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STYLISTIC AND PRAGMATIC ASPECTS OF LITERARY AND
COLLOQUIAL VOCABULARY IN LITERARY TEXT
Anvarova Nafisa Anvar qizi student of Uzbek State
World Languages University scientific advisor:
Kattabaeva D.K.
Abstract:
This study investigates stylistic and pragmatic features of the
vocabulary layer of the English language which is used in literary text. In order to get a
more or less clear idea of the word stock of any language, it must be presented as a
system the elements of which are interconnected, interrelated and interdependent. The
word stock of any literary language can be represented as a definite system in which
different aspects of a word may be singled out as interdependent.
Key words:
pragmatics, vocabulary, literary text, language, knowledge, word
stock, stylistics
Lexicology has greatly contributed to classification of the English vocabulary. For
stylistics, the reference to the problem of Stylistic classification of the vocabulary is
vital.
The whole of the word-stock of the English language can be roughly divided into
3 main layers:
1)
The literary layer;
2)
The neutral layer;
3)
The colloquial layer
The literary and colloquial layers contain a number of subgroups.
Each of them has a property it shares with all the subgroups within the layer.
This common property which unites different groups of words within the layer
may be called its
aspect.
The aspect of the literary layer
is its markedly bookish character that makes it
more or less stable.
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The aspect of the colloquial layer
is its lively spoken character that makes it
unstable (fleeting).
The aspect of the neutral layer
is its universal character. It can be employed in
all styles of human activity. This layer is considered as the most stable of all.
The literary layer consists of the groups of words accepted as the legitimate
members of the English vocabulary. They have no local or dialectal character. Literary
stratum serves to satisfy communicative demands of official, scientific poetic messages.
The literary vocabulary consists of the following groups of words:
1.
common literary; 2. terms and learned words; 3. poetic words; 4. archaic words;
5. barbarisms and foreign words; 6. literary coinages including nonce-words.
The colloquial vocabulary falls into the following groups: 1. common colloquial
words; 2. slang; 3. jargonisms; 4. professional words; 5. dialectal words; 6. vulgar
words; 7. colloquial coinages.
Consider the following examples:
child (neutral) - kid (colloq.) - infant (bookish, official) - offspring (bookish,
scientific);
father (neutral) - daddy (colloq.) - male parent / ancestor (formal);
leave / go away (neutral) - be off/ get out / get away / get lost (colloq., or familiar-
colloq.) - retire / withdraw (bookish);
continue (neutral) - go on / carry on (colloq.) - proceed (bookish, formal);
begin / start (neutral) - get going /get started / Come on! (colloq.) - commence
(formal).
Besides the standard, literary-colloquial speech, there is also a non-standard, or
substandard, speech style, mostly represented by a special vocabulary. Such is the
familiar-colloquial style
used in very free, friendly, informal situations of
communication - between close friends, members of one family, etc. Here we find
emotionally colored words, low-colloquial vocabulary and slang words. This style
admits also of the use of rude and vulgar vocabulary, including expletives (obscene
words / four-letter words / swear words):
rot / trash / stuff (= smth. bad); the cat’s
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pyjamas (= just the right / suitable thing); bread-basket (= stomach); tipsy / under the
influence / under the table / has had a drop (= drunk); cute /great! (Am.) (= very
good); wet blanket(= uninteresting person); hot stuff! (= smth. extremely good);
You‘re damn right (= quite right).
Within the English formal language the following styles are distinguished: the
style of official documents, the scientific prose style, the publicistic style, the newspaper
style, the belle-lettres style. Each style is characterized by a number of individual
features which can be classified as leading or subordinate, constant or changing,
obligatory or optional, essential or transitory. Each style can be subdivided into a
number of sub styles. The latter present varieties of the root style and have much in
common with it. The root styles fall into the following sub styles: 1) The style of official
documents: business documents, diplomatic documents, legal documents, military
documents. 2) The scientific prose style: the humanities, the exact sciences. 3) The
publicistic style: speeches (oratory), essays, articles. 4
)
The newspaper style: newspaper
headlines, brief news items, advertisements. 5
)
The belle-lettres style: poetry proper,
emotive prose, drama. By these examples you can point out stylistic differences within
the groups of synonyms. They are the followings: face - visage - mug - deadpan; nose -
snout - beak - nasal cavity; I think - I gather - I presume - I take it - I guess it - me thinks;
boy - youth - lad - young male person - youngster - teenager.
From the viewpoint of language users’ intentions, their choices from the total
pool of resources and the effects upon other participants, the legitimacy of the pragmatic
perspective for stylistically oriented study can hardly be denied.
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