Tasks to Unit 8

1. Learn the following terms and word combinations. Check them out with the dictionary if necessary:

- the written form of the language;

- the oral form of the language;

- variations of the language in different situations;

- the pattern of selection and arrangement;

- expressive potential of language elements;

- a universal classification;

- scientific style;

- publicistic style;

- business style;

- literary (belletristic) style;

- colloquial style;

- phonostylistics (noun) but: phonostylistic variations (adj.);

- spoken utterances;

- the communicative extralinguistic situation;

- the components of…;

- the purpose and topic of communication;

- the participants of communication;

- an individual;

- a member of a social group;

- occupational and non-occupational roles;

- the setting (scene) of communication;

- style forming factors: the aim of the utterance; the speaker’s attitude; the form of communication; the degree of formality; the degree of preparedness.

2. Give exhaustive answers to the following questions:

1) What does phonostylistics study?

2) What is the aim of phonostylistics?

3) What are the components of the communicative extralinguistic situation?

4) What are the factors which result in phonostylistic varieties? Specify each of them.

5) What are the style differentiating features?

6) What are the problems of classification of phonetic styles?

3. Try to cover the following issues:

1) Phonostylistics as a branch of linguistics.

2) Functional styles and problems of their classification.

3) The communicative extralinguistic situation.

4) Classification of phonetic styles.