Analyzing Prose: Second EditionA&C Black, 26.06.2003 - 244 Seiten This second edition of the classic linguistics text provides a basic descriptive terminology for prose style. What is a noun style? A verb style? A hypotactic or a paratactic one? How does the running style differ from the periodic style? What do "high, middle, and low" prose style mean? How might one apply the classical terminology of rhetorical figures to prose analysis? Analyzing Prose supplies detailed, carefully charted answers to these questions in order to teach the student of prose style how and where to begin. |
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The Domain of Style | 1 |
Noun and Verb Styles | 11 |
Parataxis and Hypotaxis | 29 |
The Periodic Style and the Running Style | 48 |
Styles Seen | 79 |
Voiced and Unvoiced Styles | 102 |
Tacit Persuasion Patterns | 119 |
Two Lemon Squeezers | 137 |
High Middle and Low Styles | 160 |
Opaque Styles and Transparent Styles | 189 |
Value Judgments | 213 |
Whats Next for Text? | 225 |
A Brief Glossary of Rhetorical Terms | 239 |
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