STYLISTIC
PECULIARITIES OF
THE PUBLICIST AND
ORATORICAL STYLE
THE
PUBLICISTIC
STYLE IS USED
... in public speeches and printed public works.
They are devoted to:
• important social events
• political events
• public problems of cultural character
• public problems of moral character.
ORATORICAL
SUB-STYLE
the radio and television commentary
the essay
the articles in newspapers, journals and magazines
THE
GENERAL
AIM
• to exert influence
• to convince
• to cause
BRAIN-WASHING FUNCTION
logical argumentation
• an expanded system of connectives
• careful paragraphing
emotional appeal
• the use of words with emotive meaning
• the use of imagery and other stylistic devices
emotionally coloured colloquial
• the author has no need to make their speech impersonal
• he tries to approximate the text to lively communication
NEWSPAPER
STYLE
1. Neutral words
2. Specific political and economic terms,
3. Wide use of internationalisms
.4. Newspaper clichés
5. Wide use of realia, especially the proper names
6. The use of abbreviations
7. Neologisms
- brief news;
- press reports (such as parliamentary or of court proceedings);
- editorials;
- informational or analytical articles;
- advertisements and announcements.
1. The syntax is complex
2. In many cases, a sentence makes up the whole paragraph
3. Specific word order
4. Wide use of attributive groups
5. Verbal constructions with infinitives, participles and gerunds
6. Syntactical complexes
definition
THE
ORATORICAL
STYLE
- is the oral subdivision of the publicistic style
purpose
- persuasion, and it requires eloquence
using
• in speeches on political and social problems of the
day
• in orations and addresses on solemn occasions as public
weddings, funerals and jubilees
• in sermons and debates
• in the speeches of counsel and judges in courts of law
• science
• art
• business relations
TYPICAL FEATURES OF THE
SPOKEN VARIETY
FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
RHETORICAL
DEVICES
- similes
- exaggerations
- personifications
- understatements
- metaphors
- rhetorical questions
- contrast/juxtaposition
- quotations from well-known sources
CONSCIOUS USE OF
PERSONAL
PRONOUNS
- pronouns to address the audience
- pronouns to include the audience
- pronouns to exclude the audience or to
distance the audience
TYPICAL FEATURES OF THE
SPOKEN VARIETY
- alliteration
SOUND DEVICES
- assonance
- onomatopoeia
- rhyming
OTHER ORATORICAL
DEVICES
- repetition + parallel constructions
- parallel constructions