Final revision 2018

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INTRODUCTION TO TEXTUAL ANALYSIS Summer semester 2018 May 28 FINAL REVISION Answer the following questions: 1. Define stylistics. 2. How would you define functional styles in stylistics? 3. List the most important 'types' of stylistics. 4. Define the concept of idiolect. How about individual style? 5. Which relevant notions of context in stylistics do you know? 6. What are expressive means of language? 7. What is a stylistic device? 8. List the five major functional styles. 9. How would you define meaning from a stylistic point of view? 10. Define and explain the concept of seme. 11. How do we divide the word stock of any natural lamguage? 12. What are neologisms? 13. What are jargonisims? 14. What is the difference between syntagmatic and paradigmatic stylistics? 15. List tthe communicative types of sentences and provide examples of each type. Practical task 1 The Arrow and the Song HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. 1. 2. 3. 4.

What is the central metaphor of the poem? How does it 'work'? Where in the song can you find stylistic repetition? Why is the repetition there? Find an example of aliteration in the poem. Explain how grammatical cohesion contributes to the overall message of the poem. Illustrate with examples from the text. 1


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