Lugea, Jane,

Stylistics : text, cognition and corpora / Jane Lugea and Brian Walker. - xxi, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Style: text, cognition and corpora -- Worlds -- Point of view -- The presentation of speech, writing and thought -- Fictional dialogue -- Fictional character -- Metaphorical language -- Mind style -- Humour -- How to 'do' stylistics -- Supplementary information.

"This textbook introduces the reader to contemporary approaches to language analysis such as cognitive stylistics and corpus stylistics, reflecting recent shifts in research trends and offering students a practical way to access and understand these developments. The authors lead readers through detailed explanations, guided analyses, examples of research and suggestions for further reading. This textbook makes an ideal introduction to the field of stylistics for students who are new to the area, but who have some background in basic language analysis. It will be of use to students on courses in stylistics, literary linguistics, corpus methods, cognitive linguistics, and language and style"-- Back cover.

9783031104213


English language--Style.
English language--Discourse analysis.
Literary style.

PE1421 / .L84 2023

808 / L967s