Stylistics Analysis of an extract of Conversations in the King’s Speech .
Conversation is without doubt the most commonly ud kind of language ,and therefore ,it is a variety familiar to the majority of English-speaking people . Moreover , in a good movie , its conversation will paly a important role in the story development and Character shape . And it has its own distinct stylistic features ,so it is necessary for us to analyze it from the perspective of general stylistics .
The material for analysis is the conversation from the King’s Speech , which is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. The story is about King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. 医院中午休息吗
泰山看日出 In this movie ,there are many classical conversation and most of them have distinct stylistics features .Therefore , it derves our exploration to exhibit what the stylistic characteristics of the conversation are . There will be carried out four perspectives ,namely ,phonological, lexical ,syntactical and mantic analys .
Phonological Features
In the conversation , there are different phonological devices , who u helps to convey meanings and feelings of the actors and actress . Here ,the main focus is put on tempo ands pitch , stress and non-fluency .
Tempo and Pitch
In the conversation of this movie , the actor of King George VI us the different tempos and pitches to express his emotions . For example , when the king is very angry becau of his stammer , his tempo will be faster and his pitch will also be higher than other any time .
Stress
When people want to emphasize something in a conversation ,he may put stress on it . For example ,:“Relax! Just try it!” This is the words that the old king said to the Prince Albert . Becau of his stammer , his father was so angry . So his father’s pronunciation o
f ‘relax’was stresd .
Normal non-fluency
In order to the actor of King George VI ud a lot of long or short non-fluencies to express his nervousness and big pressure in the public speech and talking for his stammer .
Example : “ I from his Majesty ...the…the…he King罗汉鱼苗价格”. The king gave this his inaugural broadcast when he was the Duke of York . He was nervous and his words were not fluent in the speech .个人反思材料
Alliteration
the u of alliteration makes the conversation interesting and vivid . For example , when the king practice to change his stammer ,he frequently says the words :I sifted ven thick-stalked thistle through strong thick sieves. The first character is ‘s’.
那一场风花雪月Lexical Features
Lexical level refers to the choice of words and expressions , and in this movie , there are many us of colloquial words . For example :have, go , just , okay , so , very ,etc . The words can express the speakers’ feeling of happiness , surpri , sadness and other emotions .
And they u the simple and Anglo-Saxon words ,this words are the basic words that the native speakers of English have acquired from their childhood ,such an do , have ,come and others . For example :have a go yourlf .
Syntactical Features
Sentences in conversation tend to be short , but there still are some obvious syntactical in them .
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The speakers in the movie frequently u the interrogative ntences in order to ek informations or show the emotions . And especially the u of rhetorical questions push t
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Example: Who'll pick up the pieces?
Herr Hitler intimidating half of Europe
Marshall Stalin the other half?
Who'll stand between us the jackboots
and the proletarian abyss? You?
The words are that the old king said to King George VI , which show his worry about the prent politics .
The U of Active Voices
In the conversation , speakers u the active voices instead of passive voices to express their own strong feelings . For example , the king said to his doctor : “No. I'm not
feeling any better. I feel dreadful.” The words are more powerful than “it makes me dreadful.”
Elliptical Sentences
Elliptical ntences are ud frequently in the conversation of this movie . It is becau that the speakers are familiar with each other and they can understand the meaning of the uncompleted ntences . For example :Been ice-skating? No George. They are the conversations between King George VI and his older brothers .
