语言学教程Chapter 9. Language and Literature

9.2.2 literal language and figurative language
The definitions of the two Is non-literary language the same as literal
language? Is literary language the same as figurative
development and new schools emerge now and then.
9.2 some general features of the literary language
Features of literary language are displayed in the following three aspects:
language? What the difference of the two groups of ideas? Literary language Non-literary language
Literal language Figurative language
Trope
It is another word for the figurative use of language, which refers to language used in a figurative way for a rhetorical purpose.
The function of the figurative use of language
It might be to make the abstract seem concrete; to make the mysterious or frightening seem safe, ordinary and domestic, or to make the everyday usage seem wonderful and unusual.
The term “foregrounding”
Definition Deviation of language involves all
levels of language: vocabulary, sound, syntax, meaning, graphology,etc. Repetition is also a kind of deviation. Alliteration, parallism, and many figures of speech are the examples of foregrounding in literary language.
1. phonology 2. grammar 3. semantics Literay language differs from non-literary
language in that the former is foregrounded in the above three aspects.
9.2.3 the analysis of literay
language
Procedures we should foll源自文库w when we analyze the grammatical structure and meaning of a literary text.
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9.2.1 foregrounding and the grammatical form
In literary texts, the grammatical system of the language is often exploited, experimented with, or in Mukarosky’s words, made to “deviate from other, more everyday, forms of language, and as a result creates interesting new patterns in form and in meaning”.
Some forms of trope
Simile Metaphor Metonymy Synecdoche
Why people use language in a figurative way?
The figurative use of language has the effect of making the concepts under discussion more domestic and acceptable. Readers can……
Chapter nine
Language and literature
9.1 introduction
The history of style The definition of stylistics The features of stylistics in different periods: 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Remarks of 申丹：plural-heads developments Different schools of stylistics compete for
9.3 the language in poetry
9.3.1 sound patterning
Rhyme is salient feature of poetry. End rhyme occurs at the end of a line in a
poem, the pattern is cVC. The last word of a line has the same final sounds as the last word of another line, sometimes immediately above or below, sometimes one or more lines away. End rhyme is very common in some poetic styles, and particularly in children’s poetry. It is also a feature in plays and songs.