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Definition
Introduction
Stylistics Levels
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Phonological level
Graphology level
Grammatical level
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Lexical level
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Semantic level
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Pragmatic level
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Definition:-
“Stylistics is the branch of the linguistics that deals
with the study of different styles.”
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Introduction:-
Stylistics as a conceptual discipline may attempt to
establish principles capable of explaining particular
choices made by individuals and social groups in their
use of language, such as in the literary production and
reception of genre, the study of folk art, in the study of
spoken dialects and registers, and can be applied to
areas such as discourse analysis as well as literary
criticism. Common features of style include the use
of dialogue etc. Stylistics also helps us to understand
that language has several varieties which are distinctive
to each other.
Stylistics also makes us appreciate that when using
language one must learn to respond with the
appropriate variety according to the circumstances.
Through stylistics we learn to analyze speaking and
writing habits. Through stylistics we learn to explain
why people use language the way they do in different
situations e.g. news reporting.
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Levels of stylistics:Graphology level:“It is the study of hand writing.”
For example as a way of learning more about
somebody's character through his writing:
contracted forms, question marks etc.
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Rhyme scheme
Hyphens
Capitalization
Punctuation
Spelling
2 Phonological level:“It is the study of sound system of a language
and also describes formal rules
of pronunciation.”
The phonological analysis focuses on the analyzing
sound patterns and forming systemic use of sound
in language in order to know about the meaning,
ideas, focuses and idiosyncratic behaviors in a text.
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End rhyme
Tone of the author
Alliteration
Assonance
3 Grammatical level:“It includes grammar, parts of speech, clauses
and phrases used in writing.”
It helps us to find out subtleties of time, place and
about what is done, what is going to be and what
was in the past. Through grammatical analysis of
text we can know the authors intended meanings
and foreshadowing meanings and events.
Features:• Use of verbs
• Parts of speech
• Connotations
4 Lexical level:“Lexical are total amount of vocabulary items and
use of words in a piece of text.”
It includes the study of individual words and idioms in
different linguistics contexts.
Features:• Study of semantics
• Word formation
• Morphology
5 Semantics:“Semantics is the study of, meanings in a
language.”
Meanings are judged through the analysis of context,
social and individual point of views. Pragmatics is also
a branch of semantics which allow us to find out the
hidden meanings to be judged by the reader through
the environment created by the poet in a poem.
6 Pragmatics:“Pragmatics is the study of invisible meaning in a
piece of text spoken or written.”
It discusses how we recognize the invisible meanings
in a text. It is the context based study including
linguistic context, thematic context, pre-existing
knowledge and physical context of the text.