David Crystal Professorial Fellow, University College of North Wales, Bangor. Derek Davy Department of English, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

• Preface PART ONE: THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES I Introduction 2 Linguistic Description 3 Stylistic Analysis PART TWO: PRACTICAL ANALYSIS-SPECIMEN TEXTS WITH COMMENTARY 4 The Language of Conversation 5 The Language of Unscripted Commentary. 6 The Language of Religion 7 The Language of Newspaper Reporting 8 The Language of Legal Documents 9 Suggestions for Further Analysis

David Crystal Professorial Fellow, University College of North Wales, Bangor. Derek Davy Department of English, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

• Preface PART ONE: THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES I Introduction 2 Linguistic Description 3 Stylistic Analysis PART TWO: PRACTICAL ANALYSIS-SPECIMEN TEXTS WITH COMMENTARY 4 The Language of Conversation 5 The Language of Unscripted Commentary. 6 The Language of Religion 7 The Language of Newspaper Reporting 8 The Language of Legal Documents 9 Suggestions for Further Analysis

David Crystal Professorial Fellow, University College of North Wales, Bangor. Derek Davy Department of English, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

• Preface PART ONE: THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES I Introduction 2 Linguistic Description 3 Stylistic Analysis PART TWO: PRACTICAL ANALYSIS-SPECIMEN TEXTS WITH COMMENTARY 4 The Language of Conversation 5 The Language of Unscripted Commentary. 6 The Language of Religion 7 The Language of Newspaper Reporting 8 The Language of Legal Documents 9 Suggestions for Further Analysis