Контрольная «вопросы и практические задания»,
стилистика английского языка в Нижнем Новгороде

Questions: 1. What extralinguistic factors are involved in the notion of style? How do style and personal factors correlate? What styles exist in any national language? 2. Whet is the literary norm of the language? What does the term ‘a norm variation’ imply? How is each style characterized by the function it fulfils? 3. Comment on the sociolinguistic and stylistic factors that account for the use of regional, social and occupational varieties of the language. 4. Compare different classifications of functional styles. Practice: Task I: identify the functional style in each of the texts given below and point out the distinctive features that testify to its specific character: 1. It has long been known that when exposed to light under suitable conditions of temperature and moisture, the green parts of plants use carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen to it. These exchanges are the opposite of those, which occur in respiration. The process is called photosynthesis. In photosynthesis, carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water by the chloraplasts of plat cells in the presence of light. Oxygen is the product of the raction. For each molecule of carbon dioxide used, one molecule of oxygen is released. A summary chemical equation for photosynthesis is: 6СО2 = 6Н2О ? С6Н12О6 + 6О2 2. You was sharp, wasn’t you, to catch me like that, eh? By Ga-ard, you had me fixed proper, proper you had. Darn me, you fixed me up proper – proper, you did. I don’t think no worse of you for it, no, darned if I do. Fine pluck in a woman’s what I admire. That I do indeed. We fet from the start, we did. And, my word, you begin again quick the minute you see me, you did. Darn me, you was too sharp for me. A darn fine woman, outs up a darn good fight. Darn me if I could find a woman in all the darn States as could get me down like that. Wonderful fine woman you be, truth to say, at this minute. (Lawrence) 3. Wal-Mart told to raise German prices Wal-Mart’s European expansion plans suffered their second blow ina week as the German competition authority ordered the retailer to raise key prices in its German hypermarkets. Prince to buy Kirch pay-TV stake Prince Al-Valeed of Saudi Arabia plans to buy a 3.2 per cent stake in the pay television operation of German Leo Kirch. Japanese debt downgraded second time The Japanese government was struck a humiliating blow when Moody’s , the US credit rating agencies, downgraded Japan’s domestic currency debt for the second time in two years. SAP prices consultancy at top of range SAP, Europe’s largest software group, is likely to price shatres in SAP SI, its consultancy, at the top of its book-building range. Enel subsidiary mulls Infostrada buy Enel, Italy’s main electricity utility, expressed strong interest in its telecommunications subsidiary, Wind, buying its Italian fixed-line rival, Infostrada. 4. In your letter of 15thultimo you advise us of the problem of finding skilled personnel. In this connection we wish to state that only about 12 per cent of skilled workforce is engaged in minor industrial activity associated with servicing the city’s growth. We enclose herewith a schedule of the work and the work progress report thereon and we wish to state that among considerations influencing the selection of sites is the desire to maintain residential amenity. We wish to state that several specialized industries have been established in terms of article 3 of the said contract. 5. “It certainly is great Bourbon!” said Bartlett, smacking his lips and putting his glass back on the tray. “You bet it is!” Greg agreed. “I mean you can’t buy that kind of stuff any more. I mean it’s real stuff. You help yourself when you want another. Mr. Bartlett is going to stay all night, sweetheart. I told him he could get a whole lot of a line on us that way than just interviewing me in the office. I mean I’m tongue-tied when it comes to talking about my work and my success. I mean it’s better to see me out here as I am, in my home, with my family.” “But, sweetheart,” said his wife, “what about Mr. Lathman?” “Gosh! I forgot all about him! I must phone and see if I can call it off. That’s terrible!” (Lardner) Task II: find texts demonstrative of each functional type and analyse their distinctive features on all levels.