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stylistics Definition

sty·lis·tics (-tiks)

noun

the study of style as a means of analyzing works of literature and their effect; now often, specif., such study using mathematical and statistical methods
stylistics Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: It will use computational stylistics for a formalist discrimination of patterns of language in the texts and will thus begin with a descriptive base.

Adjective modifier

  • computational: Some of the common approaches of computational stylistics are therefore ruled out.
  • cognitive: We are still learning from cognitive stylistics how individuals draw meaning from text.
  • literary: An activity-based introduction to literary stylistics, this book explains some of the core topics in literary linguistics and assists students in literary analysis.
  • comparative: These will introduce students to translation strategies and to the basics of comparative stylistics.
  • contrastive: One of the class sessions is spent considering the subject and merits of contrastive stylistics.
  • non-literary: Research My research interests are in literary and non-literary stylistics, particularly the stylistics of drama.

Modifies a noun

  • course: Oct 2003 Presentation ( with Prof. Short ): Designing and piloting a www-based stylistics course.

Noun used with modifier

  • corpus: The insights gathered by corpus stylistics must no longer extend to single sentences or devices alone.

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