Seminar 1 Types of meaning

1. Denotative and connotative meaning. Types of connotations (emotive, expressive, evaluative, stylistic). The significance of the context in the field of connotations. (3, 9, p. 31)

2. Stylistic classification of the vocabulary. Literary (formal) words and their subdivision. The stylistic function of each group, subgroup. (14, 15, p. 34)

3. Colloquial (informal) words and their subgroups. The difference between jargonisms and professionalisms. The role of each subgroup in a literary work. (10, 12, p.34)

4. Types of denotations. Logical, emotive, nominal, contextual meanings. (10, 15, 19, p. 32)

1. Interaction of lexical meanings. Types of interaction.

5. Do exercises 1 (1-8) p. 30, 2 (1-10) p.31, 3 (1-10) p.33 (from A Book of Practice in Stylistics). Use sentences from the exercises to illustrate the things discussed.

Recommended books:

• I.R. Galperin. Stylistics. M.: 1981, pp. 70-122; 1977, pp. 64-69, 70-122.

• V.A. Kukharenko. A Book of Practice in Stylistics. M.: 1986, pp. 22-28.

• V.A. Maltzev. Essays on English Stylistics. Minsk, 1984, pp. 10-13.

• И.В. Арнольд. Стилистика современного английского языка. Л.: 1973, стр. 102-116; 1981, стр. 105-113.

• И.В. Арнольд. Стилистика. Современный английский язык. М.: Флинта: Наука, 2002 стр. 153-165.

• В.А. Кухаренко. Интерпретация текста. M.: 1988, стр. 41-42.

Seminar 2 Lexical Stylistic Devices

1. Metaphor. Linguistic and poetic metaphor. Simple and sustained metaphor. Personification. p.38

2. Metonymy. Types of metonymy. What device is more frequently observed: metaphor or metonymy? Why? p.40-41

3. Irony. Explain the difference between irony and metaphor. The function of irony. p.46-47

4. Zeugma and pun. The difference between zeugma and semantically false chains. Does zeugma have any references to phraseological units and clichés? p.43-44

5. Antonomasia and its types. The lexical meanings antonomasia is based on. p.50

6. Epithet, its structure and semantics. Types of epithets. p.53-55

7. Hyperbole, its difference from understatement. p.57-58

8. Do exercises: 1(1-10) p.39/23 ; 2 (1-8) p.41/25; 3 (1-8) p.44/26; 4 (7-12) p.47/28; 5 (1-5) p.51/30; 6 (4-12) p.55/32; 7 (1,2,4,6-8,12-14) p.58/33 and find examples of each stylistic device under discussion.

Recommended books:

- I.R. Galperin. Stylistics. M.: 1981, pp. 139-157; 164-166; 176-177. 1977 138-167; 176.

- V.A. Kukharenko. A Book of Practice in Stylistics. M.: pp. 37-58.

- И.В. Арнольд. Стилистика. Современный английский язык. М.: Флинта: Наука, 2002 стр. 123-136

Seminar 3 Lexical and syntactical stylistic devices

1. Semi-marked structures. Oxymoron. Structures of oxymoron, its function.

2. Short and long sentences. Syntactical ambivalence and its stylistic use.

3. Complete and partial inversion. Detachment, its difference from inversion.

4. Suspense and aposiopesis. The role of punctuation.

5. Lexical, synonymic, morphological, semantic repetition. Arrangement of the repeated units.

6. Parallel constructions. Chiasmus.

7. Ellipsis, its types.

8. Do exercises: 8 (1-8) p.61/35; 1 (l-5) p.68; 2 (l-6, 17-18) p.73/41; 3 (1-5) p.77/43; 4 (1-4,14-17), p.80/45

Recommended books:

- I.R. Galperin. Stylistics. M.: 1981, 1977, pp. 162-164, 202-219.

- V.A. Kukharenko. A Book of Practice in Stylistics. M.: pp. 60-80.

- И.В. Арнольд. Стилистика современного английского языка. Л.: 1973, стр. 153-159; стр. 221-226.

- И.В. Арнольд. Стилистика. Современный английский язык. М.: Флинта: Наука, 2002 стр. 136-147; 219-223; 244-250.

- В.А. Кухаренко. Интерпретация текста. М.: 1988, стр. 42-44.