STYLISTICS AS A SYSTEMATIC PHENOMENON Stylistics Lecture 2

STYLISTICS AS A SYSTEMATIC PHENOMENON Stylistics Lecture 2

The plan of the lecture 1) The definition of language and speech 2) Hierarchy of levels 3) Two fundamental types of relations 4) Basic subsystems 5) Types of stylistic research and types of stylistics

Literature • 1. Знаменская Т. А. Стилистика английского языка. Основы курса: Учебное пособие. Изд. 2 -е , испр. – М. : Едиториал УРСС, 2004. – 208 с. • 2. Ивашкин М. П. Практикум по стилистике английского языка: Учеб. пособ. / М. П. Ивашкин. – М. : АСТ: Восток-Запад, 2007. – 101 с.

Systematic approach by Ferdinand de Saussure The phenomenon of the language is divided into: v an executive side ( production, transmission of speech) v an underlying language system

FAQ What is the difference between language and speech?

Language &Speech Language is a system of specific interconnected and interdependent lingual signs united by their common function of forming, storing and exchanging ideas in the process of human intercourse Speech is the manifestation of the system of language in the process of human intercourse

Hierarchy of language levels 1) Phonemes 2) Morphemes 3) Words or lexemes 4) Word-combinations or phrasemes 5) Sentences or proposemes 6) Supra-phrasal unities or dictemes

Fundamental types of relations between lingual units Paradigmatic Relations between elements in paradigms in the system of language Syntagmatic Linear combination of units of the same level

Basic subsystems The phonetical system The lexical system The grammatical system

Types of stylistic research Literary stylistics (functional styles, linguistic nature of the expressive means of the language) Lingua-stylistics (the comparison of a work of art, various genres, writer’s outlook)

Types of stylistics Ø Ø Ø Comparative stylistics (contrastive study of more than one language ) Decoding stylistics (complex study from the point of view of historical development, personal, political view) Functional stylistics (functional styles complex study)

Branches of stylistics Ø stylistic lexicology Ø stylistic phonetics (phonostylistics) Ø stylistic grammar (stylistic morphology , stylistic syntax )

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