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Teaching & Learning Guide for: Linguistics in the Study and Teaching of Literature
Author(s) -
Fabb Nigel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
language and linguistics compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619
H-Index - 44
ISSN - 1749-818X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-818x.2009.00160.x
Subject(s) - linguistics , poetry , poetics , meaning (existential) , relation (database) , applied linguistics , style (visual arts) , literary language , literary science , literary criticism , philosophy , sociology , literature , computer science , art , epistemology , database
Linguistics can provide a technical vocabulary for talking about language, and an understanding of how everyday language is structured and functions. Literary texts are made from language, and although the relation between language in literature and language in general is not fully understood, linguistics can help theorize literary language, and suggest ways of thinking about literary form, and the relation between form and meaning in literature