Part One:Theoretical Preliminaries and Major Varieties of English
Chapter 1 Style and Stylistics
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Definitions of Style
1.3 Definitions of Stylistics
1.4 The Development of Stylistics
1.5 The Scope of Study
Chapter 2 Procedure of Stylistic Analysis
2.1 Linguistic Description
2.2 A Checklist of Linguistic Description
2.3 Textual Analysis
2.4 Contextual Factors Analysis
Chapter 3 Stylistic Functions of Linguistic Items
3.1 Stylistic Functions of Speech Sounds
3.2 Stylistic Functions of Graphological Items
3.3 Stylistic Functions of Lexical Items
3.4 Stylistic Functions of Syntactic/Grammatical Items
Chapter 4 Varieties in Relation to Regions
4.1 Introduction
4.2 A Brief Introduction to British English
4.3 The Appearance of American English
4.4 Differences Between British English and American English
4.5 British Regional Dialects
4.6 American Regional Dialects
Chapter 5 Varieties in Relation to Media
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Spoken English and Written English
5.3 Electronic English
Chapter 6 Varieties in Relation to Attitude
6.1 Degrees of Formality
6.2 Politeness
6.3 Impersonality
6.4 Accessibility
Chapter 7 Varieties in Relation to Social Factors
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Women's English
7.3 Black English
7.4 Taboo and Euphemism

Part Two:Varieties in Relation to Genre
Chapter 8 The English of Conversation
8.1 About Conversation
8.2 Phonological Features
8.3 Lexical Features
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