In recent decades a revolution in linguistic thought has restored semantics to a central position in the study of language. Geoffrey Leech's book is a study of the issues thus brought to the fore.

Semantics: The Study of Meaning

Literature & Fiction

Leech, Geoffrey N.

History & Criticism

Penguin Uk

Towards a semantic description of English (Indiana University studies in the history and theory of linguistics)

Indiana University Press

Style in Fiction (English Language Series)

Reference

Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

Describes the ways in which the techniques of linguistic analysis and literary criticism can be combined, and illuminated, through the linguistic study of literary style, and draws on the prose fiction of the last 150 years to demonstrate the approach.

Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose (English Language Series, 13)

Short, Mick

Longman Pub. Group

Meaning and the English Verb

Words, Language & Grammar

This thoroughly revised edition provides teachers and learners of English with a unique, up-to-date reference grammar in an easy-to-use dictionary-like format.

An A-Z of English Grammar & Usage

Ivanič, Roz

Cruickshank, Benita

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Seeks to demonstrate that the study of English poetry is enriched by the insights of modern linguistic analysis, and that linguistic and critical disciplines are not separate but complementary. Examining a wide range of poetry, Professor Leech considers many aspects of poetic style, including the language of past and present, creative language, poetic licence, repetition, sound, metre, context and ambiguity.

A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry (ELS)

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Longman

A practical rather than a theoretical approach to 'trouble-spots' of the English language for foreign learners.Throughly updated with new examples.

Towards a semantic description of English (Longman's linguistics library)

Indiana Univ. Press

"Stylistics" is the study of language in the service of literary ends, and in Style in Fiction, Geoffrey Leech and Mick Short demonstrate how stylistic analysis can be applied to novels and stories. Writing for both students of English language and English literature, they show the practical ways in which linguistic analysis and literary appreciation can be combined, and illuminated, through the study of literary style. Drawing mainly on major works of fiction of the last 150 years, their practical and insightful examination of style through texts and extracts leads to a deeper understanding of how prose writers achieve their effects through language. Since its first publication in 1981, Style in Fiction has established itself as a key textbook in its field, selling nearly 30,000 copies. Now, in this revised edition, the authors have added substantial new material, including two completely new concluding chapters. These provide an extensive, up-to-date survey of developments in the field over the past 25 years, and apply the methods presented in earlier chapters to an analysis of an entire short story. The Further Reading section and the bibliographical references have also been thoroughly updated. In 2005 Style in Fiction was awarded the 25th Anniversary Prize by PALA (The Poetics and Linguistics Association) as the most influential book published in the field of stylistics 1980. Further proof, if proof were needed, that Style in Fiction remains a classic guide to its discipline.

Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose (English Language Series)

Short, Michael H.

Routledge

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