stylistics
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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