Maria-Crina Herțeg The Stylistics and Semantics of the Verb. A Case Study: The Indicative Mood. A Cross-Linguistic Approach, Editura Aeternitas, Alba Iulia, 2021, 179 pp., ISBN 978-606-613-224-4

The book The Stylistics and Semantics of the Verb. A Case Study: The Indicative Mood. A Cross-Linguistic Approach by Maria-Crina Herțeg is an extremely useful research source for linguists, teachers and students who are interested in the stylistic value of English tenses, aspects and moods. The work is divided into nine chapters, followed by a list of abbreviations and acronyms, a glossary and references. Each chapter contains a well-documented and detailed theoretical framework, pertinent arguments for statements, and an abundance of examples in English, Romanian and French. A foreword by Valerica Sporiș introduces the book, which combines theories pertaining to applied linguistics, including corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics and translation studies. Furthermore, the book presents a scholastic approach, as the author cites and refers to various reliable sources to introduce the reader to the vast and fascinating field of linguistic stylistics. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses are presented to provide accurate results, and the academic approach is evident from the beginning of the work.