Towards an integrated corpus stylistics

• Authors: Dan McIntyre
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Over recent years, the use of corpora in stylistic analysis has grown in popularity. However, questions still remain over the remit of corpus stylistics, its distinction from corpus linguistics generally and its capacity to explain complex stylistic effects. This article argues in favour of an integrated corpus stylistics; that is, an approach to corpus stylistics that integrates it with other stylistic methods and analytical frameworks. I suggest that this approach is needed for two main reasons: (i) it is analytically necessary in order to fully explain stylistic effects in texts, and (ii) integrating corpus methods with other stylistic tools is what will distinguish corpus stylistics from corpus linguistics. My argument is supported by reference to examples from Mark Haddon’s no vel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and the HBO TV series Deadwood. Both these examples rely for their explanation on a combination of corpus stylistic analytical techniques and other stylistic methods of analysis.

Keywords

EN

Cognitive stylistics; corpora; corpus stylistics; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime; Deadwood; dialogue; direct speech; methodologies

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Topics in Linguistics
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 59-68

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2015-12-30

Contributors

author

Dan McIntyre

• University of Huddersfield Queensgate Huddersfield, HD1 3DH United Kingdom Phone: + 01484 478444

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/topling-2015-0011