Міністерство освіти і науки України

Полтавський національний педагогічний університет імені В.Г.Короленка

Факультет філології та журналістики

Кафедра англійської та німецької філології

 

Інструктивно-методичні матеріали

до практичних занять з дисципліни: Теоретичний курс іноземної (англійської) мови (стилістика)

для студентів 4 курсу

Напрям підготовки: 0203 Гуманітарні науки

Спеціальність: 6.020303 Філологія.

Мова та література (англійська)

Спеціальність: 6.020303 Філологія.

Українська мова та література

Розроблені: доц. Кравцова Н.Г., викл. Найдьон О.Ф.

Практичне заняття №1

Style and stylistics.

Theoretical questions for discussion:

1. The notion of stylistics as a branch of general linguistics. Types of stylistics and fields of investigation.

2. The connection of stylistics with other branches of linguistics.

3. The notions of norm, form, and text.

4. The notion of context. Types of context.

5. The notions of speech and writing.

6. The notion of expressive means.

7. The notion of stylistic devices.

8. The notion of image.

9. The notion of style.

Основна література до теми: 1, с. 17-23; 2, с. 235-266.

Додаткова література до теми: 1, с. 243-288; 2, с. 118-139; 3, с. 249-318; 4, с. 89-109.

Practical assignments for seminar № 1:

Assignment 1. Context.

Decide if these statements about context are true or false.

• A dictionary gives the real meaning of a word.

• Language does not exist except in a social context.

• The road sign “NO ENTRY” is striking because of its red background.

• Placing events outside their normal context can produce humorous effects.

• Context can only refer to time or place.

• Contextualising can help to clarify an item of communication.

Assignment 2. Stylistic analysis

Decide whether the following statements are true or false.

• Stylistic analysis of literary and non-literary texts has an identical outcome.

• Stylistic features are elements of the text which we admire.

• Analysing fiction spoils the reader's pleasure.

• Non-literary texts are easier to analyse than literary texts.

• Stylistic analysis is a procedure by which we prove a hypothesis.

• In stylistic analysis of non-literary texts we look at phonology, graphology, vocabulary, grammar and semantics.

Assignment 3.

Match the following notions with their features: 1) style, 2) norm, 3) context, 4) expressive means, 5) stylistic devices, 6) image:

1. phonetic, morphological, lexical and syntactic units and forms which are used in speech to intensify the meaning of the utterance, to make it emphatic;

2. a set of certain rules which in a certain epoch and in a certain society is considered to be most correct and standard for a definite functional style;

3. a subsystem of the principles, extralinguistic circumstances and the effect of the usage of phonetic, morphological, lexical and syntactic language means of expressing human thoughts and emotions;

4. reflection of reality in linguistic and extralinguistic contexts from the speaker's/writer's point of view;

5. phonetic, morphological, lexical and syntactic figures of speech formed on the basis of language units and forms;

6. linguistic or situational encirclement of a language unit in which it finds itself in speech.

Assignment 4.

Group the following expressive means into five columns according to their type: