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1、3StylisticAnalysisofAnExtractofConversationIntroductionConversationisthemostcommonlyusedkindoflanguage.Therefore,itisespeciallyavarietyfamiliartothemajorityofEnglish-speakingpeople.Thisvarietyisusedineveryone’sdailylife.Andithasitsowndistinctstylisticfeatures.Stylisticsisabranchoflinguis
2、ticswhichstudiesstyleinascientificandsystematicwayconcerningthemanners/linguisticfeaturesofdifferentvarietiesoflanguageatdifferentlevels.Causalstyleisthelanguageusedforsituationsinwhichnosocialbarriersarefeltbytheparticipants.Itisthelanguageusedamongintimatefriends,acquaintances,insiders
3、,andpeoplewithsharedknowledge.Incasualvisits,chancemeetings,casualtalks,orlettersbetweenfriendsthisstyleisoftenfound.Colloquialwords,clippedwords,clippedwords,phrasalverbs,blendwordsareoftenused.Sentencesareusuallyshort,elliptical,withalotofcontractions.Andthetonetendstobefriendlyandinfo
4、rmal.Thispassagepossessesalmostallcharacteristicsofconversation.Itcouldbeanappropriatematerialforstylisticanalysis.Thisisaconversationbetweentwohousewiveswhoareinthesameagerangeandhaveknowneachotherforsometime.TheoccasionisthatBwasinvitedtoA’shouseforaneveningchatovercoffee
5、.1.AtthephonologicallevelPhonologyreferstospeechsoundsinalanguage.Herethemainfocusputonelision,pause,andnormalnon-fluency.1.1ElisionElisionisoneofthedistinctphonologicalstylemarkersinconversation,whichisfrequentlyusedbythespeakersinvolved.Inrealconversation,whatpeopleconcernmostiswhether
6、theinformationhasbeenconveyed,insteadofcatchingeverywordclearly.Andsomefunctionalwordsarepronouncedinalowvoiceorevenelidedbythespeakers.Inconversation,peopleusuallyspeaknaturallyfast,andbecauseofthefasttempo,twowords3arepronouncedasoneword.Therefore,thefrequentuseofcontractionscanbefound
7、.Inthisextract,therearenumerouscontractions,suchasI’m,I’ve,I’ll,I’d,it’s,you’re,couldn’t,hasn’t,that’setc.allthesecontractionsmakestheconversationsoundnatural.Thisskilliseitheranimportantsignalinspontaneousconversation.B:I’vewarmedupB:It’sjustthatI’mB:I’dleftmycoatinmyloc