Lecture 2. Stylistic lexicology

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Vocabulary division by Pr. M. U. Skrebnev Basic words (neutral, not

Vocabulary division by Pr. M. U. Skrebnev

Basic words (neutral,

not stylistically colored)
Super-neutral words
Sub-neutral words
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Super-neutral words Solemn words and poetic words Archaisms Bookish words Foreign words

Super-neutral words

Solemn words and poetic words
Archaisms
Bookish words
Foreign

words
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Sub-neutral words Colloquial words Jargon words (cant) Slang Nonce –words Vulgar-words

Sub-neutral words

Colloquial words
Jargon words (cant)
Slang
Nonce –words
Vulgar-words

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E.g. Cockney (English literature) a) Diphthong [ei] is replaced by [ai]

E.g. Cockney (English literature)
a) Diphthong [ei] is replaced by [ai] to

sy, to py
b) Diphthong [au] is replaced by [a:] nah then –instead of “now then”
c) [e] instead of [a] - menners ,thenk you
d) “ing” is pronounced [n] – sittin’ , standin’

Dialect words

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STYLISTIC DIFFERENTIATION OF THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY A. Formal Words: · learned

STYLISTIC DIFFERENTIATION OF THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY

A. Formal Words:
· learned words;
· archaisms;
· professional

terms

B. Informal Words:
· colloquial words;
· slang;
· dialect words
STYLISTICALLY-NEUTRAL WORDS
STYLISTICALLY-MARKED WORDS

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A. Formal Words: A. Formal Words: 1. Learned words (bookish) ·

A. Formal Words: A. Formal Words: 1. Learned words (bookish)

· scientific prose words

– experimental, divergent, homogeneous
· “officialese” –assist, approximately, sufficient
· literary words – solitude, fascination, cordial
· modes of poetic diction –
On rippling Stream, or cloud-reflecting Lake!
And looking to the Heaven, that bends above you,
How oft! I bless the Lot that made me love you.
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A. Formal Words: 1. Archaisms · obsolete words –anon (at once);

A. Formal Words: 1. Archaisms

· obsolete words –anon (at once); haply

(perhaps); to dolve (to dig), to ween (to suppose);
· archaisms proper –hither (here); thither
(there); hath (has);
· historical words – vassal; baldric
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A. Formal Words: 3.Professional Terminology They are words and phrases used

A. Formal Words: 3.Professional Terminology

They are words and phrases used by

professional groups of people
E.G. (natural rubber, molecular weight, polyester,polyamide, rubber elasticity
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B. Informal words 1. Colloquial words · literary colloquial – some

B. Informal words 1. Colloquial words

· literary colloquial – some

sort of, chap, to have a good time, in a way ;
· familiar colloquial –doc, to kid, to pick up somebody;
low colloquial - bloody, damn
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B. Informal words 1. Slang Slang is everything that is not

B. Informal words 1. Slang

Slang is everything that is not included

into the textbooks. ok, oh, boy, shit