英语文体学英语文体学2

Jobless Rate Jumps Again Big Bucks for Bigger Ads Bang! Zoom! To the Moon!
Novels

On the morning of February 12, a Sunday, the granny womman was there at the cabin. And she and Tom Lincoln and the moaning Nancy Hanks welcomed into the world of battle and blood, of whimpering dreams and wistful dust, a new child, a boy. (Carl Sandburg, Nancy Hanks)
Sound Patterning

It refers to the matching of identical or similar sounds between two or more words. CVC----wimp-limp(Rhyme) 押(尾)韵 CVC----time-tide(Reverse Rhyme)反韵 CVC----weal-woe(Alliteration)头韵 CVC----cut-run(Assonance)谐元音 CVC----fits-starts(Consonance)谐辅音 CVC----sing-song(Pararhyme)侧押韵
“Who is this?” this very cold, lady‟s voice said. “This is me. Houlden Caulfiel. Lemme speaka Sally, please.” “Sally‟s asleep…Do you know what time is it?” “Yeah. Wanna talka Sally. Very important. Put her on.” (J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye)
Dash
1. “No he didn‟t, Aunt Mollie. It wasn‟t Mr. Edmond. Mr. Edmond didn‟t -----” 2. „Let us say “Good night,” my fine boy,‟ said the gentleman, when he had bent his head--I saw him! --- over my mother‟s little glove.
Quotation Marks
1I do not know what it is to see into the heart of a friend through that „window of the soul‟, the eye. I can only „see‟ through my finger tips the outline of a face. (Helen keller) 2. . “a real eddication,” explaining, “You air agoin‟ to larn readin‟, writin‟, and cipherin‟.” (Carl Sandberg, Nancy Hanks)


Punctuation marks 1.exclamation marks! 2.dash --3.quotation marks “…” 4.capitals and italics Paragraphing
Exclamation Marks
1. “Nicholas!” said his uncle sharply. (cf. “Nicholas,” said his mother softly.) 2. Shut the door! (cf. Shut the door.) 3. He said that I was his best (?!) friend.
Proverbs and Sayings

Better to ask the way than go astray. Remorse begets reform. Ninety per cent of inspiration is perspiration
Advertising jingles and shop names
2. Procedure of Stylistic Analysis
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Contents
I. Linguistic Description II. Five Stylistic Categories III. Textual Analysis IV. Contextual Factors Analysis
Style Markers in Phonology
Elision refers to the omission of a sound or sounds in speech. e.g.: next week/ neks wi:k/ woundn‟t he come/wudn i kvm/

(Houlden makes a phone call. He is very drunk.)
Italics

You are my FRIEND. You are my friend.
Homework

Read chapter one and chapter two

Thank you for your attenOnomatopoeic words are used to produce sound images. e.g.: cracked. chuckled. someone giggled. hee-heed. haw-hawed. tittered.

Style Markers in Graphology
Capitals
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, estabilish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blesings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. (The Constitution of the United States)
Pick „n Pack(shop name) Go well, go Shell (Shell oil) Don‟t be vague—ask for Haig(whisky) We put in cream but kept it lean(KRAFT cheese)
Newspaper headlines:
Linguistic Description


It refers to the exploration and classification of linguistic features of a given text. Five categories: phonology, graphology, lexis, syntax semantics
Words and phrases

Bigwig, hellhole, drip-dry, doom-and gloom do-or-die, hit-or-miss, think tank, brain drain, fat cat, reat race, mom-and pop shops, a tip-to-toe check, safe and sound , tit for tat, make or break