Stylistics
分手日记A branch of linguistics which studies the characteristics of situationally-distinctive us of language, with particular reference to literary language, //and tries to establish principles capable of accounting for the particular choices made by individuals and social groups in their u of language.
tenor of discour
属猪多少岁 The term 感情洁癖什么意思“tenor” refers to the interpersonal rules between the people in a discour. The term “die形容词discour” means text.
黄焖鸡的热量 Tenor of discour includes personal tenor and functional tenor.
Personal tenor means the linguistic reflection of the personal relationships between speaker & writer and hearer & reader.Personal tenor is concerned with the degree of
formality of the language ud. For example, the legal document is very formal. The letters between family members are very clo and not formal. + illustration.
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Functional tenor means the linguistic reflection of what the ur is trying to do with language to his or her addre.Functional tenor is concerned with the intention of the ur in using the language. For example, John says to different people. + illustration
filed of discour 话语范围
The linguistic reflection of the purposive role of the language ur, --- the type of social activity the language ur is engaged in doing in the situation in which the text has occurred. 几月是夏天
It include technical field of discour and non-technical field of discour.For example, forward / center / guard / clean shot are technical field of discour. They are ud in talking about football playing.
Non-technical field of discour. phatic communion, gossip, casual conversation, personal letters, etc.
personal tenor
Personal tenor means the linguistic reflection of the personal relationships between speaker & writer and hearer & reader.Personal tenor is concerned with the degree of formality of the language ud. For example, the legal document is very formal. The letters between family members are very clo and not formal. + illustration.
Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
The singer was driven off the stage. →The singer was hisd off the stage.
She began to laugh. → She began to giggle.
Oxymoron
a combination of two expressions which are mantically incompatible.(不相容的， 矛盾的)
Giving birth to a baby is both a joyful pain and a painful joy.
Antithesis
the placing of contrasting ideas side by side for emphasis or rhythm.
Penny wi; pound foolish.
Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
transferred epithet （移就）
A rhetorical device in which a modifier, usually an adjective, is applied to the "wrong" word in the ntence.
E.g.
(a) He had a sleepless night.
(b) She spent an anxious day.
Neologism 新词语
Newly-created words(every field)
Computer and Internet:cyber love; cyberszine; artificial intelligence; blog; bluetooth; PS
Portmanteau
Blending
Head+head :comsat;hi-fi sci-fi; sitcom; hi-tech (high-tech)
公司经营Head+tail:motel; Bollywood; brunch; Chinglish; smog; autocide
Head+word:medicare; motown; Eurasia
Word+tail:netizen; netiquette; boatel; lunarnaut
