Part One: Theoretical Preliminaries and Major Varieties of English
Chapter 1 Style and Stylistics
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Definitions of Style
1.3 Definitions of Stylistics
1.4 The Development of Stylistics
1.5 The Scope of Study
Chapter 2 Procedure of Stylistic Analysis
2.1 Linguistic Description
2.2 A Checklist of Linguistic Description
2.3 Textual Analysis
2.4 Contextual Factors Analysis
Chapter 3 Stylistic Functions of Linguistic Items
3.1 Stylistic Functions of Speech Sounds
3.2 Stylistic Functions of Graphological Items
3.3 Stylistic Functions of Lexical Items
3.4 Stylistic Functions of Syntactic/Grammatical Items
Chapter 4 Varieties in Relation to Regions
4.1 Introduction
4.2 A Brief Introduction to British English
4.3 The Appearance of American English
4.4 Differences Between British English and American English
4.5 British Regional Dialects
4.6 American Regional Dialects
Chapter 5 Varieties in Relation to Media
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Spoken English and Written English
5.3 Electronic English
Chapter 6 Varieties in Relation to Attitude
6.1 Degrees of Formality
6.2 Politeness
6.3 Impersonality
6.4 Accessibility
Chapter 7 Varieties in Relation to Social Factors
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Women s English
7.3 Black English
7.4 Taboo and Euphemism
Part Two: Varieties in Relation to Genre
Chapter 8 The English of Conversation
8.1 About Conversation
8.2 Phonological Features
8.3 Lexical Features
8.4 Syntactic/Grammatical Features
8.5 Semantic Features
8.6 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 9 The English of Public Speaking
9.1 About Public Speeches
9.2 Phonological Features
9.3 Lexical Features
9.4 Syntactic/Grammatical Features
9.5 Semantic Features
9.6 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 10 The English of News Reporting(1): General Knowledge
10.1 About News Reports
10.2 Different Kinds of Newspapers and Magazines
10.3 The Make-Up of News Reports
Chapter 11 The English of News Reporting(2): Stylistic Features
11.1 Graphological Features
11.2 Lexical Features
11.3 Syntactic/Grammatical Features
11.4 Semantic Features
11.5 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 12 The English of Advertising
12.1 About Advertisements
12.2 Graphological Features
12.3 Lexical Features
12.4 Syntactic/Grammatical Features
12.5 Semantic Features
12.6 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 13 Literary English(1): The Novel
13.1 About the Novel
13.2 Aspects for the Analysis of the Novel
13.3 General Stylistic Features of the Novel
13.4 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 14 Literary English(2): Poetry
14.1 About Poetry
14.2 Prosody
14.3 General Stylistic Features of Poetry
14.4 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 15 The English of Science and Technology
15.1 About the English of Science and Technology
15.2 Graphological Features
15.3 Lexical Features
15.4 Syntactic/Grammatical Features
15.5 Semantic Features
15.6 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 16 The English of Legal Documents
16.1 About Legal Documents
16.2 Graphological Features
16.3 Lexical Features
16.4 Syntactic/Grammatical Features
16.5 Semantic Features
16.6 Sample Analysis of a Student
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