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Style
Contributor(s): Haynes, John (Author)
ISBN: 0415103967     ISBN-13: 9780415103961
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $32.29  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 1995
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Annotation: "Style" is a practical, user-friendly volume which provides a skills-enabling introduction to the analysis of stylistics. One of the most accessible linguistics books of its kind, "Style" is designed to help the reader develop an interest in and a sensitivity to words and structures.
"Style" is arranged in a number of chapters, each devoted to a particular aspect of style. John Haynes demonstrates that the term "style" need not refer to "literary style," and that literary texts are to be studied in the same general way as are other kinds of texts--thus enabling the reader to employ the tools of style analysis from this more-encompassing perspective. The word "text," moreover, refers not only to written language, but to spoken also--thereby including anything from a lecture to a recipe to a conversation over the garden fence.
An important addition to the successful "Language Workbook" series, "Style" will appeal to anyone interested in language and the study of words.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric
Dewey: 410
LCCN: 95185334
Series: Language Workbooks
Physical Information: 0.22" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.44 lbs) 96 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

In Style, John Haynes provides a lively introduction to the study of expression in relation to meaning. Style:

* introduces readers to the key areas in the study of style through practical exercises
* encourages an interest in and sensitivity to words and structures
* enables students to recognize contrasts within and between texts
* heightens awareness with regards to word choice, meaning, communicative purpose and stylistic convention
* examines an enormous variety of text-types; both literary and non-literary, spoken and written
* in addition to numerous exercises, contains suggestions for project work.