Assignment 3

Stylistics of the Word Word and its meaning.

1. Stylistic value (colouring) of the word.

1. The notion of stylistic value (colouring).

2. Stylistic differentiation of vocabulary.

3. Correlation of stylistic value with other distinctive features of the word.

4. Correlation of stylistically marked words with other synonyms.

5. Additional implications of stylistically marked words.

6. Stylistic functions of stylistically marked words.

2. Practical Tasks.

1. Define and comment on the stylistic value of the following words:

abandon, encounter, ignoramus, memento, operandi, thesis, connoisseur, homogeneity, discoloration, underoxydization, aforesaid, reinforcement, destabilize, to hang about, to drew back, a get-out, a go-between, last minuter, a do-it-yourselfer, not all there, keep mum, to baby-sit, a teach-in, sis (sister), sec (second), get in touch, have a go.

2. Compare and comment on the difference:

policeman - bobby -cop

pretty - bonny

mansion - house - habitation - residence - abode

ask - beg - implore - request

enter - come in

proceed - go on

acsend - go up; descend - go down

stenography - short hand

occulist - eye-specialist

stamina - staying power

to be infatuated - love - have a crush on

insane - having a screw loose

hearty - cordial

tiredness - fatigue

3. The difference between Romance and Germanic synonyms is in most cases one of emotive associations.Which words are connected with the abstract, loftier, more sublime and benceless familiar and friendly moods and which words are nearly always more bomely, more affectionate and familiar?: liberty; freedom; cordial; hearty; fraternal; brotherly; maternal; motherly; kingly; royal; fortune; amity; friendship; foe; enemy; lonely; solitary.

4. Pick out examples from Ex.s I-IV p.p. 22-37 in V.A.Kukharenko "A Book of practice in Stylistics" M.1986 Ex.8 p.p.8-22 in V.A. Seminars in Style: M,1971.

5. Illustrate the points of consideration with your own examples from analytical, home, individual reading.Take an English and Russian newspaper, a piece of imaginative litera­ture for analysis.

Literature.

1. V.Arnold.The English Word.L.1973, p.120,126, p.p. 220-222.

2. И.В.Арнольд. Стилистика английского языка. Л.1973, с.7,33-34.

3. I.K.Galperin.M.1977, p.p.70-76.

4. R.S.Ginsburg, У.Y.Knyaseva, A.A.Sankin. A Course in Modern English Lexicology. M.1966. p.p.130-134; 234-238.

5. V.A.Kukharenko.A Book of Practice in Stylistics.M.1986, p.p.22-37. Ibid. seminars in Style. M.1971, p.p.8-22.

6. V.B. Sosnnovskaya. Analytical reading. M.1974, p.p. 22-25.