Sentence Length and Complexity in Hemingway's Short story : A Clean, Well-Lighted Place : A Stylistic study | ||
| LARQ JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOHPY , LINGUISTICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES | ||
| Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 10, December 2012, Pages 41-57 | ||
| Authors | ||
| College of Imam Kadhum; University of Wasit Mohammed Hassan; ; College of Imam Kadhum Mazin Jasim Mohammed; University of Mustansiriyah Khalid Shamkhi; Mazin Jasim Mohammed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The term style is somehow difficult to define . The difficulty arises from the fact that it is acquiring several interpretations . Such interpretations might refer to abstract notions such as " style of deviations " ; or " style is choice " or a distinct personality (the style of Shakespeare ) ; or to periods ( the baroque style ) and the like ( Galperine , 1977:11). Carter and Nashe (1990:36) argue that style can be recognized because it stands out in one way or another from a standard . This view simply means style can be seen as deviation . However , such a view cannot be taken for granted since norms are very difficult to standardize . Wales (1990 ) [quoted in Missikova ,2003] in her famous book A Dictionary of Stylistics listed the most common characteristics of style as follows : 1. Style refers to the manner of expression in writing and speaking . 2. Style can be seen as variation in language use , whether literary or non-literary . The term register is commonly used for such variations in linguistic features found in non-literary situations , such as legal language , advertising , etc. 3. Style is seen as distinctive of register , genre or period. 4. Style is defined in terms of choice of items , and their distribution and patterning . As deviation from a norm , style is a concept that is used traditionally in literary stylistics , since literary language is more deviant than non-literary language use . To sum up , Warner (1961:1) ; Garvin (1964:112) go on to state that in spite of the different interpretations of the term style , the simplest interpretation is that is a manner of expressing one's thoughts and feelings in words . | ||
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