PART ONE THE POTENTIAL STYLISTIC FEATURES

Chapter One Introducing Style

  1.1  A Taste of Style

  1.2  Style as Saying Different Things in Different Contexts

  1.3  Style as Speakers from Different Backgrounds

  1.4  Style as Functions of Texts

  1.5  The Stylistic Features

  Exercises

Chapter Two Lexicology

  2.1  Morphemic Devices

  2.2  Lexical Devices

  Exercises

Chapter Three Grammar

  3.1  Syntactic Deflection

  3.2  Syntactic Incongruity

  Exercises

Chapter Four Phonology and Graphology

  4.1  Phonology

  4.2  Graphology

  Exercises

Chapter Five Semantics

  5.1  Cohesion and Style

  5.2  Sentence Groups, Passages and Paragraphs

  5.3  Patterns of Text Structure

  Exercises

PART TWO PRACTICAL STYLE

Chapter Six Conversations and Speeches

  6.1  Daily Conversation

  6.2  Spontaneous Commentary

  6.3  Public Speech

  Exercises

Chapter Seven News Report

  7.1  Semantic Features

  7.2  Text Structures

  7.3  Grammatical Features

  7.4  Lexical Features

  7.5  Graphological Features

  Exercises

Chapter Eight International Business

  8.1  Semantic Features

  8.2  Grammatical Features

  8.3  Lexical Features

  8.4  Graphological Features

  Exercises

Chapter Nine legal Documents

  9.1  Function and Style

  9.2  Grammatical Features

  9.3  Lexical Features

  9.4  Graphological Features

  Exercises

Chapter Ten Science and Technology

  10.1 Semantic Features

  10.2 Grammatical Features

  10.3 Lexical Features

  Exercises

Chapter Eleven Computer and Internet

  11.1  Computer Language

  11.2  Internet Language

  Exercises

PART THREE LITERARY STYLE

Chapter Twelve The Style of Fiction

  12.1  The Characteristics of Fictional Language

  12.2  The Basic Techniques in Fictional Writings

  12.3  The Basic Elements of Fiction

  12.4  Lexical and Grammatical Features

  Exercises

Chapter Thirteen The Style of Poetry

  13.1  The Poetic Genre

  13.2  The Social Functions and Characteristics of Poetry

  13.3  The Phonological Techniques and Lexis and Grammar in Poetic Writings

  Exercises

PART FOUR THE THEORY OF STYLISTICS

Chapter Fourteen The Concept of Style

  14.1  Defining Style

  14.2  The Characteristics of Style

  14.3  The Factors That Determine Style

  14.4  The Unit of Analysis in Studying Stylistics

  Exercises

Chapter Fifteen The Study of Stylistics

  15.1  The Definition of Stylistics

  15.2  The Necessity of Stylistics

  15.3  The Theories of Stylistics

  15.4  The Modes or Methods of Linguistic Prominence

  15.5  The Criteria of Relevance

  15.6  The Purpose and Procedure of Stylistic Analysis

  15.7  Choice of Aspects for Stylistic Analysis

  Exercises

Chapter Sixteen Stylistics and Other Linguistic Disciplines

  16.1  Text Linguistics and Discourse Analysis

  16.2  Genre

  16.3  Conversational Analysis

  16.4  Critical Discourse Analysis

  16.5  Pragmatics

  16.6  Sociolinguistics

  16.7  Semiotics

  16.8  Psycholinguistics

  Exercises

References

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