Publisher's Synopsis
This is an introduction to literary stylistics and the study of discourse. The book's aim is to introduce students to models and techniques of analysis and to provide a basis for an understanding of how levels of discourse operate, both in literature and in other, non-literary forms of language. It covers syntax, vocabulary, phonology and social context in relation to different literary conventions, allowing readers to understand style as both a linguistic property and an interactional and social phenomenon.;The book is aimed at students and specialists of English language and literature and students and specialists in discourse analysis.
