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Critical Stylistics and its Relationship with CDA...

          Critical Stylistics (CS) has a vast description and is associated with a number of approaches in the field of linguistics. This accounts for its description with the adjective 'critical.' the essence is to situate CS within the framework of an eclectic approach that aims at uncovering the features of interactions, basically from the purviews of stylistics and linguistics. in essence, every form of interaction is mutually inclusive of style and linguistic resources, on the one hand, and that the linguistic features the preserve of style (they are co-opted and used based on individuals' styles). in another pedestal, there can be no form of style, in use, that is completely devoid of linguistic features. This is why the levels of linguistic analysis are important levels in the interpretation of or analysis of style and even feature in the levels of analysis of stylistics, for instance, the lexico-semantic, syntactic, pragmatic, and discourse levels ...

celebrating life and grace on this birthday

I look back with raft introspection, ponder with immense circumspection, the height i have soared with surety, the sight that sighted in serenity; the many unmerited endowments I have curried, the many unimaginable prospects that have hurried, the grace that I sap infinitely, the peace that lingers infinitely, the promise that unfolds definitely, new heights that i see definitely... Thou! oh! Lord! has mad things beautiful for me in time.  And though the undulating terrain yet to unfold with other wimps and caprices,  or the forces raging with weighty devices, I! am bold! to say! Thou! Oh! Lord! hath enough for me in time. Happy Birthday to me...