| Language and Literary Structure Contributor(s): Fabb, Nigel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521792940 ISBN-13: 9780521792943 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology |
| Dewey: 421.6 |
| LCCN: 2002071569 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 242 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This theoretical study of linguistic structure in literature focuses on verse and narrative from a linguistic perspective. Nigel Fabb provides a simple and realistic linguistic explanation of poetic form in English from 1500-1900, drawing on the English and American verse and oral narrative tradition, as well as contemporary criticism. He offers a new linguistic approach to how metre and rhythm work in poetry, based on pragmatic theory. He provides a pragmatic explanation of formal ambiguity and indeterminacy and their aesthetic effects. |
