Stylistics, sometimes called linguo-stylistics, is a branch of general

THE ARCHAIC, OBSOLESCENT AND OBSOLETE WORDS 
We shall distinguish 3 stage in the aging process of words: 
1. When the words become rarely used, such words are called obsolescent. They are in the 
stage of gradually passing out of general use. garniture = furniture. 
2. 
The second group of archaic words are those that have already gone completely out of 
use but are still recognized by the English-speaking
community. These words are called 
obsolete. methinks = it seems to me, nay = no.  
3. The third group, which may be called archaic proper, are words which are no 
longer recognizable in modern English, words that were in use in Old English. troth = 
faith.
BARBARISMS AND FOREIGNISMS 
Barbarisms are words which have already become facts of the English language. 
Foreign words though used for certain stylistic purposes, do not belong to the English 
vocabulary. 
LITERARY COINAGES 
Literary coinages (including nonce - words). There is a term in linguistics which by its 
very nature is ambiguous and that is the term neologisms. There are 2 types of newly 
coined words:  
1. Terminological coinages, those which designate new born concepts. 
2. Stylistics coinages, words coined because their creators seek expressive 
utterance. 

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