文体学复习1、Style: Manners indicating prominent linguistic features, devices or patterns, most (or least) frequently occur in a particular text of a particular variety of language. (有许多种，此为in this book, general, linguistic-oriented), P5 2、Stylistics: is a branch of linguistics which studies in a scientific and systematic way concerning the manners/linguistic features of different varieties of language at different levels. ?Literary stylistics: concentrates solely on unique and overall linguistic features of the various genres of literature. （考点）★★The development of stylistics The scope of study Three crucial aspects of speech: ① Substances [sounds and symbols]; ② Form; ③Situation 3、Stylistic analysis: is generally concerned with the uniqueness of a text (what is peculiar to the use of language in a given text for delivering the message). This naturally involves comparisons of the language of the text with that used in conventional types of discourse. Stylisticians may also wish to characterize the style of a given text by systematically comparing the language uses in that text with those in another. Thus, we may conclude that stylistic analysis is an activity which is highly comparative in nature. Practice 5. Analyze the following text. Policeman: What’s your name, boy? Black psychiatrist: Dr. Poussiant. I’m a physician.Policeman: What’s your first name, boy?Black psychiatrist: Alvin.?The word ‘boy’ may be used to address a male inferior. In above conversation, the form is used to address a physician, who is usually accorded high respect in the US and is addressed as ‘Dr. So-and-so’ (Title + Surname). Insistently using the form ‘boy’, the white policeman shows his racist contempt of a...
