Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. List of figures and tables xi
5. Chapter 1. Introduction: Narrative prospecting 1
6. Chapter 2. Collocation and corpus stylistics 15
7. Chapter 3. Lexical patternings in short stories 31
8. Chapter 4. Top keyword sentences as story waymarking 53
9. Chapter 5. Keywords and the language of guidance in "The Love of a Good Woman" 77
10. Chapter 6. Repetition and para-repetition in story structure 97
11. Chapter 7. Prospection and expectation: Core signalling 113
12. Chapter 8. Prospection and expectation: Embedded signalling 135
13. Chapter 9. The textual tracking of suspense and surprise. 165
14. Chapter 10. Next steps 189
15. References 201
16. Name index 209
17. Topic index 211