1343 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Letters | |
1705 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Letter of protest | |
788 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Letter | |
1494 | Actions | Communication | Letter | |
3806 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Lethe | |
4474 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Leprosy | |
4475 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Leprosy | |
3316 | Actions | Economic | Lending Money | |
3992 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Legs | |
3021 | Cultural Issues | Government | Legislative action | |
3347 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Legends in American history | |
648 | Actions | Moral | Legal surrender | |
5298 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal ownership | |
1011 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal issue | |
4049 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal fine | |
1232 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal document | |
5297 | Aesthetics | Language | Legal definitions | |
1249 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal authority | |
5547 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal advice | |
1086 | Actions | (First level term) | Legal | |
2202 | Cultural Issues | Slavery | Legacy after emancipation |
Refers to when a text alludes to the legacy of slavery years (or decades) after the end of slavery. It was created to tag the references to "sold my Benjamin" in "Go Down, Moses" - a story whose very title alludes to slavery. JBP |
3361 | Cultural Issues | Food | Leftovers | |
4933 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Left for dead | |
5659 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | LeFlore, Greenwood | |
2661 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Lee, Robert Edward | |
4115 | Cultural Issues | Economy | Ledger | |
1731 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Ledger | |
4158 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Leda and the Swan | |
4052 | Actions | Work | Leaving work | |
2094 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Leaving home | |
2656 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Leaving | |
2206 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Learning disability | |
2155 | Cultural Issues | Sexuality | Learning about |
This admittedly clumsy term is for when a narrative deals with a character being told or otherwise learning about sexual matters. (The specific impetus for its creation is in "Miss Zilphia Gant" when her mother starts strip searching her at age 13 and begins telling her "what her father had done and what she had done.") JBP |
3517 | Actions | Mental | Learning | |
2814 | Environment | Domestic Space | Lean-to | |
5395 | Cultural Issues | History | League of Nations | |
3846 | Environment | Natural | Leaf / leaves | |
976 | Actions | Interaction, Social | Leadership | |
822 | Relationships | Hierarchical | Leader | |
2683 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Laziness | |
4753 | Cultural Issues | Religion | Lay preacher | |
4551 | Cultural Issues | Law | Lawyers | |
1134 | Actions | Work | Lawyering |
Performing any sort of work as an attorney at law. JW |
744 | Relationships | Institutional | Lawyer-client | |
4543 | Cultural Issues | Law | Lawsuit | |
2767 | Cultural Issues | Alcohol | Laws |
This keyword covers any laws and regulations regarding the production, sale, or consumption of alcohol. This covers "Blue Laws", bootlegging, and other legal frameworks. The reason for putting this under Alcohol and not crime was that this is not to highlight any specific law or that someone has even committed a crime, but rather the legal structure affirms or contradicts cultural norms around alcohol. JB |
3899 | Environment | Place | Lawns | |
2681 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Lawnmower | |
518 | Cultural Issues | Education | Law school | |
1132 | Cultural Issues | Law | Law school | |
986 | Actions | Work | Law enforcement | |
546 | Cultural Issues | Race | Law | |
437 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Law | |
4616 | Environment | Public | Lavatory | |
4653 | Environment | Place | Lavatory | |
5271 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Launcelot | |
4483 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Laughter as sign of madness | |
2708 | Actions | Bodily | Laughing | |
1432 | Actions | Emotional | Laughing | |
3168 | Aesthetics | Language | Latin phrase | |
2967 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Latin pastoral poetry | |
4582 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Lao Tse (Laozi) | |
5455 | Actions | Communication | Language barriers | |
3957 | Cultural Issues | Ethnicity | Language barrier |