Exploring the language of poems, plays, and prose. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mick Short.
• Other Names: Short, Mick
• Contents: 1. Who is stylistics? -- 2. More on foregrounding, deviation and parallelism -- 3. Style variation in texts -- 4. Sound, meaning and effect -- 5. Rhythm and metre in the reading of poetry -- 6. Drama: the conversational genre -- 7. The meaning of speech acts, turn-taking and politeness -- 8. Assumptions, presuppositions and the inferring of meaning -- 9. Fictional prose and point of view -- 10. Speech and thought presentation -- 11. Prose style -- 12. Bringing it all together -- Appendix: a list of English phonemes.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (416 pages)
• Subjects: 808; English language -- Style; English language -- Versification; English language -- Versification; English language -- Style; English language -- Versification; Englisch; Literarischer Stil; Literatur; Stilistik; Literatursprache; Lyrik; Engels; Letterkunde; Taalgebruik; Stilistiek; Englisch; Einführung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317887805; 1317887808
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.