<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Over recent years, the use of corpora in stylistic analysis has grown in popularity. However, questions still remain over the remit of corpus stylistics, its distinction from corpus linguistics generally and its capacity to explain complex stylistic effects. This article argues in favour of an integrated corpus stylistics; that is, an approach to corpus stylistics that integrates it with other stylistic methods and analytical frameworks. I suggest that this approach is needed for two main reasons: (i) it is analytically necessary in order to fully explain stylistic effects in texts, and (ii) integrating corpus methods with other stylistic tools is what will distinguish corpus stylistics from corpus linguistics. My argument is supported by reference to examples from Mark Haddon’s no vel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and the HBO TV series Deadwood. Both these examples rely for their explanation on a combination of corpus stylistic analytical techniques and other stylistic methods of analysis.</p></abstract>

Over recent years, the use of corpora in stylistic analysis has grown in popularity. However, questions still remain over the remit of corpus stylistics, its distinction from corpus linguistics generally and its capacity to explain complex stylistic effects. This article argues in favour of an integrated corpus stylistics; that is, an approach to corpus stylistics that integrates it with other stylistic methods and analytical frameworks. I suggest that this approach is needed for two main reasons: (i) it is analytically necessary in order to fully explain stylistic effects in texts, and (ii) integrating corpus methods with other stylistic tools is what will distinguish corpus stylistics from corpus linguistics. My argument is supported by reference to examples from Mark Haddon’s no vel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and the HBO TV series Deadwood. Both these examples rely for their explanation on a combination of corpus stylistic analytical techniques and other stylistic methods of analysis.

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Over recent years, the use of corpora in stylistic analysis has grown in popularity. However, questions still remain over the remit of corpus stylistics, its...

Towards an integrated corpus stylistics

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 59 - 68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2015-0011

Keywords
Cognitive stylistics, corpora, corpus stylistics, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Deadwood, dialogue, direct speech, methodologies

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Towards an integrated corpus stylistics

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 59 - 68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2015-0011

KeywordsCognitive stylistics, corpora, corpus stylistics, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Deadwood, dialogue, direct speech, methodologies

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Cognitive stylistics, corpora, corpus stylistics, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Deadwood, dialogue, direct speech, methodologies