Exploring the language of poems, plays and prose /
Short, Mick,
Exploring the language of poems, plays and prose / Mick Short. - xvi, 399 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Learning about language . - Learning about language. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-385) and index.
Preface: how to use this book -- Author's acknowledgements -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Who is stylistics? -- More on foregrounding, deviation and parallelism -- Style variation in texts -- Sound, meaning and effect -- Rhythm and metre in the reading of poetry -- Drama: the conversational genre -- The meaning of speech acts, turn-taking and politeness -- Assumptions, presuppositions and the inferring of meaning -- Fictional prose and point of view -- Speech and thought presentation -- Prose style -- Bringing it all together -- Appendix: a list of English phonemes -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
0582291305 9780582291300
95040524
English language--Style
English language--Versification
PE1421. / S5 1996
808
Exploring the language of poems, plays and prose / Mick Short. - xvi, 399 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Learning about language . - Learning about language. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-385) and index.
Preface: how to use this book -- Author's acknowledgements -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Who is stylistics? -- More on foregrounding, deviation and parallelism -- Style variation in texts -- Sound, meaning and effect -- Rhythm and metre in the reading of poetry -- Drama: the conversational genre -- The meaning of speech acts, turn-taking and politeness -- Assumptions, presuppositions and the inferring of meaning -- Fictional prose and point of view -- Speech and thought presentation -- Prose style -- Bringing it all together -- Appendix: a list of English phonemes -- References -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
0582291305 9780582291300
95040524
English language--Style
English language--Versification
PE1421. / S5 1996
808