Muhammad, Mustapha2023-12-122023-12-122017-01-11Adekunle, A. Mobolaji. “In Search of a Viable Stylistic Model”. Jos Journal of Language and Literature (JJOLLit). No 1; Department of English and Language/Linguistics, University of Jos: University of Jos Press. 1985. Print. Bally, Charles. Traite de Stylistique Francaise. Paris: Jovanovich Inc, 1909. Print. Barthes, Roland. Elements of Semiology. New York: Hill and Wang, 1967. Print. Chomsky, Noam (ed.) Language and Mind (Enlarged). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. Print. Christopher, S. Butler. Structure and Function: A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories. U.K.: John Benjamin’s Publishing Company, 2003. Print. Crystal, David. Language Play. London: Penguin, 1998. Print. ___________ The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Language (2nd Ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Print. Crystal, David and Davy, Derek. Investigating English Style. London: Longman, 1969. Print. Downes, William. Language and Society (2nd Ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Print. Foucault, Mitchel. Society Must be Defended. (Trans. David Macey) Eds. Bertani, Mauro and Fontana, Alessandro. New York: Picador, 2003. Print. Fowler, Roger. Linguistic Criticism (2nd Ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Print.https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/3226This paper is an attempt on a practical exploration of structural-cum-post structural stylistics. The study traces the origin and development of structuralism and its extension, post structuralism as theories in linguistic studies, exploring their theoretical bases, and finally establishing their relationships with stylistics as a discipline in the linguistic domain. Because the paper is stylistics domain, it extensively treats, in its first part, stylistics as a distinct discipline within linguistics, tracing its historical development and theoretical conception. Then, it takes a tour into the structural and post structural linguistics bringing into bare the link between the two while describing their effects on stylistic studies.enArticle