Statistic [stə'tɪstɪk] method ['meиəd] establishes peculiarities and regularities of language units functioning which can differentiate individual or functional styles.
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Statistical [stə'tɪstɪk(ə)l] stylistics [staэ`lэstэks] (stylometrics) studies the peculiarities of language units functioning in texts of different functional styles obtaining the objective data by applying certain methods of statistics.
Style [staэl] denotes the collective characteristics of writing, diction or any artistic expression and the way of presenting things, depending upon the general outlook of a person, a literary school, a trend, a period or a genre.
Stylistic [ staэ'lэstэk] context ['kɒntekst] is a stretch of a text which is interrupted by appearance of an unexpected in the given context element that leads to creation of a stylistic device. Stylistic context is differentiated into:
a) stylistic microcontext, realized within one sentence;
b) stylistic macrocontext, realized within a superphrasal unit or paragraph;
c) stylistic megacontext, comprising the whole literary work [Мороховский и др., 1991: 34].
Stylistic [staэ'lэstэk] device [dэ'vaэs] is a conscious and intentional intensification of some typical structural and /or semantic property of a language unit (neutral or expressive) promoted to a generalized status and thus becoming a generative model. SDs function in texts as marked units. They always carry some kind of additional information, either emotive or logical [Galperin, 1977: 30].
Stylistic [staэ'lэstэk] lexicology [Нleksэ'kolədʒi] considers stylistic functions of lexicon, expressive, evaluative and emotive potential of words belonging to different layers of vocabulary.
Stylistic [staэ'lэstэk] morphology [mɔ:'fɒləʤɪ] is interested in stylistic potential of grammatical forms and grammatical meanings peculiar to particular types of speech
Stylistic [staэ'lэstэk] phonetics [fəʊ'netэks] studies the style-forming phonetic features of sounds, peculiarities of their organization in speech. It also investigates variants of pronunciation occurring in different types of speech, prosodic
features of prose and poetry.
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existing names approved by long usage and fixed in dictionaries by new, occasional, individual ones, prompted by the speaker‘s subjective original view and evaluation of things [Kukharenko 2003: 42].
Stylistic [staэ'lэstэk] syntax ['sэntжks] investigates the style-forming potential of particular syntactic constructions and peculiarities of their usage in different types of speech.
Stylistics [staэ'lэstэks] is a branch of linguistics which investigates the entire system of expressive resources available in a particular language.
Stylistics [stai'listiks] of language ['lжŋgvэdʒ] investigates language subsystems (or functional styles): their vocabulary, phraseology and syntax, and it also studies expressive, emotional and evaluative properties of different language means.
Stylistics [staэ'lэstэks] of speech [spi:t∫] analyses actual texts, investigating how they convey their meaning not only according to the existing language norms but also on the basis of deviations from these norms.
Synecdoche [sɪ'nekdəkɪ] (Gk ‗ taking up together ‘) is a variety of metonymy in which the part stands for the whole.
Terms ['tʒ:mz] are words and word combinations which are specifically employed by a particular branch of science, technology, trade or arts to convey a notion peculiar to this particular activity.
Trochee ['trəuki:] is a metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable ┴ ─.
Tropes [trəʊps] are figures ['figəz] of replacement [ri'pleэsmənt] in which the language user discards the usual name of the object and replaces/substitutes it with another [Скребнев, 2003: 102].
Versification [Нvɜ:sɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] is the art of writing poetry in keeping with certain rules based on language regularities and poets‘ experience. The main concepts of versification are rhyme and rhythm.
Vulgarisms ['vʌlgərэz(ə)m] is a rude word which is not generally used in public.
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Weakened ['wi:kənd] rhyme [raэm] occurs when the relevant syllable of the rhyming word is unstressed (bend / frightened).
Zeugma ['zju:gmə] (Gk ‗ zeugyana – to join, to combine‘) is a simultaneous realization within the same short context of two meanings of a polysemantic unit.
