Stylistics: A Resource Book for Students

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Author: Paul Simpson

ISBN-10: 0415281059

ISBN-13: 9780415281058

Category: English Grammar

Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the Routledge English Language Introductions series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings – all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two-dimensional'structure is built around four sections – introductions, development, exploration and extension – which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling the...

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This is a comprehensive introduction to literary stylistics offering an accessible overview of stylistic, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings - all in the same volume.

AIntroduction : key concepts in stylistics11What is stylistics?22Stylistics and levels of language53Grammar and style94Rhythm and metre145Narrative stylistics186Style as choice227Style and point of view268Representing speech and thought309Dialogue and discourse3410Cognitive stylistics3811Metaphor and metonymy4112Stylistics and verbal humour45BDevelopment : doing stylistics491Developments in stylistics502Levels of language at work : an example from poetry533Sentence styles : development and illustration594Interpreting patterns of sound665Developments in structural narratology706Style and transitivity747Approaches to point of view778Techniques of speech and thought presentation809Dialogue in drama8510Developments in cognitive stylistics8911Styles of metaphor92CExploration : investigating style971Is there a "literary language"?982Style, register and dialect1023Grammar and genre: a short study in Imagism1084Styles in a single poem : an exploration1125A sociolinguistic model of narrative1146Transitivity, characterisation and literary genre1197Exploring point of view in narrative fiction1238A workshop on speech and thought presentation1309Exploring dialogue13610Cognitive stylistics at work13911Exploring metaphors in different kinds of texts14212Extension : readings in stylistics147How to use these readings1481Language and literature1482Style and verbal play1583Teaching grammar and style1614Sound, style and onomatopoeia1685Style variation in narrative1766Transitivity at work1857Point of view1958Speech and thought presentation1959Literature as discourse : the literary speech situation19610Cognitive stylistics : the poetry of Emily Dickinson20111Cognitive stylistics and the theory of metaphor21112Style and verbal humour217