MethodsofStylisticAnalysis文体学分析的方法.pptVIP

An Introduction to Stylistics  * *上海应用技术学院 *上海应用技术学院 * Prof Mu Congjun (PhD) Procedure of Stylistic Analysis ★ Procedures — Analysis of the language features — Computation of relevant frequencies of language features — Contextualization in terms of the social factors influencing a language event — Adapt the procedure to our needs Procedure of Stylistic Analysis ★ Concepts — Text — Context — Contextualization Procedure of Stylistic Analysis ★ Text A text is any passage, spoken or written, of whatever length, that forms a unified whole. It may be the product of a single speaker/writer (e.g. a sign, a letter, a news report, a statute, a novel), or that of several speakers (e.g. a piece of conversation, a debate) (Qian, 2006) Procedure of Stylistic Analysis ★ Text Pollution is a menace to us all. (a sign on a beach) Procedure of Stylistic Analysis ★ Text A: See who that is. B: I’m in pyjamas. A: OK. Procedure of Stylistic Analysis ★ Text a. Two boys stood near a jeweller’s shop. b. Two boys saw a man break a window of a jeweller’s shop and steal all the watches. c. Two boys took a man with several watches in his hand for a thief. d. Two boys ran after a man with several watches in his hand. Procedure of Stylistic Analysis ★ Text Two boys std near a jewelers shop. They saw a man break the shop window and steal all the watches. They ran after him, because they too him for a thief. Procedure of Stylistic Analysis ★ Text The content of each text is organized and presented according to various relational structures (e.g. cause and effect, general and particular, matching or contrast), and genre schemes (i.e. the distinctive and characteristic forms of different types of texts, such as the form of a letter, a recipe, a legal document, a poem, or a play) Procedure of Stylistic Analysis ★ Context — Characteristics of the user of language Age Sex Socio-regional or et