Учебно-методический комплекс по дисциплине "Стилистика" (стр. 3 )

1.  Арнольд, И. В. Стилистика. Современный английский язык: Учебник для вузов / .— 4-е изд., испр. и доп. — М: Б. и., 2002 .- С. 7-17.

2.  Скребнев, Стилистики английского языка: Учебник для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз.- 2-е изд., испр.- М.: АСТ»: Астрель», 2000. – С. 5-38.

3.  Гальперин, английского языка. Учебник. Изд. 2-е, испр. и доп. М., «Высш. школа», 1977.- C. 7-17.

Discussion Session 2

I. Discuss the following in detail:

1)  What layers does the English vocabulary consist of? Speak about the neutral vocabulary, its own layers and general characteristics. Provide examples of your own.

2)  Speak about the English literary vocabulary, its subdivisions and groups of words. Define the concepts of terms, less assimilated borrowings, barbarisms, archaic and poetic words, and nonce-words. What is a foreignism? Give examples.

3)  Speak about the English colloquial vocabulary and its sublayers. What is understood by slang, jargon, professionalisms, nonce-words, cant, vulgarisms, and dialectal words? Give examples.

II. Do the following tasks:

1.  Study the following list of academic (=literary) verb, which are found in varied texts across all academic disciplines. Use a dictionary and find neutral (and colloquial, where possible) synonyms to them. You might find a thesaurus (including a Microsoft Word thesaurus) useful.

access, acquire, adhere, advocate, affect, aid, allude, appreciate, ascribe, assess, assume, benefit, compel, compensate, complicate, conform, constitute, contemplate, contradict, coordinate, correlate, devise, diverge, elaborate, eliminate, embody, emerge, enhance, estimate, evolve, expand, expose, facilitate, feature, function, generate, identify, impact, implement, imply, indicate, infer, inhibit, intervene, invoke, maintain, obtain, prevail, prohibit, pursue, reinforce, respond, score, signify, stipulate, subside, survey, tolerate, transform, undergo, vary, withdraw.

2. Read the following beginning of a story and explore how the choice of vocabulary affects the writing.

"Five straight Saturday mornings, Ginnie Mannox had played tennis at the East Side Courts with Selena Graff, a classmate at Miss Basehoar’s. Ginnie openly considered Selena the biggest drip at Miss Basehoar’s - a school ostensibly abounding with fair-sized drips - but at the same time she had never known anyone like Selena for bringing fresh cans of tennis balls. Selena’s father made them or something... But this business of dropping Selena off at her house after tennis and then getting stuck - every single time - for the whole cab fare was getting on Ginnie's nerves. After all, taking the taxi home from the courts was Selena's idea..."

(From J. D.Salinger "Just before the War with the Eskimos”

Literature

Literature

1.  Скребнев, Стилистики английского языка: Учебник для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз.- 2-е изд., испр.- М.: АСТ»: Астрель», 2000. – С. 55-73.

2.  Гальперин, английского языка. Учебник. Изд. 2-е, испр. и доп. М., «Высш. школа», 1977.- C. 70-122.

3.  Беркнер, разговорного английского языка. С. 152-188

Discussion Session 3

Discuss the following:

1)  Speak about the peculiar use of grammatical forms. Discuss the stylistic value of grammatically incorrect forms, grammatical synonymy, use of forms with a peculiar meaning, localization of forms, personification of common nouns, animal metaphors and stylistic omission of articles.

2)  Discuss peculiarities of stylistic word building.

3)  Speak about the stylistic use of graphons and onomatopoeia.

4)  Discuss the functions of assonance, alliteration, rhyme and rhythm.

5)  Find 10 examples of the above mentioned stylistic devices; write them on a card with their names on the reverse side.

Literature

1. Арнольд, И. В. Стилистика. Современный английский язык: Учебник для вузов / .— 4-е изд., испр. и доп. — М: Б. и., 2002 .- С. 138-159, 208-224.

2. Скребнев, Стилистики английского языка: Учебник для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз.- 2-е изд., испр.- М.: АСТ»: Астрель», 2000. – С. 37-51, 70-72, 122-130

3. Гальперин, английского языка. Учебник. Изд. 2-е, испр. и доп. М., «Высш. школа», 1977.- C. 123-135.

Discussion Session 4.

I. Discuss the following:

1.  Speak about different types of lexical meaning. Define the logical/ denotational, connotational, contextual and nominal meaning. How can these types of meaning interplay? What does is result in?

2.  Define metaphor, metonymy, irony, antonomasia, epithet. Discuss their types. Use examples.

3.  Discuss oxymoron and hyperbole.

4.  Find 10 examples of the above mentioned stylistic devices; write them on a card with their names on the reverse side.

II. Study the following examples, define the expressive parts, refer them to either expressive means or stylistic devices, and comment on their function.

3.  An enormous grand piano grinned savagely at the curtains as is it would grab them, given the chance.

4.  The next speaker was a tall gloomy man, Sir Something Somebody.

5.  Last time it was a nice, simple, European-style war.

6.  “Will you be my Valentine?”

7.  He’s a proud, haughty, turned-nosed peacock.

8.  She wore a pink hat, the size of a button.

9.  We were fellow strangers.

10.  A bulldog two years old for sale. Will eat anything. Very fond of children.

11.  Some famous pictures in this room, gentlemen. Two Rembrandts, a Monet and a Renoir.

12.  They were wet to the skin and all were scared to death.

13.  Apart from the political, racial, religious and ethnic differences, we are just one friendly team.

14.  They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling, unable to communicate.

15.  They saluted to the Stars and Stripes (American Flag).

16.  He put on his dressing gown, a tweedy brown horror.

17.  He is independent now, earning his bread.

18.  You are a funny chicken in this yellow jacket of your.

19.  Welcome to Reno - the biggest little town in the world.

20.  He had loved her so much, he would give her the whole world.

21.  He is a real Don Juan.

22.  Huck Finn is a good bad boy of the American literature.

23.  There were many Austrian guns in the wood that day.

24.  Apart from that we really have been a disgustingly happy family.

25.  We smiled at each other, but we didn’t speak because there were ears all around us.

Literature

1. Арнольд, И. В. Стилистика. Современный английский язык: Учебник для вузов / .— 4-е изд., испр. и доп. — М: Б. и., 2002 .- С. 107-118.

2. Скребнев, Стилистики английского языка: Учебник для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз.- 2-е изд., испр.- М.: АСТ»: Астрель», 2000. – С. 105-132

3. Гальперин, английского языка. Учебник. Изд. 2-е, испр. и доп. М., «Высш. школа», 1977.- C. 136-190.

Discussion Session 5.

I. Discuss the following:

1.  Define oxymoron, periphrasis, euphemism. Discuss their types. Use examples.

2.  Speak about pun and zeugma. Give examples.

3.  What do we understand by clichés, proverbs, sayings, epigrams and allusions? Compare proverbs and epigrams. Define their stylistic function.

4.  Find 10 examples of the above mentioned stylistic devices; write them on a card with their names on the reverse side.

II. Study the following examples, define the expressive parts, refer them to either expressive means or stylistic devices, and comment on their function.

1.  We were fellow strangers.

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3.  A bulldog two years old for sale. Will eat anything. Very fond of children

4.  The man was killed last July after being mistaken for suicide bomber on the London Underground.

5.  Dorothy, at my statement, had clapped her hand over mouth to hold down laughter and chewing gum.

6.  All men are liable to error (John Lock), and he is no exception.

7.  Welcome to Reno - the biggest little town in the world.

8.  He got an inheritance and got into troubles.

9.  My business went bankrupt that’s why now I spend more time with my family.

10.  Huck Finn is a good bad boy of the American literature.

11.  She set eyes on him and the letter on fire.

12.  What is the difference between a school master and an engine driver? One trains the mind, and the other minds a train.

13.  After that he looked at the two cops, who became very interested in the hands in their laps.

14.  He saved her life and three dollars in her pocket.

15.  Now - one good turn deserves another - come to my house for dinner.

16.  Mr President, I don’t know who’s providing your information, but he has a vivid imagination.

17.  The brain activity of a substance abuser is identical to that of a compulsive shopper.

Literature

1. Арнольд, И. В. Стилистика. Современный английский язык: Учебник для вузов / .— 4-е изд., испр. и доп. — М: Б. и., 2002 .- С. 107-118.

2. Скребнев, Стилистики английского языка: Учебник для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз.- 2-е изд., испр.- М.: АСТ»: Астрель», 2000. – С. 105-132

3. Гальперин, английского языка. Учебник. Изд. 2-е, испр. и доп. М., «Высш. школа», 1977.- C. 136-190.

Discussion Session 6

II.  Discuss the following:

1)  What is the difference between syntactical expressive means and stylistic devices, lexical stylistic devices and syntactical stylistic devices? Use examples.