A Very Important Notion Is The Distinction Between
A Very Important Notion Is The Distinction Between
A Very Important Notion Is The Distinction Between
mukherjee2005_stylistics
What is style?
Term not much loved by linguists
Too vague
Has connotations in neighbouring fields (style = good style, ie a
value judgment)
Many books/articles make reference to etymology of the
word (Lat. stilus = pen), so it follows that style is mainly
about written language
Various definitions, some very close to things already
seen (especially register)
Two main aspects widely supposed:
style is choice
style is described by reference to something else
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