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 8.4 Syntactic/Grammatical Features 8.5 Semantic Features 8.6 Sample Analysis of a Student Chapter 9 The English of Public Speaking 9.1 About Public Speeches 9.2 Phonological Features 9.3 Lexical Features 9.4 Syntactic/Grammatical Features 9.5 Semantic Features 9.6 Sample Analysis of a Student Chapter 10 The English of News Reporting(1): General Knowledge 10.1 About News Reports 10.2 Different Kinds of Newspapers and Magazines 10.3 The Make-Up of News Reports Chapter 11 The English of News Reporting(2): Stylistic Features 11.1 Graphological Features 11.2 Lexical Features 11.3 Syntactic/Grammatical Features 11.4 Semantic Features 11.5 Sample Analysis of a Student Chapter 12 The English of Advertising 12.1 About Advertisements 12.2 Graphological Features 12.3 Lexical Features 12.4 Syntactic/Grammatical Features 12.5 Semantic Features 12.6 Sample Analysis of a Student Chapter 13 Literary English(1): The Novel 13.1 About the Novel 13.2 Aspects for the Analysis of the Novel 13.3 General Stylistic Features of the Novel 13.4 Sample Analysis of a Student Chapter 14 Literary English(2): Poetry 14.1 About Poetry 14.2 Prosody 14.3 General Stylistic Features of Poetry 14.4 Sample Analysis of a Student Chapter 15 The English of Science and Technology 15.1 About the English of Science and Technology 15.2 Graphological Features 15.3 Lexical Features 15.4 Syntactic/Grammatical Features 15.5 Semantic Features 15.6 Sample Analysis of a Student Chapter 16 The English of Legal Documents 16.1 About Legal Documents 16.2 Graphological Features 16.3 Lexical Features 16.4 Syntactic/Grammatical Features 16.5 Semantic Features 16.6 Sample Analysis of a Student References