Keywords
| Term ID | Vocabulary | Parent |
Term |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2967 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Latin pastoral poetry | |
| 3168 | Aesthetics | Language | Latin phrase | |
| 2708 | Actions | Bodily | Laughing | |
| 1432 | Actions | Emotional | Laughing | |
| 4483 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Laughter as sign of madness | |
| 5271 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Launcelot | |
| 4616 | Environment | Public | Lavatory | |
| 4653 | Environment | Place | Lavatory | |
| 546 | Cultural Issues | Race | Law | |
| 437 | Cultural Issues | (First level term) | Law | |
| 986 | Actions | Work | Law enforcement | |
| 518 | Cultural Issues | Education | Law school | |
| 1132 | Cultural Issues | Law | Law school | |
| 2681 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Lawnmower | |
| 3899 | Environment | Place | Lawns | |
| 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 |
| 4543 | Cultural Issues | Law | Lawsuit | |
| 744 | Relationships | Institutional | Lawyer-client | |
| 1134 | Actions | Work | Lawyering |
Performing any sort of work as an attorney at law. JW |
| 4551 | Cultural Issues | Law | Lawyers | |
| 4753 | Cultural Issues | Religion | Lay preacher | |
| 2683 | Themes and Motifs | Character | Laziness | |
| 822 | Relationships | Hierarchical | Leader | |
| 976 | Actions | Interaction, Social | Leadership | |
| 3846 | Environment | Natural | Leaf / leaves | |
| 5395 | Cultural Issues | History | League of Nations | |
| 2814 | Environment | Domestic Space | Lean-to | |
| 3517 | Actions | Mental | Learning | |
| 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 |
| 2206 | Themes and Motifs | Psychological | Learning disability | |
| 2656 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Leaving | |
| 2094 | Themes and Motifs | Arrivals/Departures | Leaving home | |
| 4052 | Actions | Work | Leaving work | |
| 4158 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Leda and the Swan | |
| 4115 | Cultural Issues | Economy | Ledger | |
| 1731 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Ledger | |
| 2661 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Lee, Robert Edward | |
| 5659 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | LeFlore, Greenwood | |
| 4933 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Left for dead | |
| 3361 | Cultural Issues | Food | Leftovers | |
| 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 |
| 1086 | Actions | (First level term) | Legal | |
| 5547 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal advice | |
| 1249 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal authority | |
| 5297 | Aesthetics | Language | Legal definitions | |
| 1232 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal document | |
| 4049 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal fine | |
| 1011 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal issue | |
| 5298 | Cultural Issues | Law | Legal ownership | |
| 648 | Actions | Moral | Legal surrender | |
| 3347 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Legends in American history | |
| 3021 | Cultural Issues | Government | Legislative action | |
| 3992 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Legs | |
| 3316 | Actions | Economic | Lending Money | |
| 5716 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Lenin, Vladimir | |
| 4474 | Cultural Issues | Health and Illness | Leprosy | |
| 4475 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Leprosy | |
| 3806 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Lethe | |
| 788 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | Letter | |
| 1494 | Actions | Communication | Letter | |
| 1705 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Letter of protest | |
| 1343 | Themes and Motifs | Texts | Letters | |
| 3906 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Lexington, Virginia | |
| 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 |
| 1695 | Themes and Motifs | Values | Liberty | |
| 3920 | Themes and Motifs | Appearance | Librarian look | |
| 789 | Environment | Domestic Space | Library | |
| 733 | Environment | Place | Library | |
| 5597 | Themes and Motifs | Objects | License Plate | |
| 3821 | Environment | Natural | Lichen / fungi | |
| 3766 | Cultural Issues | Education | Life after graduation | |
| 1352 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Life as repetition | |
| 3147 | Actions | Physical | Lifting | |
| 728 | Environment | Atmospheric | Light | |
| 5601 | Cultural Issues | Technology | Lighting |
For when a text makes explicit reference to electric lighting (as opposed to light from fires, candles, etc.) JBP |
| 1222 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Lightning bugs | |
| 3303 | Themes and Motifs | Death | Like death | |
| 2693 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Biblical | Lilith | |
| 3221 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Mythical | Lilith | |
| 5656 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Literary | Lilliput | |
| 5515 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Geographical | Limbourg, Belgium | |
| 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 |
| 3833 | Themes and Motifs | Meaning | Limitations of words / language | |
| 3652 | Actions | Movement | Limousine | |
| 4411 | Actions | Bodily | Limping | |
| 1441 | Actions | Movement | Limping | |
| 2326 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Lincoln, Abraham | |
| 3217 | Aesthetics | Allusion, Historical | Lind, Jenny | |
| 2795 | Themes and Motifs | Animals | Lion | |
| 2794 | Actions | Hunting | Lion hunting | |
| 3990 | Themes and Motifs | Body | Lips | |
| 3510 | Aesthetics | Style | List | |
| 944 | Actions | Verbal | Listen | |
| 697 | Actions | Perceptual | Listening | |
| 4315 | Actions | Communication | Listening | |
| 4670 | Themes and Motifs | Art | Lithographs | |
| 3271 | Themes and Motifs | Recurring Tropes | Little sister | |
| 2055 | Actions | Work | Livery stable | |
| 2010 | Environment | Place | Livery stable | |
| 4907 | Cultural Issues | Agriculture | Livestock |