Linguistics and Literary Style

actualized alliteration analysis appear beginning called Chaucer clause clear common complex Condition connectives consider consists construction contain course criticism described determined discussion distinction effect elements English example expression fact final foot foregrounding formal four given grammar hand iambic important initial interesting kind language least less lexical linguistic literary matter maximum meaning meter metrical nature neutralization nominal norm noun occupied occur particular passage pattern phonological phrase poem poet poetic poetry position possible present principles prose prosody question reader reason reference regular relation relationship requires result rhyme rhythm rules seems semantic sense sentence similar single sound speech standard stress maxima structure style stylistic suggest syllable syntactic Talk theory things tion transformations trochaic units verbs verse vowel words writer