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What do we know of the language of literary texts and what impact has this knowledge had on the uses of literature in education?
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Stylistics
Short (1996) is the best of the ‘toolbox’ approaches to stylistics (lists of what to look for, directions for any analysis) and contains many illustrations and exercises. Weber (1996) is a more critical and socially grounded stylistician, stressing contexts and variation; Verdonk is a sophisticated but very readable short general introduction, up to date and with original examples.
Foregrounding
van Peer (1986) is the key name here; see also Short (1996). Wales (2001) offers definitions, examples and further reading.
Stockwell (2002) gives a more theoretically elaborated and contemporary account from cognitive poetics.
Corpus linguistics and stylistics
Biber (1988) and Conrad and Biber (2001) are accessible accounts by central figures Hunston (2002: 129–30) is a good overview from outside.
Stylistics in education
See, for example, Style special issue, Pedagogy of style and stylistics, 37 (1) (2003): 1–104 (which also refers in turn to further resources); also Clark and Zyngier (2003).
Metaphor in ELT (corpus linguistic approach)
Deignan (1997; 1999).
Dong (2004).
Picken (2005) reports an interesting project to improve his Japanese students’ reading of English language literature through teaching of metaphor (and inferencing).
Corpora used for basic stylistic investigations by students
Louw or Jackson in Wichmann et al. (1997).
Partington (1998).
Readability
Carrell (1987) is a good survey for ESL; see also Alderson (2000: 71–4).
Schulz (1981) is older but sensible.
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Hall, G. (2005). Language in Literature. Stylistics, including Corpus Linguistics. Readability Studies. In: Literature in Language Education. Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230502727_5
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