Linguistic criticism /

Fowler, Roger,‏ 1938-1999‏,

Linguistic criticism / Roger Fowler. - Second edition, Reprint edition. - vi, 262 pages ; 20 cm. - An OPUS book .

Includes bibliographical references and index.


Language and the representation of experience -- Official and habitual language: the case for criticism -- Linguistic practice: defamiliarization -- How texts are made -- Extra structure, extra meanings -- Text and context -- Some aspects of dialogue --
Point of view -- Register and the plural text -- Meaning and world-view -- The role of the reader

Introduces the reader to the benefits of applying precise analytical methods to the criticism of texts. This revised and updated edition contains more 20th-century texts and examples for analysis and discussion, and an expanded section on the reader's role in literary criticism.

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Discourse analysis, Literary.
Linguistics.
Criticism.





--Reading book

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