Corpus Stylistics and Dickens's Fiction

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Corpus Stylistics and Dickens's Fiction by Michaela Mahlberg, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Michaela Mahlberg ISBN: 9781135123581
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: January 17, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Michaela Mahlberg
ISBN: 9781135123581
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: January 17, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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 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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