Patterns in Language: Stylistics for Students of Language and Literature

by Shan Wareing and Joanna Thornborrow

Book Overview

Patterns in Language addresses the real needs of students in modular systems who may not have a background either in traditional literature or in linguistic theory.
This student-friendly textbook uses the principles of linguistic analysis to investigate the aesthetic use of language in literary (and non-literary) texts. Written in straightforward, accessible language with imaginative examples and humour, it shows how linguistic knowledge can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415140641
• ISBN13: 9780415140645
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"