文体学课件2.ppt

Lecture 2 Stylistics and Levels of Language Topics covered 1. Stylistics and levels of language A. Levels of language B. Illustration of levels of language in stylistic analysis 2. Levels of language at work: an example from poetry A. Choosing models for analysis B. Exploring levels of language in the poem C. Stylistic analysis and interpretation of the poem 3. Style, register and dialect Levels of Language Levels of language 1)The sound of spoken language; the way words are pronounced 2)The pattern of written language; the shape of language on the page 3)The way words are constructed; words and their constituent structures 4)The way words combine with other words to form Phrases and sentences Branches of language study Phonology, phonetics Graphology Morphology Syntax, grammar 5)The words we use; the vocabulary of a Language 6)The meaning of words and sentences 7)The way words and sentences are used in everyday situations; the meaning of language in context Lexical analysis, lexicology Semantics Pragmatics, discourse analysis These basic levels of language can be identified and obtained in the stylistic analysis of text, and they in turn make the analysis itself more organized and principled. What is absolutely central to our understanding of language (and style) is that these levels are interconnected: they interpenetrate and depend upon one another, and they represent multiple and simultaneous linguistic operations in the planning and production of an utterance. Illustration of levels of language Activity 1: analyze the following simple sentence. E.g. That puppy’s knocking over those potplants! Task: Try to see what linguistic operations are included in the production and delivery of such a simple sentence. Comments: 1. graphology, and phonology (written and spoken) 2. Lexicography (knock) 3. Morphology (potplants) 3. Grammar (S: subject, predicator, complement) 4. Semantics (puppy, that, those etc.) 5. Discourse (context sensitive and its d