V. Comment on the usage of phraseology

1. Angus read it at a sitting, or a lying really. He read it in bed on Christmas night, staying awake till three to do so. (R.Rendell)

2. Paco came and went. Pablo came and went. Each complained Ann was ungenerous with him on his departure. And then there was Paul. <…> It was, for Ann Grenville, lust at first sight. (D.Dunne).

VI. Analyse the following sentences and classify syntactical em and sDs:

1. Obviously – this is a streptococcal infection. Obviously. (W. Deeping)

2. Now he understood. He understood many things. One can be a per­son first. A man first and then a black man or a white man. (P. Abrahams)

3. She watched the butler whisper in her husband’s ear, and she kept on talking. She saw her husband nod his head, and she kept on talking. She met her husband’s eye as he glanced furtively at her and looked away again, and she kept on talking. She followed with her eyes as her husband left Edith Bleeker’s drawing room, and she kept on talking. (D.Dunne)

4. The expression of his face, the movement of his shoulders, the turn of his spine, the gesture of his hands, probably even the twiddle of his toes, all indicated a half-humorous apology. (S. Maugham)

5. They all stood, high and dry, safe and sound, hale and hearty, upon the steps of the Blue Lion. (Ch. Dickens)

6. What is it? Who is it? When was it? Where was it? (Ch. Dickens)

7. Gentleness in passion! What could have been more seductive to the scared, starved heart of that girl? (J. Conrad)

8. In manner, close and dry. In voice, husky and low. In face, watchful behind a blind. (Ch. Dickens)

9. She merely looked at him weakly. The wonder of him! The beauty of love! Her desire toward him! (Th. Dreiser)

10. "People liked to be with her. And -" She paused again, " - and she was crazy about you." (R. Warren)

11. What I had seen of Patti didn't really contradict Kitty's view of her: a girl who means well, but. (D. Uhnak)

12. I like big parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy. (Sc.Fitzgerald)

Seminar 8 functional styles in modern english Points for Discussion

1. The Belles-Lettres Style

2. Publicistic Style

3. Newspaper Style

4. Scientific Prose Style

5. The Style of Official Documents

The guidelines for preparation:

1. Form the team (1-3 students);

2. Choose the topic and appoint the responsible students for the main points;

3. Prepare the hand-outs containing the basic notions, the definitions, the schemes and examples.

The points to cover in every report:

1. Different approaches to the definition of each style (various authors);

2. Lexical, syntactical and stylistic peculiarities of each style;

3. Examples, samples of analysis (if any);

4. Mini-quiz to check the general comprehension of the topic (up to 10 questions).

5. Mind your time-limit (15 min maximum).

Recommended Literature

1. Арнольд И.В. Стилистика современного английского языка. – Л.: Просвещение, 1981. – С. 248-289.

2. Скребнев Ю.М. Основы стилистики английского языка. – М.: ООО «Издательство Астрель»: ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2002. – С. 167-213.

3. Стилистика английского языка / А.Н. Мороховский, О.П.Воробьева, Н.И. Лихошерст, З.В.Тимошенко. – К.: Вища шк., 1991. – С. 245-266.

4. Galperin I.R. - M.: Higher School Publ. House, 1981. – P. 253-332.

5. Znamenskaya T.A. Stylistics of the English Language. Fundamentals of the Course. – M.: Editorial, URSS, 2005. – P.128-158

6. Maltzev V.A. Essays on English Stylistics. – Minsk: Vysheishaya Shkola, 1984. – P.89-109

SEMINAR 9

STYLISTIC SEMASIOLOGY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Discussion Points

1. Figures of substitution as semasiological EM. General characteristics and classification.

2. Figures of quantity. General characteristics.

a) hyperbole;

b) meiosis, litotes.

3. Figures of quality (qualification). General characteristics.

4. Metonymy group. General characteristics.

a) synecdoche;

b) periphrasis, euphemism, dysphemism.

5. Metaphor group. General characteristics. Syntactical and semantic differences between metaphor and metonymy.

1. types of metaphor according to various criteria;

2. antonomasia;

3. personification;

4. allegory;

5. allusion;

f) epithet; semantic and structural types of epithets.

6. Irony. Types of irony.