Yusupov Oybek Nematjonovich Ahmedova Nigora Shavkatovna

Questions for discussion: 
1.
Speak about expressive means and stylistic devices based on transferred use of 
structural meaning. 
2. What kind of questions we called rhetorical? 
3. Are rhetorical questions more emotional than statements? 
4. What is intonation of rhetorical questions?
5. Characterize the stylistic device of litotes. 
6. Where does a negative particle “not” stand in litotes? 
 
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CHAPTER VII. FUNCTIONAL STYLES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
According to I. Galperin, Functional Style is a system of interrelated language 
means serving a definite aim in communication. It is the coordination of the language 
means and stylistic devices which shapes the distinctive features of each style and not 
the language means or stylistic devices themselves. Each style, however, can be 
recognized by one or more leading features which are especially conspicuous. For 
instance the use of special terminology is a lexical characteristics of the style of 
scientific prose, and one by which it can easily be recognized [13:352]. 
1. Classification of Functional Styles of the English Language
1. The Belles - Lettres Functional Style. 
a) poetry; 
b) emotive prose; 
c) drama; 
2. Publicistic Functional Style,
a) oratory; 
b) essays; 
c) articles in newspapers and magazines; 
3. The Newspaper Functional Style. 
a) brief news items; 
b) advertisments and announcements; 
c) headlines; 
4. The Scientific Prose Style. 
a) exact sciences; 
b) humanitarian sciences;
c) popular- science prose; 
5. The Official Documents Functional Style. 
a) diplomatic documents; 
b) business letters; 

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c) military documents; 
d) legal documents;