Экзамен по стилистике Stylistics as a science and style as a main stylistic category

Elliptical construction (ellipsis). Elliptical construction is a deliberate omission of at least one member of the sentence that can easily be supplied from the situation or previous statement.
Ellipsis is a typical phenomenon in conversation arising out of the situation. Ellipsis, when used as a SD, always imitates the common features of colloquial language where the situation presupposes the omitting certain member of a sentence: “Oh!” said Tigger. He sat down and put his paw in his mouth. “What’s the matter?” asked Pooh. “Hot!” mumbled Tigger (A. Miln)
Ex. – Did you date her?
- This was a he. Called himself Rudi Wilson. Know him?
- Each of them had gazed over the other and registered the result. Suzy’s note:
“Smart and mean. Smiles with his mouth. Eyes like a snake. May try himself some day by being so smart”
Patron’s note: “A character. Will not play the rules. Too friendly. Might reserve the filed”
An elliptical construction in direct interaction is not a SD. When used in the written language this violation of the recognized literary sentence structure becomes a SD, inasmuch it supplies supersegmental information (i.e. an excited state of mind of the speaker, it helps to imitate conversational style.


Apokoinu, aposiopesis
Apokoinu construction is the construction in which the omission of a connective word results in blending of the main and subordinate clauses, so that the predicative or the object of the first one is simultaneously used as the subject of the second one. Ex.: “What has happened to that swell-looking babe in the fur coat used to come over?” There is one thing bothers me. There is no law forbids it.
"There was a door led into the kitchen." (Sh. Anderson) "He was the man killed that deer." (R.P. Warren) The double syntactical function played by one word produces the general impression of clumsiness of speech and is used as a means of speech characteristics in dialogue, in reported speech and the type of narrative known as "entrusted" in which the author entrusts the telling of the story to an imaginary narrator who is either an observer or participant of the described events.
In poetry it helps meet the requirements of the rhythm: I bring him news will raise his drooping spirits.