Syntactical level

include <syntactical stylistic devices>, <repetition>, <sentence structure>, <types of connection>, arrangement of sentence members, <completeness of sentence structure>

The most conspicuous places in the sentence are considered to be the first and the last: the first place because the full force of the stress can be felt at the beginning of an utterance and the last place because there is a pause after it. (I.R.G.)

See: <phono-graphical level>, <morphological level>, <lexical level>, <Stylistics>

Syntactical stylistic devices

Syntactical SDs

include: sentence length, <one-word sentences>, <punctuation>, <rhetorical question>, <parallel construction>, <chiasmus>, <stylistic inversion>, <suspense>, <detachment>, <ellipsis>, one-member sentences, <apokoinu constructions>, <break-in-the-narrative>, <polysyndeton>, <asyndeton>, <attachment>, <secondary predication constructions>

See: <repetition>, <enumeration>; <lexical SDs>, <cluster SDs>, <lexico-syntactical SDs>, <stylistic device>

One-word sentences

possess a very strong emphatic impact, for their only word obtains both the word- and the sentence-stress. The word constituting a sentence also obtains its own sentence-intonation which, too, helps to foreground the content. (V.A.K.)

e.g. I like people. Not just empty streets and dead buildings. People. People. (P.Abrahams)

See: <punctuation>, <syntactical SDs>

Sentence structure

структура предложения

Not only the clarity and understandability of the sentence but also its expressiveness depend on the position of clauses, constituting it.

@ loose structure

- opens with the main clause, which is followed by dependent units;

- less emphatic and is highly characteristic of informal writing and conversation;

@ periodic sentences

- open with subordinate clauses, absolute and participial constructions, the main clause being withheld until the end

- are known for their emphasis and are used mainly in creative prose

e.g. Such being at bottom the fact, I think it is well to leave it at that. (S.Maugham)

@ balanced sentences

- subordinate-main-subordinate similar structuring of the beginning of the sentence and its end;

- known for stressing the logic and reasoning of the content and thus preferred in publicist writing;

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See: <punctuation>, <syntactical SDs>

Source: <V.A.K.>

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