Ebook: Stylistics: a Practical Coursebook

Using a wide range of twentieth-century literary prose Laura Wright and Jonathan Hope provide an ìnteractive' introduction to the techniques of stylistic analysis. Divided up into five sections; the noun phrase, the verb phrase, the clause, text structure and vocabulary, the book also provides an introduction to the basics of descriptive grammar for beginning students. * Presumes no prior linguistic knowledge * Provides a comprehensive glossary of terms * Adaptable: designed to be used in a variety of classroom contexts * Introduces students to an enormous range of 20th century literature from James Joyce to Roddy Doyle A practical coursebook rather than a survey account of stylistics as a discipline, the book provides over forty opportunities for hands-on stylistic analysis. For each linguistic feature under discussion the reader is offered a definition, a text for analysis, exercises and tasks, in addition to a suggested solution. Stylistics: A Practical Coursebook is genuinely s̀tudent friendly' and will be an invaluable tool for all beginning undergraduates and A-level students of language and literature.;Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Texts -- How to use this book -- Acknowledgements -- Permissions -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 The Noun Phrase -- 1.1 Introduction: the structure of the noun phrase -- Pronouns -- 1.2 Premodification -- Definition -- TEST-FRAME -- EXAMPLES -- Exercises -- Comment -- Solution -- TEXT 1 -- TEXT 2 -- ATTRIBUTION -- Verdict -- TEXT 1 -- TEXT 2 -- SUMMARY -- 1.3 Postmodification -- Definition -- Solution -- TEXT 3 -- TEXT 4 -- ATTRIBUTION -- Verdict -- TEXT 3 -- TEXT 4 -- 1.4 Articles -- Definition -- EXAMPLES -- Comment -- Solution -- TEXT 5 -- TEXT 6 -- ATTRIBUTION -- Verdict -- TEXT 5 -- TEXT 6 -- 1.5 Pronouns denoting the first-person singular -- Definition -- Solution -- TEXT 7 -- TEXT 8 -- TEXT 9 -- ATTRIBUTION -- Verdict -- TEXT 7 -- TEXT 8 -- TEXT 9 -- SUMMARY -- 1.6 Pronouns: the first-person plural -- Definition -- Solution -- TEXT 10 -- TEXT 11 -- TEXT 12 -- ATTRIBUTION -- Verdict -- TEXT 10 -- TEXT 11 -- TEXT 12 -- SUMMARY -- 1.7 Pronouns: the second person -- Definition -- Solution -- TEXT 13 -- TEXT 14 -- ATTRIBUTION -- Verdict -- TEXT 13 -- TEXT 14 -- 1.8 Pronouns: the second person (2) -- Definition -- EXAMPLES -- TASK -- TEXT 15 -- Solution -- ATTRIBUTION -- Verdict -- TASK -- Solution -- ATTRIBUTION -- Verdict -- Chapter 2 The Verb Phrase -- 2.1 Introduction: the structure of the verb phrase -- Finite verb phrases -- TENSE -- VOICE: ACTIVE VS. PASSIVE -- 2.2 Narrative time, story time and tense -- Definition -- Solution -- TEXT 1 -- TEXT 2 -- ATTRIBUTION -- CONCLUSION -- 2.3 Simple and compound verb phrases -- Note -- Definition -- EXAMPLES -- Comment -- Solution -- TEXT 3 -- TEXT 4 -- TEXT 5 -- ATTRIBUTION -- Verdict -- 2.4 Uses of the present tense -- Definition -- ATTRIBUTION -- Verdict -- 2.5 The passive -- Definition -- TEST-FRAME -- EXAMPLES -- Comment.