This edited volume celebrates cutting-edge research in stylistics and, more specifically, recent work on sense and the senses. The title originated in the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA) 2022 conference and marks the 40th onsite event by showcasing some of the excellent papers delivered on that occasion. The selected chapters fall into 4 parts each of which gives pride of place to how style makes sense and how senses make style. The chapters follow research in neuroscience and sociocognition, investigate how body and mind are inextricably linked through embodied meaning; how emotions are both conveyed and perceived; and how impressions, thoughts and worldviews can be induced by a certain style. The apprehension of the senses is carried through a variety of theories (cognitive linguistics and stylistics, ecostylistics, phenomenology, simulation theory, enactivism, metaphor theory, Text World Theory) and is applied to various genres (poetry, novels, short stories, detectivefiction, restaurant reviews) and media (the oral vs written tradition, ekphrasis, and semiotic transfers). This book will be of interest to students and academics in stylistics, cognitive linguistics, discourse analysis, ecostylistics, and multimodality.

About the Author

Linda Pilliere is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Aix-Marseille Universite, France.

Sandrine Sorlin is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at University Paul-Valery - Montpellier 3, France.

Reviews

"The book Style and Sense(s) is a monograph that unites research in sense theory and stylistics. Since sensory experience is one of the most important forms of experience in art, philosophy, and literature, its conceptualization within the scientific fields merits becoming the object of a monograph such as this. ... Each listed paper approaches its own topic in a clear and focused manner, with a high degree of scientific argumentation, extensive meticulousness, and reaching valuable conclusions that herald further perspectives." (Tin Lemac, Revista de Lenguas para fines especificos, June 30, 2024)

Book Information
ISBN 9783031548833
Author Linda Pilliere
Format Hardback
Page Count 307
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Springer International Publishing AG