Author: Masahiro Hori
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Keywords: analysis, collocational, style, dickens, investigating
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2004-09-04
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 1403920516
ISBN-13: 9781403920515

This new, corpus-driven approach to the study of language and style of literary texts makes use of the Dickens’ 4.6 million-word corpus for a detailed examination of patterns of lexical collocations. It offers new insights into Dickens’ linguistic innovation, together with a nuanced understanding of his use of language to achieve stylistic ends. At the center of the study is a close analysis of the two narratives in Bleak House, read as a focal point for consideration of Dickens’ stylistic development through his whole writing life.

Authors:Laurel J. Brinton, Minoji Akimoto,
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Keywords: english, studies, language, companion, history, predicates, idiomatic, aspects, composite, collocational
Number of Pages: 290
Published: 1999-03
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9027230501
ISBN-13: 9789027230508

The analysis of complex verbs, phrasal verbs and complex prepositions carried out in this volume demonstrates the interrelations among grammaticalization, lexicalization and idiomization. The text also argues that the synchronic and diachronic sides of language complement each other.