STYLISTIC LEXICOLOGY
Stylistic Classification of the
English Vocabulary
PLAN
1. Stylistic classification of the English
language vocabulary. Classification criteria 2. Standard English vocabulary and its constituents. Neutral words.
3. Specific literary vocabulary. Terms, poetic and archaic words, obsolete and obsolescent words, literary coinages and neologisms, foreignisms and barbarisms
4. Specific colloquial vocabulary.
Professionalisms, jargon and slang, vulgarisms and nonce-words, dialectisms.
LITERATURE
Galperin – pp 70-119
Мороховский – сс.93128
Арнольд – сс.105-131
Stylistic classification of the English language vocabulary
The literary layer, the neutral
layer and the colloquial layer
Aspect - a certain property, characteristic of the layer on the whole
Aspect of the literary layer - markedly bookish character, more or less stable
Aspect of the colloquial layer - lively spoken character, unstable, fleeting.
Aspect of the neutral layer - its universal character
The special literary vocabulary
Terms
Poetical words
Archaic, obsolete/obsolescent words
Foreignisms and barbarisms
Literary nonce-words or neologisms
Literary words are legitimate members of
the English vocabulary, without local or dialectal character. They are used in both oral and written speech
The special literary vocabulary
Bookish words: concord, adversary, divergence,
volition, calamity, susceptibility, sojourn, etc.
Phraseological combinations that belong to the general literary stratum: in accordance with, with regard to, by virtue of, to speak at great length, to draw a lesson, to lend assistance.
in fiction - the primary stylistic function of general literary words which appear in the speech of literary personages is to characterize the person as pompous and verbose
The speech of Mr. Micawber in
“David
Copperfield”
My dear friend Copperfield”, said Mr.
Micawber,” accidents will occur in the best-regulated families, and in families not regulated by that pervading influence
English Vocabulary
PLAN
1. Stylistic classification of the English
language vocabulary. Classification criteria 2. Standard English vocabulary and its constituents. Neutral words.
3. Specific literary vocabulary. Terms, poetic and archaic words, obsolete and obsolescent words, literary coinages and neologisms, foreignisms and barbarisms
4. Specific colloquial vocabulary.
Professionalisms, jargon and slang, vulgarisms and nonce-words, dialectisms.
LITERATURE
Galperin – pp 70-119
Мороховский – сс.93128
Арнольд – сс.105-131
Stylistic classification of the English language vocabulary
The literary layer, the neutral
layer and the colloquial layer
Aspect - a certain property, characteristic of the layer on the whole
Aspect of the literary layer - markedly bookish character, more or less stable
Aspect of the colloquial layer - lively spoken character, unstable, fleeting.
Aspect of the neutral layer - its universal character
The special literary vocabulary
Terms
Poetical words
Archaic, obsolete/obsolescent words
Foreignisms and barbarisms
Literary nonce-words or neologisms
Literary words are legitimate members of
the English vocabulary, without local or dialectal character. They are used in both oral and written speech
The special literary vocabulary
Bookish words: concord, adversary, divergence,
volition, calamity, susceptibility, sojourn, etc.
Phraseological combinations that belong to the general literary stratum: in accordance with, with regard to, by virtue of, to speak at great length, to draw a lesson, to lend assistance.
in fiction - the primary stylistic function of general literary words which appear in the speech of literary personages is to characterize the person as pompous and verbose
The speech of Mr. Micawber in
“David
Copperfield”
My dear friend Copperfield”, said Mr.
Micawber,” accidents will occur in the best-regulated families, and in families not regulated by that pervading influence