Lecture tasks and actuality of stylistics. Interrelation of stylistics with other subjects. Group: 414 Rizayeva Umida

LECTURE 1. TASKS AND ACTUALITY OF STYLISTICS. INTERRELATION OF STYLISTICS WITH OTHER SUBJECTS.

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Rizayeva Umida

(Chris Baldick Oxford Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms, 1996)

Stylistics can be defined as a branch of modern linguistics devoted to the detailed analysis of literary style, or of the linguistic choices made by speakers and writers in non- literary contexts.

One of the fundamental concepts of linguistics is the contrast of "language and speech" (langue - parole) introduced by F. de Saussure. According to it, language is a system of elementary and complex signs: phonemes, morphemes, words, word combinations, utterances and combinations of utterances.

One of the fundamental concepts of linguistics is the contrast of "language and speech" (langue - parole) introduced by F. de Saussure. According to it, language is a system of elementary and complex signs: phonemes, morphemes, words, word combinations, utterances and combinations of utterances.

Style is regarded as something that belongs exclusively to the plane of expression and doesn’t belong to the plane of content. Style is a system of interrelated language means which serves a definite aim in communication .

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GALPERIN'S DEFINITION

Galperin offered his definition of style "as a system of interrelated language means which serves a definite aim in communication."

The main subject of stylistics is style in all linguistic definitions of this term. The word “style” goes back to the Latin word “stilos” which meant a sharp stick used for writing on wax tablets. Then it came to denote also the manner of writing and was borrowed into European languages with this new meaning.

According to Prof. Y. M. Skrebnev, whose book on stylistics was published in 1994, "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." The term “style” is understood by various scholars in the following senses.

the individual manner of a writer or a speaker in making use of language to achieve the desirable effect in speech or in writing. This application of the general term ‘style’ is observed in several trends of stylistics.

functional style of language (registers, discourses), i.e. a set of interrelated lingual units of all language levels used in a given sphere and serving a definite purpose in communication.

a variety of linguistic expression serving particular communicative purposes, or so- called ‘style of language

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Stylistics, as the term implies, deals with styles. Yu. Skrebnev suggests a very short definition of style: Style is a specificity of sublanguage. Style can be roughly defined as the peculiarity, the set of specific features of a text type or a concrete text. Style is just what differentiates a group of homogeneous texts (an individual text) from all other groups (other texts).

Stylistics focuses on the expressive properties of linguistic units, their functioning and interaction in conveying ideas and emotions in a certain text or communicative context

Branches of stylistics.

Lexical stylistics - studies functions of direct and figurative meanings, also the way contextual meaning of a word is realized in the text. Lexical stylistics deals with various types of connotations - expressive, evaluative, emotive; neologisms, dialectal words and their behavior in the text.

Lexical

Grammatical

PHONOSTYLISTICS

Lexical stylistics - studies functions of direct and figurative meanings, also the way contextual meaning of a word is realized in the text. Lexical stylistics deals with various types of connotations - expressive, evaluative, emotive; neologisms, dialectal words and their behavior in the text.

Grammatical stylistics - is subdivided into morphological and syntactical

Phonostylistics - phonetical organization of prose and poetic texts. Here are included rhythm, rhythmical structure, rhyme, alliteration, assonance and correlation of the sound form and meaning.

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