Stylistics : a resource book for students /

Simpson, Paul, 1959-

Stylistics : a resource book for students / Paul Simpson. - 247 pages ; 26 cm. - Routledge English language introductions . - Routledge English language introductions series. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-242) and index.

Introduction : key concepts in stylistics -- What is stylistics? -- Stylistics and levels of language -- Grammar and style -- Rhythm and metre -- Narrative stylistics -- Style as choice -- Style and point of view -- Representing speech and thought -- Dialogue and discourse -- Cognitive stylistics -- Metaphor and metonymy -- Stylistics and verbal humour -- Development : doing stylistics -- Developments in stylistics -- Levels of language at work : an example from poetry -- Sentence styles : development and illustration -- Interpreting patterns of sound -- Developments in structural narratology -- Style and transitivity -- Approaches to point of view -- Techniques of speech and thought presentation -- Dialogue in drama -- Developments in cognitive stylistics -- Styles of metaphor -- Exploration : investigating style -- Is there a "literary language"? -- Style, register and dialect -- Grammar and genre: a short study in Imagism -- Styles in a single poem : an exploration -- A sociolinguistic model of narrative -- Transitivity, characterisation and literary genre -- Exploring point of view in narrative fiction -- A workshop on speech and thought presentation -- Exploring dialogue -- Cognitive stylistics at work -- Exploring metaphors in different kinds of texts -- Extension : readings in stylistics -- How to use these readings -- Language and literature / Style and verbal play / Teaching grammar and style / Sound, style and onomatopoeia / Style variation in narrative / Transitivity at work / Point of view -- Speech and thought presentation -- Literature as discourse : the literary speech situation / Cognitive stylistics : the poetry of Emily Dickinson / Cognitive stylistics and the theory of metaphor / Style and verbal humour / Roger Fowler and F. W. Bateson -- Katie Wales -- Ronald Carter -- Derek Attridge -- Mick Short -- Deirdre Burton -- Mary Louise Pratt -- Margaret Freeman -- Peter Stockwell -- Walter Nash. A. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. B. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. C. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

"Stylistics: is a comprehensive introduction to literary stylistics. The book covers the core areas, including register, dialect, vocabulary, grammar, sound and rhythm, speech and thought, narrative, dialogue, metaphor and meaning. The author draws on a range of literary texts, from Ernest Hemingway and D.H. Lawrence to Sylvia Plath, Roger McGough and Irvine Welsh. Also provided are classic readings by the key names in the discipline, including Derek Attridge, Ronald Carter and Walter Nash, Roger Fowler and Mick Short."--Publisher description.

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