Lecture expressive means and stylistic devices

I. Questions and Tasks


1. What is stylistics?
2. What does stylistics investigate?
3. What is the task set before stylistics?
4. Characterize two fields of investigation of stylistics.
5. Into what groups are stylistic means divided?
6. What is the characteristic feature of the expressive means?
7. Illustrate examples of expressive means on different levels of the language?
8. What is the linguistic nature of a stylistic device?
9. What elements of the language are used for stylistic purposes?
10. What is the difference between expressive means and stylistic devices? Give
illustrations.
11. What is the reason that stylistic devices become trite? Give examples of
trite and genuine stylistic devices.
12. Explain the process of formation of stylistic con­vergence.