@article{1461889,
      recid = {1461889},
      author = {Hamawand, Zeki,},
      title = {English stylistics : a cognitive grammar approach /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xv, 178 pages)},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {"Adopting a Cognitive Grammar framework, Zeki Hamawand's  textbook shows how stylistic patterns reflect fundamental  properties of the human mind. In a very accessible manner  that will appeal to students, teachers, and scholars alike,  it explores and explains how writers use the resources of  language to create meaning, and how readers interpret  texts. It is recommended as a rich and systematic guide to  acquaint students with the cognitive principles that  account for stylistic expressions and with the techniques  to conduct their own analyses." -Dirk Geeraerts, Professor  Emeritus of Linguistics, University of Leuven, Belgium  "Hamawand's textbook on English Stylistics outlines how  stylistic analysis is a way of gaining insight into the  meaning of texts. With its thorough presentation of  underlying theory and its application to texts, both on an  abstract level and also through a close reading of selected  excerpts, the author establishes the significance of  stylistics in reading of texts. " -Margaret E. Winters,  Professor Emerita of Linguistics, Wayne State University,  USA "Hamawand's textbook on English stylistics provides an  overview, history of the field and lists out several  perspectives and orientations on the field of study. The  theoretical component that is rooted in cognitive grammar  allows the author to present the rationale behind why  styles produce certain effects and helps the reader to  understand language, its components and significance it  holds." -Danielle Barth, Professor, Australian National  University This accessible textbook hinges on the central  assumptions of Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Grammar,  introducing students to the analytical tools they need to  approach Stylistics, an essential area in language  analysis. The author verifies the claim that alterations in  style, triggered by different cognitive processes, reflect  alterations in meaning, and shows how they are employed to  achieve particular effects in context. The book links  theory with practice, aiming both to acquaint students with  the cognitive principles that account for stylistic  expressions, and to provide them with the tools and  techniques to conduct their own analyses. The textbook  explores and explains how writers use the resources of  language to create meaning, and how readers interpret  texts. It will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and  postgraduate students on courses in English Linguistics, as  well as those working on other languages and in related  areas such as Composition and Creative Writing. Zeki  Hamawand is Professor of English Language and Linguistics  at Kirkuk University and a senior lecturer at Sulaimaniya  University, Iraq. His main research interests involve the  overlapping fields of morphology, lexicology, syntax and  semantics, and he has published several books, textbooks  and articles on these topics. His scholarly books include  Atemporal Complement Clauses in English: A Cognitive  Grammar Analysis (2002), Suffixal Rivalry in Adjective  Formation: A Cognitive-Corpus Analysis (2007),  Morpho-Lexical Alternation in Noun Formation (Palgrave  Macmillan, 2008), and The Semantics of English Negative  Prefixes (2009). His textbooks include Morphology in  English: Word Formation in Cognitive Grammar (2011),  Semantics: A Cognitive Account of Linguistic Meaning  (2016), and Modern Schools of Linguistic Thought: A Crash  Course (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1461889},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22556-7},
}