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Stylistic classification of the English Vocabulary

Problems for discussion:

1.Common literary words

2.Common colloquial words

3.Special literary vocabulary(terms,poetic words,archaic words, barbarisms and foreign words,neologisms)

4.Special colloquial vocabulary (slang, jargonisms, vulgar words, professionalisms,dialectical words)

In accordance with the division of language into literary and colloquial, the vocabulary of the English language consists of three main layers: the literary layer, the neutral layer and the colloquial layer. Each of these layers has its own feature. The literary layer has a bookish character, the colloquial layer has a spoken character and the neutral layer is deprived of any colouring.

These three layers have their own classification. The literary layer has no local or dialectical character.

Within the literary layer we distinguish:

Common literary words;

Terms;

Poetic words;

Archaic words;

Barbarisms and foreign words;

Neologisms;

Within the colloquial vocabulary we distinguish:

Common colloquial words;

Slang;

Jargonisms;

Professional words;

Dialectical words;

Vulgar words.