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Linguistics and English literature : an introduction /

"Concise and engaging, this textbook introduces stylistics, the application of linguistics to literary analysis. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, Douglas H. Adamson discusses linguistics before addressing its application to literature, enabling students to become knowledgeable in bot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adamson, H.D (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Series:Cambridge introductions to the English language.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Style > Textbooks.
Englisch.
English language > Acquisition.
English language > Style > Introduction.
English philology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
Linguistik.
Literatur.
Sprachanalyse.
Stilistik.
Style, literary > Introduction.
Style, literary > Textbooks.
Table of Contents:
  • The sounds of English
  • Metaphor and metonymy
  • Syntax
  • The rhythms of poetry and speech
  • Varieties of English
  • Morphology, semantics and pragmatics
  • Discourse analysis
  • Alternative texts.