The background to critical stylistics
Naming and describing
Representing actions/events/states
Equating and constrasting
Exemplifying and enumerating
Prioritising
Implying and assuming
Negating
Hypothesising
Presenting others' speech and thoughts
Representing time, space and society.
Critical stylistics : the power of English by Lesley Jeffries. ISBN 9780333964491. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.