A contrastive analysis of English and Ukrainian morphological stylistic means

SEMINAR 4

STYLISTIC LEXICOLOGY

POINTS FOR DISCUSSION:

1. What is the object of stylistic lexicology?

2. What are the grounds for stylistic differentiation of the English word-stock?

3. Comment upon the main principles (patterns) of classification of lexical stylistic means?

4. Discuss the types of lexical meaning.

5. What types of connotative meaning do you know? Dwell on each of them providing your own examples.

6. What is the difference between colloquial and slang words?

7. State the difference between barbarisms, foreign words, and exotic words.

PRACTICAL ASSIGNMENT

Task 1. Point out stylistic differences within the groups of synonyms.

1) face – visage – mug – deadpan

2) nose – snout – beak – nasal cavity

3) I think – I gather – I presume – I take it – I guess – me thinks

4) boy – youth – lad – young male person – youngster – teenager

5) lass – girl – maiden – wench – young female person

6) nonsense – absurdity – rot – trash

7) Silence, please! – Stop talking! – Shut your trap!

8) friend – comrade – pal – buddy – acquaintance

9) Hurry up! – Move on! – Hasten your step!

Task 2. Determine the functions performed by the words belonging to different lexical strata.

A. Colloquialisms

1. With all your bitching you’ve never finished a tour of duty even once. (J. Heller)

2. I was feeling about as cheerio as was possible under the circs when a muffled voice hailed me from the north-east… (P.G. Wodehouse)

3. Brenner had two more plays on Broadway in later years, both disastrous flops. One of them was produced by Craig. (I. Show)

4. I had a little operation on my dome and the doc left a couple of fox-holes in my skull to remember him by. (I. Show)

5. "You think we’ll run into that shark?" – "Nope." (R. Benchley)

B. Slang

1. "Now, listen", he said, "I ain’t the kind of joker going to give you hard time running around after another chicks and shit like tha." (J. Baldwin)

2. She really didn’t have any idea who this nut could be, or what he was after. (J. Baldwin)

3. "Swell", Brody said. "That’s just what I wanted to hear." (R. Benchley)

4. Robert whispered savagely: "Beat it. Get out of here. I want to be alone", I said.

5. "If you don’t mind, Belinder", he said, "I’m going to try to nap a little. I am absolutely bushed." (I. Shaw)

C. Jargons

1. They put me in this little cell with about four or five other cats. (J. Baldwin)

2. – I try to write interviews in depth for magazines. You’re making face. Why?

– "In depth", he said.

– You are right, she said. Deadly jargon. You fall into it. It shall never pass my lips again. (I. Show)

3. – I think we’ve got a floater on our hands, Chief.

– A floater? What in Christ’s mane a floater?

It was a word Hendricks had picked up from his night reading, "A drowning", he said embarrassed. (R. Benchley)

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