Lecture stylistic differentiation of the vocabulary. The role of special literary and special colloquial words

Special colloquial words or non-literary words are such highly colloquial words which are considered to be on the outside of the literary language. Non-literary words are subdivided into four groups: - slang - social and professional jargonisms - vulgarisms - dialectical words

Slang

words and phrases in common colloquial use, being outside of the literary language.

shark (акула ) - в значении студент-отличник ; rabbit heart - в значении трус ; big shot - important person.

are words and word-combinations used by particular social classes and groups to conceal or disguise the meaning or to make the speech emotive.

Professional jargonizms, professionalism’s, circulate within communities joined by professional interests and are emotive synonyms to terms. Professionalism’s from the military vocabulary: tin fish - подводная лодка, tin hat - стальной шлем. Social jargonisms are to be found within groups characterised by social integrity. In the following extract from " The Forsyte Saga" Galsworthy uses jargonism to characterise the personage. "No real sportsman cares/or money", he would say, borrowing a "pony " if it was no use trying/or a "monkey ". There was something delicious about Montaque Dastie. He was, as George Forsyte said, a daisy. (Pony - 25 pounds, Monkey - 50 pounds, Daisy -first-rate thing or person.)

Dialectal words

are words and expressions which have come from dialectal character.

-lass (girl), pet (darling).

are words and word combinations with emotive colouring of coarseness and rudeness.

damn't; devil; son of a bitch; hang it; to hell.

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