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ENGLISH STYLISTICS

ENGLISH STYLISTICS

  • Author: Q. Musayev.
  • Year: 2003
  • Description: Thus stylistics is a linguistic subject that studies the system of stylistic devices and expressive means as well as the functional styles of the language.
  • Category: Textbook
  • Section: Literature and Language
  • Publisher: "Osiyi tur"
  • Language: English
  • Page count: 312
  • Tags: Stylistics
  • Keywords: Stylistics

Stylistics, sometimes called linguostylistics, is a branch of linguistics which deals with the result of the act of communication, investigating a system of interrelated language means which serve a definite aim in communication. It investigates language potentialities of making the utterance more effective, paying much attention to the analysis of stylistic means of the language, of their nature and functions, their classification and possible interpretation of the additional meanings they may carry in a message.