This paper introduces the web application CLiC, which we developed as part of a research
project bringing together insights from both cognitive poetics and corpus stylistics, with …

Schema theory is a key idea within cognitive stylistics which derives primarily from
psychology and artifi cial intelligence. A schema (plural 'schemata') is a cognitive structure …

In recent times, Chick Lit has risen to a certain level of prominence. This is the first book
length study that looks into the distinctive features of this much-discussed genre. Chick Lit is …

This chapter describes the contributions corpus-linguistic research can make to pragmatics,
the study of meaning in context. It reviews corpus research into core pragmatic phenomena …

This book presents a corpus analysis of Joseph Conrad's ([1902] 1994) Heart of Darkness
(HoD) and four of its Italian translations, combining corpus stylistics and descriptive …

The increasing number of digital resources opens new routes for research in a variety of
fields. The range of methods and approaches for the creation and exploitation of electronic …

Reference to or quotation from someone's speech, thoughts, or writing is a key component of
narrative. These reports further a narrative, make it more interesting, natural, and vivid, ask …

This paper addresses relations between lexico-grammatical patterns and texts. Our focus is
on a specific linguistic unit, the 'suspended quotation'(or 'suspension'), which has received …

This article presents a computer-assisted approach to the study of character discourse in
Dickens. It focuses on the concept of the 'suspended quotation'–the interruption of a …

This paper argues that corpus stylistics can contribute methodologies and concepts to
support the investigation of character information in fiction. Focusing on Charles Dickens …