Intonational Styles and Speech Typology Correlation

Speech typology Intonational styles	Varie­ties of langu­age		Forms of communication		Degree of speech prepared­ness		The num­ber of partici­pants		The char­acter of partici­pants' re­lationship
	Spo­ken	Writ­ten	Mo- nologue	Dia- ­lo­gue	Pre­pa­red	Spon­tane­ous	Pub­lic	Non­pub­lic	For­mal	In­for­mal
informational (formal) style	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
scientific (aca­demic) style	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
declamatory style (artistic)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	-
publicistic style (oratorial)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
familiar (con­versational) style	+	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	+

Discuss the following questions in pairs.

1. Why do we recognise phonostylistic effects carried by in­tonation irrespective of the speaker?

2. Speak on interrelation of intonation with verbal and nonver­bal contexts.

3. Give a definition of an intonational style.

4. Compare intonational and verbal style categories. Where do they overlap?

5. What imposes restrictions on the speaker's choice of an intonational style?

6. Speak on intonational styles distinction.

7. Give semantic characteristic of every style.

8. What is the difference between informational and scientific styles? Give examples of their usage.

9. Compare declamatory and publicistic styles. In what spheres are they used?

10. What is the essential characteristic of familiar style? Where does it occur? Compare it with the other four style catego­ries.

11. Speak on speech typology.

12. Why is it important to take into account speech typology when analysing intonational styles?

13. How is each intonational style manifested from the point of view of speech typology?

References and further readings

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