Literariness is a series of techniques, conventions, and tools that distinguish literal from other uses of language. Identifying these techniques, conventions, and means was one of the key pursuits of Russian formalists.
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It encompasses the analysis of every aspect of language, as well as the methods for studying and modeling them. The traditional areas of linguistic analysis include phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics,...