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1、BOOKREVIEWS409Stylistics:AResourceBookforStudentsbyPaulSimpson,2004.LondonandNewYork:Routledge,pp.xiv+247.ISBN0415281059(pbk).DOI:10.1177/0963947006068663Aninterestdeclared:PaulSimpsonisoneofmyoldestStylisticscolleaguesandfriends.OuracquaintancegoesbacktoanearlyPALAi
2、nEastAnglia,1979Isuspect,whereasgraduatestudentswewatched,inaspiritofenviouscompetitiveness,asoneofRogerFowler’sstarstudentsmadeheavyweatherofaTitusGroanpassage.Ahthoselong-agoroneodays!Anyway,IhavehadthehighestregardforPaul’sworkeversince,andthepresentvolumeamplydem
3、onstrateshisgifts:itisinvariablyclear,readable,well-paced,stimulating,informative,andwide-ranginginitstopicsandtexts.ItshouldracetothetopofthechartsamongtheIntroductionstoStylisticsdesignedtoinductstudentsattheleveloffirst-orsecond-yearundergraduatesofaUKhonoursdegre
4、einEnglish,ortheirroughequivalentaroundtheworld,intothesubtlecomplexitiesofliteraryconstruction.Amonghisownbooks,itfillsanunneededgapbetweentheveryintroductoryLanguagethroughLiteratureandthemorechallengingLanguage,IdeologyandPointofView.DoesithelpthatthebookisintheRo
5、utledgeRELI(RoutledgeEnglishLanguageIntroductions)series?OnbalanceI’dsayyes,withareservationortwo.LikealltheRELIvolumesthisonehas‘higherproductionvalues’,moresexing-up,thanyouraverageUKcoursebook.Iamreferringtothedivisionofthebookintofourdistinctsections,wavesofadvan
6、ceonthesubject,herelabelledIntroduction(A),Development(B),Exploration(C),andExtension(D).SectionsAtoC(allbyPaul)areofequallength(about50pages);D(extractedreadingsfromotherauthors)isonlyslightlylonger.Thinkoftheseasverticalcolumns,laidoutlefttoright(astheyareinasuppli
7、edsecondversionoftheContents).Oneofthosenon-mnemonicletters(AtoD),asappropriate,appearsina‘button’atthetopofeverypage,rectoandverso,ofthebook.Importantlycombinedwiththisistheselectionofunits(11fullones),suchasgrammar,transitivity,dialogue,ormetaphor.Thereisatreatment
8、ordiscussionofeachoftheseunitsineachofthesectionsAtoD,andtheunitsarehandledinthesameorderineachofthosefoursections,sowecanthinkofth
