Investigating Dickens' Style: A Collocational Analysis

By Masahiro Hori

Book Overview

This new, corpus-driven approach to the study of language and style of literary texts makes use of the Dickens' 4.6 million-word corpus for a detailed examination of patterns of lexical collocations. It offers new insights into Dickens' linguistic innovation, together with a nuanced understanding of his use of language to achieve stylistic ends. At the centre of the study is a close analysis of the two narratives in Bleak House, read as a focal point for consideration of Dickens' stylistic development through his whole writing life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349514772
• ISBN13: 9781349514779
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"