Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Definition of Stylistics 1.2 Emergence of Stylistice as an Interdisciplinary Field of Study 1.3 Two Important Assumptions of Stylistics 1.4 The Goals,Components and Procedure of Stylistic Inquiry 1.5 The Nature of Stylitic Atylysis Execises Chapter 2 Three Views on Style 2.1 Style as Deviance 2.2 Style as Choice 2.3 Style as Foregrounding Exercises …… Chapter 3 Surface-structure Deviation Chapter 4 Deep-structure Deviation Chapter 5 Phonological Overregularity Chapter 6 Syntactic Overregulartity Chapter 7 Cohesion in Literary Discourse Chapter 8 Speech, The Cooperative Principle and Turn-taking Chapter 9 Implications of Stylistics for Teaching English Literature Bibiography General Index