Part One: Theoretical Preliminaries and Major Varieties of
English
Chapter 1 Style and Stylistics
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Definitions of Style
1.3 Definitions of Stylistics
1.4 The Development of Stylistics
1.5 The Scope of Study
Chapter 2 Procedure of Stylistic Analysis
2.1 Linguistic Description
2.2 A Checklist of Linguistic Description
2.3 Textual Analysis
2.4 Contextual Factors Analysis
Chapter 3 Stylistic Functions of Linguistic Items
3.1 Stylistic Functions of Speech Sounds
3.2 Stylistic Functions of Graphological Items
3.3 Stylistic Functions of Lexical Items
3.4 Stylistic Functions of SyntacticGrammatical
Items
Chapter 4 Varieties in Relation to Regions
4.1 Introduction
4.2 A Brief Introduction to British English
4.3 The Appearance of American English
4.4 Differences Between British English and American
English
4.5 British Regional Dialects
4.6 American Regional Dialects
Chapter 5 Varieties in Relation to Media
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Spoken English and Written English
5.3 Electronic English
Chapter 6 Varieties in Relation to Attitude
6.1 Degrees of Formality
6.2 Politeness
6.3 Impersonality
6.4 Accessibility
Chapter 7 Varieties in Relation to Social Factors
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Women''s English
7.3 Black English
7.4 Taboo and Euphemism
Part Two: Varieties in Relation to Genre
Chapter 8 The English of Conversation
8.1 About Conversation
8.2 Phonological Features
8.3 Lexical Features
8.4 SyntacticGrammatical Features
8.5 Semantic Features
8.6 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 9 The English of Public Speaking
9.1 About Public Speeches
9.2 Phonological Features
9.3 Lexical Features
9.4 SyntacticGrammatical Features
9.5 Semantic Features
9.6 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 10 The English of News Reporting1: General
Knowledge
10.1 About News Reports
10.2 Different Kinds of Newspapers and Magazines
10.3 The Make-Up of News Reports
Chapter 11 The English of News Reporting2: Stylistic
Features
11.1 Graphological Features
11.2 Lexical Features
11.3 SyntacticGrammatical Features
11.4 Semantic Features
11.5 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 12 The English of Advertising
12.1 About Advertisements
12.2 Graphological Features
12.3 Lexical Features
12.4 SyntacticGrammatical Features
12.5 Semantic Features
12.6 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 13 Literary English1: The Novel
13.1 About the Novel
13.2 Aspects for the Analysis of the Novel
13.3 General Stylistic Features of the Novel
13.4 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 14 Literary English2: Poetry
14.1 About Poetry
14.2 Prosody
14.3 General Stylistic Features of Poetry
14.4 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 15 The English of Science and Technology
15.1 About the English of Science and Technology
15.2 Graphological Features
15.3 Lexical Features
15.4 SyntacticGrammatical Features
15.5 Semantic Features
15.6 Sample Analysis of a Student
Chapter 16 The English of Legal Documents
16.1 About Legal Documents
16.2 Graphological Features
16.3 Lexical Features
16.4 SyntacticGrammatical Features
16.5 Semantic Features
16.6 Sample Analysis of a Student
References