1 Chapter 2 Procedure of Stylistic Analysis Chapter 3 Stylistic Functions of Linguistic Items I. Procedure of Stylistic Analysis----3 steps 1. Linguistic description 2. Textual analysis（语篇分析） 3. Contextual factors analysis（语境分析） II. Linguistic Description and Stylistic Functions of Linguistic Items 1. Linguistic description A. What does linguistic description refer to? Linguistics description refers to the exploration and classification of linguistic features of a given text. B. Linguistic features —in 5 categories, i.e. phonology, graphology, lexis/leksəs/(词 汇 ), syntax/grammar, and semantics. C. Consistency and relative frequency—linguistic features in 5 categories analyzed in stylistic way. Note: Generally speaking, when we say that a text has certain linguistic features, we mean that these features recur (反复出现) or prevail（盛行） in the text. That is to say, frequencies of certain linguistic features should be calculated, the stylistic functions of which would be helpful for us to analyze a text. 2. A checklist of linguistic description and their stylistic functions A. The phonological category and their stylistic functions Phonology----refer to the system of speech sounds in a language. Phonological category Definition Example Stylistic functions a) elision [i'liʒən] The omission of a sound or sounds in speech. 省音，俗称“吃音”，指通常为了发音方便起见在连续话语中省去音节或词之间的一些音。 1）Next week / neks wi:k/ You must do that /ju: mʌs du ðət/ (the /t/ is being elided) 2）Please send them /pl:z sen ðem/ (the /d/ being elided) Elided forms are perfectly acceptable in ordinary conversational speech (esp. in rapid speech). Yet, when rendered in written form, they often become markers of a v...
