Stylistics of Dutch

Stylistics of Dutch. NWO Vrije competitie (2007-2013); project leader: Arie Verhagen.

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Project data

Full title		Stylistics of Dutch
Duration		September 2007-September 2012
Nature		NWO Vrije competitie
Project leader		Arie Verhagen
Project members		Maarten van Leeuwen  Suzanne Fagel

Project description

The purpose of this programme is to join knowledge and insights from linguistics, literary analysis, and rhetoric, for the purpose of developing a set of methods for the stylistic investigation of any type of text in Dutch. The modern cognitive semantic notion of ?construal? provides the basis for unifying these three traditions.

The goals of the programme are:

• to develop a new, scientifically sound, method of stylistic analysis;
• to produce precise stylistic analyses of different types of text, using the same (cognitive) linguistic framework;
• to develop and test methods for the empirical investigation of effects of stylistic phenomena on addressees;
• to deepen and adapt literary, rhetorical, and linguistic concepts, in the light of the results of stylistic analyses.