Open AccessLexical and Rhetorical Features in The Time Machine: A Corpus-stylistic Analysis
Author(s) -
Mengying Mao
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of linguistics, literature and translation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-0099
pISSN - 2617-0299
DOI - 10.32996/ijllt.2022.5.3.19
Subject(s) - rhetorical question , corpus linguistics , stylistics , style (visual arts) , linguistics , theme (computing) , computer science , rhetorical device , computational linguistics , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , literature , art , philosophy , operating system
Corpus stylistics is the study of style by applying linguistic theory and the corpus-based approach. Therefore it combines qualitative and quantitative study. This study adopts the stylistic theory of Leech and Short (2007) and the corpus-based approach to analyze the science fiction The Time Machine. By using the corpus tools WordSmith 7.0 and AntConc, the lexical features and rhetorical features are extracted. Then the writing style and the theme are discussed. Therefore, the research enriches the empirical study of corpus-based fiction stylistics and encourages the appreciation of science fiction in the early times.