英语文体学教程Ch1.ppt

English Stylistics英语文体学教程 徐有志 编著 高等教育出版社，2005/03 Introduction Course requirements Selective Preview before class Active in class Review the lesson with “Study Questions” Attendance Course arrangements 16 weeks, 16 units→1 unit per week Introduction Final marks (100%) Final test (70%) Assignments (20%) Attendance (10%) Unit 1 The concern of stylistics 1.1 Stylistics Definition: A discipline that studies the way in which language is used; the styles of language in use. Dict.—Longman: the study of style in written or spoken language Style: the particular way sb. uses words to express ideas, tell stories, etc. Unit 1 The concern of stylistics Classification: Modern Stylistics General Stylistics Literary Stylistics Variety Features Genre Features Literary Text Style Unit 1 The concern of stylistics Modern stylistics: modern linguistics 2 subdivisions: General stylistics Literary stylistics General stylistics: general features of various types of language use Literary stylistics: unique features of various literary works Unit 1 The concern of stylistics General stylistics Stylistic features of main varieties of language 3 functional varieties: Fields of discourse—different social activities Tenors of discourse—formal vs. informal Modes of discourse—spoken vs. written Unit 1 The concern of stylistics 1.2 Language Definition: What is language? Linguists’ def.: 4—Saussure’s; Bloomfield’s; Chomsky’s; Halliday’s Speech acts, speech event Text—verbal communication Unit 1 The concern of stylistics 1.3 Aspects of the speech event 3 aspects: Substantial aspect — substance →sound/marks Formal aspect — form →meaningful internal patterns Situational — situation →relevant extratextual circumstance /context→meaning of the utterance Unit 1 The concern of stylistics 1.4 Language varieties and function Varieties of language: different types of a lan