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Concepts of Style
2. Some or all of the language habits shared by a group of people at one time, or over a period of time. e.g. Elizabethan style the style of legal document the style of news reporting
General stylistics
Genres: news reports, advertisements, public speeches, scientific treatises, leagal documents and other practical styles… Attitudes: formal and informal language Media of communication: spoken English, written English, e-discourse Regions: British English, American English and other regional dialects Social groups: standard and non-standard language

Definition of style
Manner indicating prominent linguistic features, devices or patterns, most (or least) frequently occur in a particular text of a particular variety of language.
Some Senses of style
1) A man's style is his mind's voice. (Ralph
Waldo Emerson) 2) Proper words in proper places makes the true definition of a style. (Jonathan Swift) 3) Style is the very thought itself. (Nils Erik Enkvist) 4) Style is ingratiation. It involves saying the right thing in the most effective way. (Nils Erik Enkvist)
Some Senses of style
9) Style is the relation among
linguistic entities that are stable in terms of wider spans of text than the sentence. (Nils Erik Enkvist) 10) Style is the linguistic features that communicate emotion or thought. (John Middleton Murry)
Introduction to Stylistics
I. Introduction
What is stylistics? Modern Stylistics:
General Stylistics: Studying the stylistic features of the main varieties of language. Literary Stylistics: Concentrating on unique features of various types of language use.
The need for the study of stylistics
(1) Style is an integral part of meaning.
Without the sense of style we cannot arrive at a better understanding of an utterance;
Some Senses of style
6) Style is choice. It is the choice between
alterative expressions. (Nils Erik Enkvist) 7) Style is a set of individual characteristics. It is the man himself. (Nils Erik Enkvist) 8) Style is a deviation from a norm. (Nils Erik Enkvist)
Second, it’s related to the
characteristics of the USE of language in situation: # role-relationship between addresser and addressee (degree of intimacy)
Some Senses of style
11) Style is personal idiosyncrasy(习
性，癖好). (John Middleton Murry)
12) Style is technique of expression. (John
Middleton Murry) 13) Style is the highest achievement of literature. (John Middleton Murry)
• * Proper words in proper places make the true definition of a style. -- Swift
First, a certain style is determined
by the characteristics of the USER of language, such as the age, sex, education, socio-regional or ethnic background.
The Scope of Studies
Literary stylistics: concentrating on the
unique features of various literary works, such as poem, novel, prose, drama… General stylistics: concentrating on the general features of various types of language use, including literary discourses and other practical styles
Concepts of Style
1. A person’s distinctive language habits, or the set of individual characteristics of language use
e.g. Hemingway’s style Henry James’s style Mark Twain’s style
base and a corresponding one in the apex. And then, apply the lips to the aperture, and by frocibly inhaling the breath, the shell is entirely discharged of its contents.”
Some Senses of style
17) Style is the selection of features partly
determined by the demand of genre, form, theme, etc. (Katie Wales) 18) Style is equivalence. (Roman Jakobson & Levi Strauss) 19) Style is meaning potential. (Michael Halliday)
(2) Stylistics study helps cultivate a sense
of appropriateness. (grammar: correctness; stylistics: appropriateness);
• Who speaks what language to whom and when

Some Senses of style
5) Style is a shell surrounding a
preexisting core of thought. It is regarded as an addition to a central core of thought or expression. (Nils Erik Enkvist)）
Definition of Stylistics
Stylistics is a branch of linguistics
which studies style in a scientific and systematic way concerning the manners / linguistic features of different varieties of language at different levels.
Some Senses of style
14) Style is transformation. (Richard M.
Ohmann) 15) Style is expressiveness. (Stephen UIIman) 16) Style is a choice among the nondistinctive features of language. (Leonard Bloomfield)
I. Style and Stylistics
“When I was a gal, they made a hole in each end and sucked.”
I. Style and Stylistics
1) When his dad died, Peter had to get
another job. 2) After his father’s death, Peter had to change his job. 3) On the disease of his father, Mr Brown was obliged to seek alternative employment.
Definition of Stylistics
1. Stylistics is a discipline that studies the ways in which language is used; it is a discipline that studies the styles of language in use. 2. Stylistics is a branch of linguistics which applies the theory and methodology of modern linguistics to the study of style.
Books for Reference
王佐良《英语文体学引论》 秦秀白《英语文体学入门》
钱瑗《实用文体学教程》
王守仁《英语文体学要略》
申丹《文学文体学与小说翻译》
张德禄《功能文体学》
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