Lecture Stylistics as a science. Problems of stylistic research. Plan

4. Stylistics and other linguistic disciplines.
Semasiology: a branch of linguistics whose area of study is meaning. All stylistic effects are based on the interplay between different kinds of meaning on different levels (grammatical, lexical, logical, denotative, connotative, emotive, evaluative, expressive and stylistic).
Onomasiology (or onomatology) is the theory of naming dealing with the choice of words when naming or assessing some object or phenomenon. In stylistic analysis we often have to do with a transfer of nominal meaning in a text (antonomasia, metaphor, metonymy, etc.)
Literary Stylistics will inevitably overlap with areas of literary studies such as the theory of imagery, literary genres, the art of composition, etc.
Decoding Stylistics in many ways borders culture studies in the broad sense of that word including the history of art, aesthetic trends and even information theory.
5. Stylistic neutrality and stylistic colouring
Most scholars abroad and in this country giving definitions of style come to the conclusion that style may be defined as deviation from the lingual norm or a departure from the norm of a given national language. (G. Leech, M. Riffaterre, M. Halliday, R. Jacobson and others).
What we often call “the norm” in terms of stylistics would be more appropriate to call “neutrality”. Thus we observe an opposition of stylistically coloured specific elements to stylistically neutral non-specific elements.
Within the stylistically coloured words there is another opposition between formal vocabulary and informal vocabulary.
Stylistically coloured words are limited to specific conditions of communication: you’re sure to recognise words like decease, attire, decline (a proposal) as bookish and distinguish die, clothes, refuse as neutral while such units as snuff it, rags (togs), turn down - as colloquial or informal.
Stylistic connotations may be inherent or adherent. Stylistically coloured words possess inherent stylistic connotations. Stylistically neutral words will have only adherent (occasional) stylistic connota­tions acquired in a certain context:
Eg.: A luxury hotel for dogs is to be opened at Lima, Peru a city of 30.000 dogs. The furry guests will have separate hygienic kennels, top medical care and high standard cuisine, including the best bones. (Mailer)