Yusupov Oybek Nematjonovich Ahmedova Nigora Shavkatovna

official tone
is set up by words and idioms that have an official ring, e.g. 
“relevant” (for “important”), “up to the present time” (for “up-to-now”), “Permit me 
to inform you” (for “Let me inform you”). It may be set up by carefully organized 
syntax and carefully expressed ideas admitting no deviations from the standard. In 
general, the official tone accompanies narratives with a well-defined progression of 
ideas. 
The 
familiar tone
is established by features of the spoken language, the 
conversational style in particular. To these features belong colloquial words and 
idioms. Informality of tone may be achieved bу the occurrence of very formal 
language alongside jargonisms and slang, without its being linguistically 
inappropriate, since that is a characteristic feature of conversation. Delaying 
formulas (e.g. “sort of”, “well”, “shall I say”), colloquial parenthetic phrases (e.g. 
“you know what I mean”), disregard of the end focus principle by placing the 
nucleus not in final position (e.g. “fine you think it is”) – all contribute to the 
establishment of a personal relationship between the narrator and the reader, at the 
same time they set up a familiar tone. It ought to be added that in fictional speech 
such signals also function as effective means of characterization, individualization 
and verisimilitude. 

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The familiar tone in J.Turner’s amusing story 
The Night the Bed
Fell 
is 
maintained by an abundance of means traditionally used in spoken conversational 
style. Among them are colloquial idioms (“one of those affairs” for “a cottage”), 
colloquial words (“wobbly”, “bawl”, “yell”, “quit”), repetition which is generally 
avoided in other styles (“exchanged shout for shout”, “by this time my mother, still 
shouting, pursued by Herman, still shouting, was trying, to...”). The narrator is at his 
ease and sets up a very personal relationship with the reader assuming an informal 
tone which is in keeping with the domesticity of the subject of his narrative. The 
tone of the story is familiar, on the one hand, and vigorous, excited and 
humorous, on the other. Deliberate exaggerations, unexpected comparisons, the 
prevalence of physical descriptions containing vocabulary which appeals to our 
hearing and to our sight contribute greatly to the humorous effect the story produces. 
Finally, it should be stated that