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1、EnglishStylisticsChapter7TheEnglishofConversationContents7.1NecessityofStudyingSpeech7.3ObjectofStudy7.5ASampleTextofCasualConversation7.6GeneralFeatures7.7StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguage7.9OtherKindsofConversation7.1NecessityofStudyingSpeech
2、SaussureemphasizedspeechoverwritingLanguageisasystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolsusedforhumancommunicationPeopletalkandtheycommunicatetheirthoughtsandfeelingsbymeansoforalsounds.SpeechisthemostbasicformoflanguageactivityIndianlanguages,etc7.2NecessityofStudyi
3、ngConversationLanguageisessentiallyasocialactivityAteacher,forinstance,willtalkwithhiswifeathome,withhiscolleaguesatschool,withhisstudentsintheclassroom,withshopassistantswhenshopping,withfriendsonthephone,etc.HeislikelytoengageinmonologueaswellClearly,
4、conversingisthemostbasicofspokenvarieties.7.3ObjectofStudyIntermsoffield,conversationcoversawiderange.Intermsofmode,conversationcanbespontaneousornon-spontaneousIntermsofpersonaltenor,conversationscanbeveryinformal/intimateormoreformal;intermsoffunction
5、altenor,conversationscanbeinformativeorphaticWejusttakecasualconversationasoursubjectofstudy.7.5ASampleTextofCasualConversationHereisasampletextofadialoguebetweentwoeducatedwomenintheirthirties.A:Yougota↗cold?B:↘No,justabit↘sniffy,cosI’m–I’m↗coldandI’ll
6、beallrightonceI’vewarmed↘up.DoI↘lookasthoughI’vegota↗cold?A:NoIthoughtyou↘soundedasifyouwere.5B:↘M--A:Pullyour↘chaircloseifyou↗want.Isit--B:↘Yes,I’llbeallrightina↗minute.It’sjustthatIam…A:Whathaveyou↘got?107.5ASampleTextofCasualConversationB:↘Stupid.Iha
7、deraboutfivethousand↘books--totakebacktoSenate↘House↗yesterday,-andIgotallthewaythroughthe↗collegetowherethe↘carwasattheparkingmeter,atthe↘otherend,andrealizedI’dleftmycoatinmy↘locker.15AndIjustcouldn’tA:↘M.B:↗facegoingalltheway↘backagainwiththisgreat…y
8、ouknowmy↘armswereaching.A:↘M-207.5ASampleTextofCasualConversationB:AndIthought,↗well,I’llgetiton↘Tuesday.It’sabit↗sillycosI↘needit.A:M.It’sgonevery↗cold,↘hasn’tit?B:↘M---It’s↘freezing.A:↘M-I’m…25B:You’re↘knitting.(laughquietlyfor
