Comparison Of Sttylistics And The Theory Of Tylistics

Stockwell (2006) describes stylistics as "an essentially interdisciplinary field" which "is naturally the central discipline of literary study" (p.742). According to Mode (2015), many linguists and critics have proclaimed that there is no a clear definition of stylistics (p.13). Firstly, Mc Arthur (1992) points out that stylistics is "the branch of linguistics that studies style, especially in works of literature"(p.996). Secondly, Turner (1973) states that "[s]tylistics is that part of linguistics which concentrates on variation in the use of language, often, but not exclusively, with special attention to the most conscious and complex use of language in literature" and adds that "[s]tylistics is the branch of linguistics, but one concerned

Stockwell (2006) demonstrates that while the context was only for written discourse, rhetoric focused on spoken discourse (p.743). According to Simpson (2004), stylistics is used to analyze language, in particular, to analyze the creativity that is employed in language and to improve the "ways of thinking about language". Furthermore, It has three rules; stylistics analysis should be accurate , precise , "retrievable and replicable" (pp. 3-4). Toolan (1990) claims that the purposes of stylistics are numerous, involving "the teaching of language and of literature". It can be used as a "mean of demystifying literary responses". It also pays attention to unnoticeable features and concentrates on "the crafted texture of the literary texts". Hence, stylistics can be utilized as a "descriptive tool and as a catalyst for interpretations"

Baker , Hardie and McEnery (2006) define corpus as "a collection of texts stored in an electronic database"(p. 48). Bujanova (2013) adds that corpus is "a collection of [both]written and spoken texts"(p.1). Mahlberg (2007) illustrates that corpus stylistics is formed by the combination between corpus linguistics and literary stylistics (as cited in Bujanova ,2013,p.5). Additionally, Bujanova (2013) differentiates between corpus stylistic analysis and the manual analysis; the former depends on the words blend in the text by using the software while the latter is hand operated