Concepts of Style2. Some or all of the language habits shared by a group of people at one time, or over a period of time

Majortopics to be discussed:1. What is stylistics? What is stylistics meant to do? What is style? 2. Phonological stylis

Unit 1 The concern of stylistics General stylistics Stylistic features of main varieties of language 3 functional varie

3.1 Phonological Deviation 3.1.3 Special Pronunciation For convenience of rhyming, the poet may give special pronunciat

General stylistics: concentrating on the general features of various types of language use, including literary discourse

.In a narrower sense, it is an interdisciplinary subject. It is a study of literary discourse from a linguistic orientat

politenessPoliteness refers toHow languages expressed the social distance between the speakers and their different role-

Course PlanLecture 9: Three views on styleLecture 10: Stylistic analysis of varieties of English (news report)Lecture 11

3.Conservativeness(保守性) As the legal language is produced by careful phrasing and tested over a long time, nobody dares

-4▪ Reference books:▪ Crystal, D., and D. Davy,▪ Investigating English Style, Longman, 1969.▪ Geoffrey N. Leech, Michael

刘世生、朱瑞青，《文体学概论》， 北京：北京大学出版社，2006。秦秀白，《实用文体学教程》， 长沙：湖南教育出版社, 1986。秦秀白，《英语语体和问题要略》， 上海：上海外语教育.出版社，2001。张德禄,《功能文体学》, 济南:山东教

7.7 Stylistic Features in Terms of Levels of Language 7.7.1 Grammatical Features 7.7.2 Le

2.2 Stylistic study sharpens the understanding and appreciation of literary works Foregrou

3.2 Dialects 3.2.1 Individual dialect—Idiolect One’s own features of speech/writing habits Voice quality Pitch & stres

2. From the beginning of the 1930 to the end of the 1950s stylistics was developing slowly and was only confined to the

What is your definition of style?Definition of style By its definition in dictionaries, t

Therefore legal language is rich in modifications, circumlocutions and complex logical relation.2.Redundancy(冗余性)In orde

1.2 Emergence of Stylistics as an Interdisciplinary Field of Study1Modernist Movement inAr

Lecture 12: Stylistic analysis of varieties of English (public speech)Lecture 13: Stylisti

Introduction to StylisticsI. IntroductionWhat is stylistics? Modern Stylistics:General Sty