Stylistics
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Description
Stylistics is the linguistic study of style in language. It aims to account for how texts project meaning, how readers construct meaning and why readers respond to texts in the way that they do. This book is an introduction to stylistics that locates it firmly within the traditions of linguistics. Organised to reflect the historical development of stylistics from its origins in Russian formalism, the book covers key principles such as foregrounding theory, as well as more recent developments in…
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Key features
- Covers traditional as well as new approaches to stylistics, including cognitive and corpus stylistics
- Examines non-literary material as well as literary texts: students will be more open to the benefits of stylistic analysis for all kinds of text
- Includes methodologies for stylistic analysis so that students can connect theory with practice
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511762949
- Series Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
- Subjects English Language and Linguistics: General Interest,English Literature: General Interest,Language and Linguistics,Literature,Stylistics
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 15 November 2010
- ISBN: 9780521405645
- Dimensions (mm): 247 x 174 mm
- Weight: 0.63kg
- Contains: 10 b/w illus. 2 tables
- Page extent: 242 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 08 November 2010
- ISBN: 9780521728690
- Dimensions (mm): 247 x 174 mm
- Weight: 0.48kg
- Contains: 10 b/w illus. 2 tables
- Page extent: 238 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9780511762949
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