Contemporary Stylistics: Language, Cognition, Interpretation

by Alison Gibbons

Book Overview

How do texts create meaning? How do we arrive at our textual interpretations? Why do we become 'lost in a book' or feel deep emotion in response to a literary character? Through close attention to the way texts are written and the language they use, as well as what we know about the human mind, Contemporary Stylistics: Language, Interpretation, Cognition provides readers with the tools to begin answering these questions. In doing so, it introduces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748682767
• ISBN13: 9780748682768
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"