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In:Practising Stylistics: Essays in Honour of Paul Simpson
Edited by Clara Neary, Simon Statham and Peter Stockwell
[Linguistic Approaches to Literature 45] 2026
► pp. 279–281

Index

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A

  • absolutes 24, 28–35
  • A Modest Proposal 73–74, 82, 84
  • adaptation 138–147, 253–268
  • addressee 54, 71–74, 123–125, 183–184
  • addresser 71–74, 123–124, 153, 210
  • adjacency pair 107, 130, 134
  • All Names Have Been Changed 226–242
  • allegory20
  • analepsis108
  • arrest 112–113
  • authenticity 26, 31–34, 36, 80, 220, 245
  • autobiography 38–44, 176, 185–186

B

  • Banville, John 47, 75, 253–268
  • Barnaby Rudge209
  • Bentley, Gordon89
  • Black, Benjamin 253–268
  • boulomaic modality 46, 49, 56, 192
  • Bowie, David 121–122, 132–136
  • Brontë, Charlotte48
  • Brontë, Emily206

C

  • campus novel 226–242
  • character 15, 21, 37, 41, 46, 51–52, 62, 63, 65, 69, 73–74, 78–79, 93, 97, 105–106, 118, 138–146, 170, 172, 190, 191–193, 197–199, 202–212, 214, 216, 217, 220–221, 227, 228–239, 244, 246–251, 253–268, 270–273
  • characterisation 41, 61, 165, 167, 191, 200–215, 217–225, 253–268
  • Christine Falls 253–268
  • CLiC 200–215
  • Clowes, Daniel 138–147
  • Cognitive Grammar 45–60, 61, 66–69, 259, 262
  • cognitive poetics 36–44, 45–60, 61–69, 148–164
  • coherence 43, 86–96, 113, 175, 177, 183, 187, 256, 275
  • cohesion 37, 86–96, 125, 179, 256
  • communicative space 25–27, 33–35
  • concordance 200–215
  • conjunction 88, 91–93, 114
  • construal 45–60, 61–69, 262
  • cooperative principle 72, 103, 109, 161, 165–174, 216
  • corpus stylistics 117, 200–215
  • Covid poetry 45–60, 274
  • crime 89–94, 162, 216–225, 253–268
  • critical discourse analysis 24–35, 148–164

D

  • deictic centre 37, 41–42, 64, 182, 197, 228–229, 235–238
  • deixis 67, 148–154, 228, 231, 237, 269–278
  • demotic 243–252
  • denunciation 175–189
  • deontic modality 46, 49, 51, 55, 67, 192
  • deviation 55–56, 105–106, 126, 134, 167, 234, 239, 248–250
  • dialect 216–225, 231
  • dialectic 71–72, 82–83
  • dialogic 244–245
  • dialogue 38–44, 73–74, 76, 121–137, 165, 169, 172–173, 175–189, 216–225, 258, 264–266
  • Dickens, Charles 12–23, 41, 112, 117–120, 200–215
  • direct speech 36, 40, 43, 65–69, 73–74, 106, 195, 200, 203, 230, 244–246, 258, 261, 263
  • discourse analysis 24–35, 121–137, 148–164, 216–225
  • discourse marker 37, 42, 165–174, 192, 195, 208, 221
  • disorientation 54, 56, 61–69, 93, 120, 262, 266–267
  • Dombey and Son 12–23, 209, 213
  • Don't Worry Darling 165–174
  • dystopia 159, 166, 269–278

E

  • echoic irony 141–146
  • ellipsis 61, 65, 88, 221, 272
  • emotion 33, 36, 43, 65–69, 119, 135, 148–64, 186, 193–199, 249, 276
  • encapsulation 36–42
  • epistemic modality 46–58, 159, 192, 231, 237
  • Eureka Street 243–252
  • Everton FC6
  • extension 112–120

F

  • face threat 142, 222–225
  • fish9
    • (angling)275
    • bass243
    • brill 44, 252
    • carp90
    • char195
    • drum243
    • flounder112
    • ghoul261
    • grayling102
    • grouper207
    • jack 166–172
    • marlin7
    • ray21
    • herring 70, 235, 237, 240
    • perch115
    • sole 36, 195
    • trout193
    • skate150
    • cod 171, 222
    • grunt235
    • rudd21
    • sturgeon269
    • (whales) 12–23
  • flashback 37, 185
  • flashforward 37, 42
  • flout 131, 134, 170–171, 217, 221–225
  • focalise 64, 67, 112–113, 195, 227–242, 258, 260, 266–267, 269–278
  • foregrounding 46–47, 55–56, 125, 180, 192, 194–197, 240, 244, 246, 248, 277
  • frame 40, 42–44, 160
  • free direct speech 36, 40–43, 66, 106, 153, 230
  • free indirect discourse 49, 106, 192–193, 196, 226–242, 244, 246
  • Friel, Brian 190–215
  • functional grammar 61, 70, 114, 259, 262

G

  • Ghost World 138–147
  • graphic novel 138–147

H

  • Happy Valley 216–225
  • Hard Times 12–23, 210
  • Harris, Kamala 148–164
  • Hemingway, Ernest 86–87, 250
  • heterodiegesis 191, 194, 226–242, 243, 249
  • heteroglossia 243–252
  • homodiegesis 54, 191, 226–242, 243
  • Household Words13
  • humour 36–44, 49, 66, 71, 76, 80–81, 140, 183, 216, 219, 222, 225, 227, 240
  • hybridity 76, 187, 244–245, 251
  • hypotaxis 114, 117

I

  • identity 175–189, 229, 233–242, 243–252
  • idiolect246
  • image schema 49, 154–155
  • implicature 97–111, 134, 138–147, 142–143, 170–171, 222–225
  • incongruity 42–43, 72, 225
  • indirect speech 65, 106, 151, 230
  • inference 71–72, 79, 102, 105, 138–147
  • intentionality 30, 102, 114, 161
  • internal deviation 106, 234, 248–250
  • intertextuality 42, 84, 256–258, 261
  • irony 16, 18, 20, 56, 72–73, 77, 78, 80, 109, 118, 138–147, 161, 226–242

J

  • Jane Eyre48
  • jargon 21, 130–131

K

  • Kay, Jackie 46–60
  • keywords (corpus) 200–215
  • keywords (ideological) 161–163
  • Kilroy, Clare 226–242
  • kintsugi 176–177, 184–187

L

  • Lawrence, D.H. 112, 115–116, 119
  • lemma275
  • lexis 14, 37, 40, 50–51, 54, 87–88, 90–95, 100, 104, 130, 148–164, 192, 195–196, 221, 224, 270–273
  • local grammar 200–215
  • Lynch, Paul 269–278

M

  • maxims 72, 103, 131, 134, 165–174, 217, 220–224
  • McCabe, Pat 243–252
  • McGahern, John 97–111
  • memoir 36–44, 176, 186
  • meronymy266
  • metaphor 12–23, 25, 148–164, 248, 271
  • mind style 55, 57
  • modal grammar 45–60, 136, 229, 270–271
  • modal shading 46–47, 52, 192–199, 270
  • modality 45–60, 67, 190–199, 229, 237, 260, 262, 264, 271
  • momentum 36–44, 50
  • moon landing 121–137
  • Mortimer, Bob 36–44
  • Mrs Dalloway115

N

  • na gCopaleen, Myles 75–76, 82–85
  • narrative report 135, 230, 232, 238, 260
  • narrator 16, 20, 40–41, 43, 46, 49, 51–52, 62, 65–67, 70–85, 89, 97–111, 118, 179–185, 190–199, 202–204, 226–242, 244–252, 260–261, 270–271, 275
  • negation 28–29, 37, 41–43, 54–56, 61, 65, 79, 104, 157–159, 192, 194, 232, 260, 264, 271
  • Nicholas Nickleby 12–23
  • non-events 61–69

O

  • O’Brien, Flann 70–85
  • O’Nolan, Brian 70–85
  • oscillation 47, 53–58, 190, 195, 198, 272, 274, 277
  • Otsuka, Julie 175–189
  • Our Mutual Friend210

P

  • paralinguistic 127, 167
  • parataxis 114, 117, 272
  • parody 21, 82, 142
  • Pattern Grammar205
  • pedagogical stylistics 112–120
  • perception modality 46–47, 55–56, 192, 194–195, 237–238, 271
  • picaresque84
  • plot 13, 20, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 91, 94, 140, 173, 253–259, 264, 267
  • point of view 20, 45–60, 67, 171, 175–189, 190–199, 226–242, 243–252, 258, 267, 270–277
  • politeness 142, 154, 167–169, 216–225
  • power 27, 40, 134, 150, 168–169, 172, 240, 257
  • pragmatics 97–111, 138–147
  • projection 37, 114
  • prolepsis108
  • pronouns 51, 55, 67, 92, 95, 105, 109, 151–159, 179, 181, 229, 231–237, 273, 275–276
  • Prophet Song 269–278
  • prospection 36–44

R

  • reader response58
  • reference 88, 91, 93, 103, 105, 109, 152, 171, 186, 217, 236, 261, 275–276
  • reflector 46, 51, 190–199, 255, 270, 273, 275
  • register 37, 40, 43, 70–74, 130–131, 167, 169, 217, 220, 244, 248, 250
  • relevance theory 97–111, 138–147
  • rhetoric 20, 27–35, 132, 148–164, 175–189
  • root modality 49–52, 58

S

  • satire 12–23, 70–85, 136, 138–147
  • schema 21, 40–42, 49, 55–56, 86–96, 165–167, 170, 216–217, 220, 223–224, 255, 271
  • setting 21, 27, 42–43, 112, 120, 166–168, 171
  • Shakespeare, William 112, 116–119, 258
  • simulation 115, 154, 173, 249
  • skaz 244, 247–249
  • Smith, Zadie 61–69
  • sociolinguistics 70, 88–89
  • speech acts 37, 246
  • stage direction41
  • stream-of-consciousness244
  • substitution88
  • superlatives 24–35, 158
  • suspension 112–120
  • suspensions 200–215
  • Swift, Jonathan 73–75, 81, 83–84
  • systemic functional linguistics 61, 70, 114, 259, 262
  • system world27

T

  • telecinematic stylistics 165–174, 263
  • tellability88
  • texture 22, 36–44, 77, 95, 214
  • The Beano15
  • The Buddha in the Attic 175–189
  • The Butcher Boy 244–252
  • ‘The Diviner’ 190–199
  • The Old Curiosity Shop15
  • The Pickwick Papers 12, 118, 206
  • The Swimmers 175–189
  • The Third Policeman 70–85
  • transitivity 61–69, 250, 259, 262, 265–266
  • translation93
  • trigram211
  • Trump, Donald 24–35, 148–164
  • turn taking 127–127, 135–136, 209

U

  • utterance launcher 208–210, 214

V

  • validity claims 24–35
  • value 30–31, 73–74, 101, 126, 136, 229, 239
  • verba sentiendi 192–198, 229, 237–238, 271–274
  • vocative 125, 208, 213, 275
  • voice 46, 77–78, 118–119, 175–189, 199, 232–240, 243–252, 261

W

  • When the Emperor Was Divine 175–189
  • Wilson, Robert McLiam 243–252
  • Woolf, Virginia 112, 115, 119
  • Wuthering Heights206
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