Language and Literature is an invaluable international peer-reviewed journal that covers the latest research in stylistics, defined as the study of style in literary and non-literary language. We publish theoretical, empirical and experimental research that aims to make a contribution to our understanding of style and its effects on readers. View full journal description
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The winner of the 2023 PALA Prize is Antonia Stoyanova for the article 'Sensory modality as a linguistic sign of the "divide self" in John Banville's novels'.
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