LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-631-19243-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 548 g

Linguistics and Literature is the first book to offer an overview of how linguistic theory can be applied to the oral and written literatures of the world

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fabb, Nigel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.

A Note on Texts.

1. Literary Linguistics and Verbal Art.

2. Meter and Linguistic Theory.

3. Kinds of Meter.

4. Issues in Metrical Theory: Metrical Constituents, and Music and Meter.

5. Para-metrical Rules: Word-boundary Rules and Sound-patterning Rules.

6. Parallelism.

7. Narrative: The Storyline.

8. Narrative Episodes.

9. Performance.

10. Communication.

11. Literary Linguistics: Summary and Prospects.

References.

Index of Languages.

General Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Nigel Fabb is Senior Lecturer in the Programme in Literary Linguistics at the University of Strathclyde. He is the author of several books on linguistics and literature, including Sentence Structure, How to Write Essays, Dissertations and Theses in Literary Studies, Ways of Reading, Literary Studies in Action, and The Linguistics of Writing.