英語文體學(xué)教程第七章-The-English-o課件

StylisticsTheEnglishConversationofCONTENTS—*—

NecessityofStudyingSpeech1

NecessityofStudyingConversation2

ObjectofStudy3AnAdaptedWayofTranscription4CONTENTS—*—

ASampleTextofCasualConversation5GeneralFeatures6StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguage7Summary8OtherKindsofConversation9TRANSITIONPAGE—*—

1NecessityofStudyingSpeech—*—

LOGOTheEnglishofConversation7.1NecessityofStudyingSpeechMeansofCommunicationspeechwritingthemostbasicformoflanguageactivity過渡頁TRANSITIONPAGE—*—

2NecessityofStudyingConversation—*—

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NecessityofStudyingConversationVerbalActivitiesconversingmonologuingthemostbasicofspokenvarieties過渡頁TRANSITIONPAGE—*—

3ObjectofStudy—*—

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ObjectofStudyCasualConversationinformalinpersonaltenorphaticinfunctionaltenorspontaneousinmode過渡頁TRANSITIONPAGE—*—

4AnAdaptedWayofTranscription過渡頁TRANSITIONPAGE—*—

5ASampleTextofCasualConversation過渡頁TRANSITIONPAGE—*—

6GeneralFeatures—*—

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GeneralFeaturesGeneralFeaturesinexplicitnessoflanguagerandomnessofsubject-matterandlackofplanningphenomenonofnormalnon-fluency—*—

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GeneralFeaturesinexplicitnessoflanguagee.g)thisgreat…(LL18-19)in"justcouldn'tfacegoingallthewaybackagainwiththisgreat…";randomnessofsubject-matterandlackofplanningthetopicjumpsfromhealthtofreezingweather,andthentoknitting;phenomenonofnormalnon-fluencyhesitation("Ihaderabout"),slipsofthetongue("Ineverdi-Icouldnever…"),overlappingorsimultaneousspeech(asisshownwithabracketinthetext);過渡頁TRANSITIONPAGE—*—

7StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguage—*—

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StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguageStylisticFeaturesGrammaticalFeaturesLexicalFeaturesPhonologicalFeaturesSemanticFeatures—*—

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StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguagePreferenceforshortandloosesentencesHighincidenceofellipticalandincompletesentencesSimplenominalandverbalgroupstructureFrequencyofinterrogativesentencesGrammaticalFeaturesTheEnglishofConversation—*—

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StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguagePreferenceforshortandloosesentences

It’sermanintersetionofkindoftwoakindofcrossroadsandIwasstandingtheseandtherewasthisermkindofordinarycaronthemirrorroadjustlookingtocomeoutontothebigroadandcomingdowntowardshimonthebigroadwasavanfollowedbyalorrynowjustashestartedtocomeoutontothemainroadnothelorrystarstartedtoovertakethevannothavingseenthefactthatanothercarwascomingout.(From:BrownandYule1983:140)—*—

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StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguageFrequencyofInterrogativesentencesandrandomnessofsubjectmatterEdward:Soareyouenjoyingtherain?Bella:you’reaskingmeabouttheweather?Edward:Yeah,I…IguessIam.Bella:well,youknow,Idon’treallyliketherain.Anycold,wetthing,Idon’treally…what?Edward:….why‘dyoumovetothewettestplaceinthecontinentalUS?Bella:it’scomplicated…Bella:…momremarried,and…Edward:soyoudon’tliketheguy,or…Bella:no.that’snot…Edward:whydidn’tyoumovewithyourmotherandPhil?

——StephenieMeyer,Twilight—*—

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StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguageHighincidenceofellipticalandincompletesentencesA:(Have)Yougotacold?B:No(,Ihaven’t.I’m)JustabitsniffycosI’mIAMCOLDandI’llbeallrightonceI’vewarmedupDoIlookasthoughI’vegotacold?A:No(,youdon’t).Ithoughtyousoundedasifyouwere(cold).(From:Crystal&Davy)—*—

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StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguageLexicalFeaturesPreferenceforshortwordsandvagueexpressionsFrequentuseofcolloquialitemsandidiomsandagreatmanyphrasalverbsUseoflexicalhyperboleandofslang—*—

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StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguageFrequentuseofsomebasicprosodicpatternsProsodicvariationwithinthetone-unitFreeoccurrenceofparalinguisticeffectsFrequencyofpauseanduneventempoPhonologicalFeaturesTheEnglishofConversation過渡頁TRANSITIONPAGE—*—

8Summary—*—

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SummaryStrikingFeaturesofCasualConversationassimilationandelisioninarticulationsimpleandcolloquialwordsinvocabularyloos