英语文体学知识重点

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1、Chapter1Introduction·WhatistheEnglishStylistics？ItisasciencethatdealswiththeresearchforawidevarietyofthestylesofwrittenandoralEnglishinEnglishlanguage.·Whatarelanguagefunctions?a)Todeliversomeinfortootherpeopleb)Tocommunicatewitheachotherinsociety·Howdoweexpressourselvesinaproperway?Seve

2、ralfactorsdowork.a)Phoneticsb)Vocabularyc)Grammard)SomeknowledgeconcerningEnglishstylistics·Thecorrectnessinusingthelanguagecannotreplacetheappropriatenessinlanguagecommunication.Why?Fourexamples:a)“Hello”and“Hi”b)“Assistme!Assistme!”and“Aid!Aid!”c)“That’sallright.”“That’stosay.”“It’sO.K

3、..”d)Seenextpaged)“Iamterriblysorrytohearthatyourhusbandhasjustdied,butdon’tletitupsetyoutoomuch.You’reanattractive,younglady.I’mprettysureitisveryeasyforyoutofindsomeoneelsesoon.”·Theeffectsoflanguageexpressionsaresometimesrelatedtosomenon-linguisticfactors.a)Sex------“Oh,myGod!”b)Age--

4、----“Cheers!”and“Byefornow.”c)Vocation------“Watchthebirdie.”d)Receivededucation------“gotoW.C.”e)Socialstation------“Whatpromptedyoutoapplyforthisjob?”·WhyshouldwelearnandstudyEnglishstylistics?a)ItwillhelpustoexpressourselvesinEnglishproperly.b)Itwillhelpustoknowsomethingaboutlanguagef

5、eaturesofavarietyofEnglishwrittenstyles.c)Itwillhelpustoselectaproperwayforgettingthebestlanguageeffectsandattainingourcommunicativepurposes.d)Itwillhelpustogoatliterarycriticism.e)Itwillhelpustodothetranslationworkwell.Chapter2LanguageDescription&StylisticAnalysis·Thereare4phoneticmeans

6、inEnglish:1)stress2)Intonation3)pause4)voicequality.·Stresshasseveralapparentstylisticandgrammaticalfunctions.(1)Thefirstfunctionisforemphasis.(2)Thesecondfunctionistochangethemeaningorthepartofspeechofsomewords,orboth.(3)ThethirdfunctionistodiffersomeEnglishwords(4)Thefourthfunctionisto

7、showsomeone’ssurprise,anger,fear,doubt,pleasure,etc..·Intonationcanbeemployedtoexpresspeople’shappiness,sadness,certainty,hesitation,depression,etc.Thereare5pitchesinphonetics:(1)Thefallingpitchisusedtoshowthemeaningofdefiniteness,certaintyandcompleteness.(2)Therisingpitc