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introduction �wՓ
language, literature and stylistics �Z�ԡ��ČW�c���w�W 

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chapter1. analysing literature through language: two shakespearean speeches 
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geoffrey leech
chapter 2. recent trends in new historical stylistics 
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beatrix busse
chapter 3. methodologies for stylistic analysis: practices and pedagogies 
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ronald carter

part ii the stylistics of poetry �ڶ����� Ԋ�����w�W
chapter 4. the stylistics of poetry: walter de la mare's 'the listeners' 
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katie wales
chapter 5. a cognitive stylistic reading of rhetorical patterns in ted hughes's 'hawk roosting': a possible role for stylistics in a literary critical controversy 
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peter verdonk
chapter 6. 'the unprofessionals': syntactic iconicity and reader interpretation in contemporary poems 
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lesley jeffries
chapter 7. text worlds in poetry 
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elena semino
chapter 8. 'public-house confidence': the indispensability of sound patterns 
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tom barney

part iii the stylistics of drama �������� �����w�W
chapter 9. the stylistics of drama: universal elements 
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marga munkelt
chapter 10. dialogue and characterization in quentin tarantino's reservoir dogs: a corpus stylistic analysis 
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dan mcintyre
chapter 11. 'see better, lear'? see lear better! a corpus-based pragma-stylistic investigation of shakespeare's king lear 
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dawn archer and derek bousfield
chapter 12. activity types, incongruity and humour in dramatic discourse 
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dan mcintyre and jonathan culpeper