| Stylistics: A Practical Coursebook Contributor(s): Hope, Jonathan (Author), Wright, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415113814 ISBN-13: 9780415113816 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1995 Annotation: Using a wide range of twentieth-century literary prose, Laura Wright and Jonathan Hope provide an interactive introduction to the techniques of stylistic analysis. Divided up into five sections--the noun phrase, the verb phrase, the clause, text structure and vocabulary--the book also provides an introduction to the basics of descriptive grammar for beginning students. br br Presuming no prior linguistic knowledge, b /b b i Stylistics /i /b provides a comprehensive glossary of terms. Designed to be used in a variety of classrooms, it introduces students to an enormous range of 20th century literature. This book does not seek to present an account of stylistics as a discipline; rather, it provides over forty opportunities for hands-on stylistic analysis. For each linguistic feature under discussion, the reader is offered a definition, a text for analysis, exercises and tasks, in addition to a suggested solution. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Non-classifiable - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| LCCN: 94041574 |
| Lexile Measure: 1260 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (0.94 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Using a wide range of twentieth-century literary prose Laura Wright and Jonathan Hope provide an interactive' introduction to the techniques of stylistic analysis. Divided up into five sections; the noun phrase, the verb phrase, the clause, text structure and vocabulary, the book also provides an introduction to the basics of descriptive grammar for beginning students. * Presumes no prior linguistic knowledge * Provides a comprehensive glossary of terms * Adaptable: designed to be used in a variety of classroom contexts * Introduces students to an enormous range of 20th century literature from James Joyce to Roddy Doyle A practical coursebook rather than a survey account of stylistics as a discipline, the book provides over forty opportunities for hands-on stylistic analysis. For each linguistic feature under discussion the reader is offered a definition, a text for analysis, exercises and tasks, in addition to a suggested solution. Stylistics: A Practical Coursebook is genuinely student friendly' and will be an invaluable tool for all beginning undergraduates and A-level students of language and literature. |