Michaela Mahlberg

Corpus Stylistics and Dickens's Fiction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an innovative approach to the language of one of the most popular English authors. It illustrates how corpus linguistic methods can be employed to study electronic versions of texts by Charles Dickens. With particular focus on Dickens's novels, the book proposes a way into the Dickensian world that starts from linguistic patterns. The analysis begins with clusters, i.e. repeated sequences of words, as pointers to local textual functions. Combining quantitative findings with qualitative analyses, the book takes a fresh view on Dickens's techniques of characterisation, the literary presentation of body language and speech in fiction. The approach brings together corpus linguistics, literary stylistics and Dickens criticism. It thus contributes to bridging the gap between linguistic and literary studies and will be a useful resource for both researchers and students of English language and literature.

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This book presents a way into the Dickensian world that starts from linguistic patterns, employing corpus linguistic methodology to study electronic versions of his texts. With its corpus stylistics focus, the book presents an innovative approach to the language of one of the most popular English authors, taking a fresh view on aspects such as characterization, speech and body language. Thus, Mahlberg bridges the gap between linguistic and literary studies, providing a useful resource for both researchers and students of language and literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9781138900073
• ISBN-10: 1138900079
• Artikelnr.: 41852690

Autorenporträt

Michaela Mahlberg is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Corpus stylistics 2. Textual building blocks of fictional worlds 3.
Starting with the texts: corpora, clusters and lexical bundles 4. Groups of
clusters for the identification of local textual functions 5. Character
speech 6. Body language 7. As if and the narrator comment 8. Labels -
contextualising and highlighting functions 9. Conclusions and outlook