Hebron, Malcolm

Mastering the language of literature / Malcolm Hebron - London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 - viii, 200 p.

INTRODUCTION.- MUSIC AND MEANING.- Patterns of Sound 1: Stress and Rhythm .- Patters of Sound 2: Repeated Sounds .- Types of Sound: Phonetics.- Variations in Sound.- Sound: Commentaries .- Sound: Suggestions for Further Reading.- GRAMMAR .- Words .- Phrases .- Clauses .- Sentences: Types of Sentence.- The Period.- Cohesion: Joining Sentences.- Coherence.- Grammar: Commentaries.- Grammar: Suggestions for Further Reading.- LEXIS.- Word Stock.- Word Origin: Etymology.- Word Types: Neologism and Archaism.- Word Meaning.- Words and Tropes: Transference of Meaning.- Words in Relation.- Lexis: Commentaries.- Lexis: Suggestions for Further Reading.- CONCLUSION.- Exercise: Marvell Poem.- Language and Literature: Suggestions for Further Reading.- Glossary.- Bibliography of Primary Texts .- Index.

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English literature

820.9 / H3548