A Corpus-Based Analysis of Oscar Wilde~{!/~}s The Importance of Being Earnest

1. Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Motivation
A. The pleasure of reading Oscar Wilde~{!/~}s The Importance of Being Earnest is mainly due to the genius organization of the language, such as the magic use of pun, paradox, and original word patterns.
B. Stylistic analysis is an effective way to dig out the aesthetic value of a literary work, especially that Wilde~{!/~}s The Importance of Being Earnest is the full embodiment of his idea of aestheticism. With the support of quantative data, the research becomes more objective.
C. The rapid development of computer science and its application to language research makes it convenient to do text analysis. The output of the computer analysis can show directly the significant information related to the text studied.
1.2 Research Questions
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