Jeffries, Lesley, 1956-

Critical stylistics : the power of English / Lesley Jeffries. - Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - 202 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Perspectives on the English language .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The background to critical stylistics -- Naming and describing -- Representing actions/events/states -- Equating and constrasting -- Exemplifying and enumerating -- Prioritising -- Implying and assuming -- Negating -- Hypothesising -- Presenting others' speech and thoughts -- Representing time, space and society.

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English language--Style.
English language--Discourse analysis.
Style, Literary.

PE1421 / .J44 2010

808.042 / JLC