Literary Stylistics | Lecture: 21 | Linguistics-II

Literary Stylistics is the study of variation of language the use of language in communication has also led to new ways of studying literary texts and nature of literary communication e.g. the style of religious sermon, the style of sports commentary. Similarly we may use this notion to describe the style of a literary work. That is, we may describe its features at the levels of phonology, syntax, lexis etc. to distinguish it from other texts and to appreciate how it achieves some unique effects through the use of language. This kind of study is called literary stylistics. a. Person’s distinctive language habits, or the set of individual characteristics of language use. b. Set of group of people at one time. Samad’s style etc. -Elizabethan writing style #literarystylistics #stylistics