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

Lecture 1.
Stylistics as a science. Problems of stylistic research.
Plan:
1. Problems of stylistic research.
2. Stylistics of Language and speech.
3. Types of stylistic research. Branches of Stylistics.
4. Stylistics and other linguistic disciplines.
5. Stylistic neutrality and stylistic colouring.
6. Stylistic function notion.
Basic notions: stylistic, style, stylistics of language, stylistics of speech, literary and linguistic stylistics, comparative stylistics, decoding stylistics, functional stylistics, stylistic lexicology, stylistic phonetics (phonostylistics), stylistic grammar, stylistic norm, stylistic neutrality, stylistic connotations (inherent/adherent); connotative meaning: 1) emotive; 2) evaluative; 3) expressive; 4) stylistic.
1. Problems of stylistic research.
1) the object and the material of studies;
2) the notion «style».
1) In 1955 the Academician V. V. Vinogradov defined style as “socially recognized and functionally conditioned internally united totality of the ways of using, selecting and combining the means of lingual intercourse in the sphere of one national language or another...”
2) In 1971 Prof. I. R.Galperin offered his definition of style «as a system of interrelated language means which serves a definite aim in communication.”.
3) According to Prof. Y. M. Skrebnev, «style is what differentiates a group of homogeneous texts (an individual text) from all other groups (other texts)... Style can be roughly defined as the peculiarity, the set of specific features of a text type or of a specific text.”
Functional styles:
Prof. I. R. Galperin suggests 5 styles for the English language.
1) belles-lettres style: poetry, emotive prose, and drama;
2) publicist style: oratory and speeches, essay, articles;
3) newspaper style: brief news items, headlines, advertisements, editorial;
4) scientific prose style;
5) official documents style.
Prof. I.V.Arnold distinguishes 4 styles:
1) poetic style;
2) scientific style;
3) newspaper style;
4) colloquial style.
Prof. Y. M. Skrebnev maintains that the number of sublanguages and styles is infinite (if we include individual styles, styles mentioned in linguistic literature such as telegraphic, oratorical, reference book, Shakespearean, short story, or the style of literature on electronics, computer language, etc.).