Corpus Stylistics Theory and Practice

Dan McIntyre is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Huddersfield. Brian Walker is a Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield.

Acknowledgements; Tables; Figures; Boxes
Chapter 1: Combining corpus linguistics and stylistics
1. Introduction 2. What is a corpus? 3. A brief history of corpus linguistics 4. The emergence of corpus stylistics and problems with its definition 5. Style and stylistics 6. Corpus stylistics versus cognitive stylistics 7. Aims of the book 8. Structure of the book
Chapter 2: Using corpora to support qualitative stylistic analysis
1. Introduction 2. Strolling with intent: an exercise in corpus informed stylistics 3. Collocation and semantic prosody 4. Case study: irony in 'Aftermyth of war' 5. Conclusion
Chapter 3: Constructing and annotating corpora
1. Introduction 2. Designing a corpus: representativeness and sampling 3. Building a corpus: collecting and storing data 4. Adding metadata to a corpus: mark-up and annotation 5. Summary: suggested steps to building a corpus 6. Case study: investigating the 2000AD comic strip 'Judge Dredd' 7. Conclusion
Chapter 4: Testing hypotheses and answering research questions
1. Introduction 2. Corpora in stylistics 3. The concept of corpus-based and corpus-driven linguistics 4. The value of intuition 5. Hypotheses 6. Objectives and research questions 7. How big was Dickens's vocabulary? 8. Objectivity in stylistics 9. Case study: Hemingway's authorial style 10. Conclusion
Chapter 5: Making sense of significance
1. Introduction 2. Vocabulary size 3. Keyness 4. Collocation 5. Case study: salience and foregrounding in David Peace's 1974 6. Conclusion
Chapter 6: Cognition, character and corpus stylistics
1. Introduction 2. A cognitive stylistic approach to characterisation 3. Constraints on subtitles 4. Case study: Case study: subtitling and characterisation in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 5. Conclusion
Chapter 7: Pedagogical corpus stylistics
1. Introduction 2. Stylistics in the L2/FL classroom 3. Using corpora in the classroom 4. Developing corpus activities 5. Case study: from internal deviation to external norms via Adrian Henri's 'Tonight at Noon' 6. Conclusion
Chapter 8: Historical corpus stylistics
1. Introduction 2. Studying style diachronically and synchronically 3. Choosing appropriate corpora and tools 4. Case study: discourse presentation in Early Modern English 5. Case study: Frequencies and functions of modal auxiliary verbs in Early Modern English journalism 6. Conclusion
Chapter 9: Real-world applications for corpus stylistics
1. Introduction 2. The impact of applied stylistics 3. Language Unlocked 4. Wmatrix 5. Case study: corpora and the self-presentational style of the UK Green Party 6. Implications of the research 7. Conclusion
Chapter 10: The scope of corpus stylistics
1. Introduction 2. The problem of definition 3. Corpus linguistics and stylistics: a symbiotic relationship 4. Conclusion
Appendix 1: Corpora for corpus stylistics; Appendix 2: Software for corpus stylistics; References