Stylistics Fundamentals Quiz

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What is the primary focus of stylistics?

The study of devices in language that produce expressive or literary style

According to Ullmann (1957), what are the primary tasks of stylistics?

Primarily descriptive tasks

What did Firth (1958) define as the field of research for stylistics?

Investigating the way a speaker fuses elements of habit, custom, and tradition

What does Hendricks (1974) propose as the study of covariation between linguistic and literary phenomena?

<p>Stylolinguistics</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Mukherjee (2014), what is stylistics primarily concerned with?

<p>The study of the devices in language that produce expressive or literary style</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is stylistics primarily concerned with?

<p>The study of style</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Zyngier (2001), what is stylistics an interface between?

<p>Linguistic studies and literature</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Hendricks (1974) propose as the study of stylolinguistics?

<p>The study of covariation between linguistic and literary phenomena</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Firth (1958), what are the tasks of stylistics primarily?

<p>Descriptive</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Ullmann (1957) define stylistics as?

<p>A field of research which investigates the way a speaker fuses elements of habit, custom, tradition, and the past</p> Signup and view all the answers

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