Landmark The study of language and style in literature: an overview

One of the most interesting things about language is that we often learn more of it when it doesn't follow the rules of prescribed and fixed grammar, but manifests itself in a large number of extraordinary variations which seem to violate those very rules. In fact, language variation is an everyday occurrence around us. The variations include social variations, styles of speaking and writing, and registers from different areas. Metaphors and idioms also find their way into most conversations