Stylistics

Stylistics is an essential branch of linguistics concerned with the analysis of the forms and effects of language, with the aim of understanding how linguistic choices and stylistic devices influence the meaning, expression and impact of a text or discourse. Through an in-depth study of the various aspects of language, stylistics seeks to reveal how text functions on an aesthetic, emotional and cognitive level. This text explores stylistics from a number of angles: its definitions, its history, its object of study, the role of major theorists, its research methods and its links with other branches of linguistics.