`A linguist deaf to the poetic function of language and a literary scholar indifferent to linguistic problems and unconversant with linguistic methods, are equally flagrant anachronisms.' - Roman Jakobson
This statement, made over twenty-five years ago, is no less relevant today, and `flagrant anachronisms' still abound. Routledge, working in conjunction with the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA) and its chair, Ronald Carter, has developed the Interface series to examine topics at the `interface' of language studies and literary criticism, and in so doing, to build bridges between these traditionally divided disciplines.
`Literary linguistics is a firmly established interdisciplinary field ... The Interface series offers students and teachers a rich range of new and revealing perspectives on both traditional and contemporary literary topics.' - Roger Fowler, University of East Anglia
`On the planes of theory, description and classroom practice this series will do much to support and enhance work at the interface of language and literature.' - M.A.K. Halliday, Sydney University
By David Birch
February 23, 1989
Using a wide-ranging variety of texts the author reviews and evaluates a broad range of approaches to textual commentary, introducing the reader to the fundamental distinction between `actual' and `virtual' worlds in critical practice....
By Delia Chiaro
May 28, 1992
In this highly readable and thought-provoking book, Delia Chiaro explores the pragmatics of word play, using frameworks normally adopted in descriptive linguistics. Using examples from personally recorded conversations, she examines the structure of jokes, quips, riddles and asides. Chiaro explores...
By Barry Smart
June 22, 1995
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company....
By Alan Durant, Nigel Fabb
January 04, 1990
`This is a textbook for the times, which addresses itself brilliantly to the twin phenomena of expanding horizons and diminishing resources of English studies.' - David Lodge...
By Richard Bradford
August 26, 1993
This introductory book takes the reader through literary history from the Renaissance to Postmodernism, and considers individual texts as paradigms which can both reflect and unsettle their broader linguistic and cultural contexts. Richard Bradford provides detailed readings of individual texts ...
By Rebecca Hughes
September 12, 1996
In this activity-based text, Rebecca Hughes invites the reader to examine the differences between spoken and written English.Instead of presenting a bewildering array of 'facts' about variety in English, she encourages the reader to actively investigate the differences between these two modes of ...
By Paul Simpson
May 27, 1993
This systematic introduction to the concept of point of view in language explores the ways in which point of view intersects with and is shaped by ideology. It specifically focuses on the way in which speakers and writers linguistically encode their beliefs, interests and biases in a wide range of ...
By Tony Bex
September 05, 1996
Combining insight from a variety of linguistic perspectives including Hallidayan functional linguistics and relevance theory, Tony Bex demonstrates how written texts operate within society to convey meaning. This book:- * looks at a wide variety of written genres - advertisments, letters, poetry ...
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By Jonathan Culpeper, Mick Short, Peter Verdonk
May 28, 1998
Exploring the Language of Drama introduces students to the stylistic analysis of drama. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the contributors use techniques of language analysis, particularly from discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics and pragmatics, to explore the language of plays. ...
By Michael J Toolan
July 26, 2001
Narrative explores a range of written, spoken, literary and non-literary narratives. It shows what systematic attention to language can reveal about the narratives themselves, their tellers, and those to whom they are addressed. Topics examined include plot structure, time manipulations, point of...
By Joanna Thornborrow, Shân Wareing
March 05, 1998
Patterns in Language addresses the real needs of students in modular systems who may not have a background either in traditional literature or in linguistic theory.This student-friendly textbook uses the principles of linguistic analysis to investigate the aesthetic use of language in literary (and...
By Paul Simpson
December 05, 1996
Paul Simpson provides a definitive introduction to the English language through the medium of English Literature. Through the use of illustrations from poetry, prose and drama, this book offers a lively and accessible guide to important concepts and techniques in English language study.Each chapter...
