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Neutral words

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  7. Exercise 1. Read the definitions and tell the words from the text.
  8. Exercise 3. Read the definitions of the following adjectives and tell the words.
  9. I. Make your choice of the words in italics.
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Stylistics

Lecture 3

Stylistic Classification of the English Vocabulary

General consideration

Like any linguistic issue the classification of the vocabulary here suggested is for purely stylistic purposes. This is important for the course in as much as some SDs are based on the interplay of different stylistic aspects of words. It follows then that a discussion of the ways the English vocabulary can be classified from a stylistic point of view should be given proper attention.

The word-stock of any language may be presented as a system, the elements of which are interconnected, interrelated and yet independent. Then the word-stock of the English language may be divided into three main layers (strata): the literary layer (stratum), the neutral layer, and the colloquial layer. The literary and the colloquial layers contain a number of subgroups. Each subgroup has a property it shares with all the subgroups within the layer. This common property which unites the different groups within the layer is called its aspect.

The aspect of the literary layer is its bookish character, which makes the layer more or less stable.

The aspect of the colloquial layer is its lively spoken character, which makes it unstable, fleeting.

The aspect of the neutral layer is its universal character. It can be employed in all styles of language and in all spheres of human activity. This makes the layer the most stable of all.

The classification given by I.R.Galperin reflects to a great extent the mobility of the lexical system so characteristic of the English language at its present stage of development.

The vocabulary has been divided here into two basic groups: standard and non-standard vocabulary. The diagram on p.2 demonstrates the aforementioned layers and their subgroups.

The literary vocabulary consists of the following groups of words:

  1. common literary;
  2. terms and learned [′ lə:nid] words;
  3. poetic words;
  4. archaic words;
  5. barbarisms and foreign words;
  6. literary coinages and nonce-words.

The colloquial vocabulary includes the following groups of words:

  1. common colloquial words;
  2. slang;
  3. jargonisms;
  4. professionalisms;
  5. dialectal words;
  6. vulgar words;
  7. colloquial coinages.

The common literary, neutral and common colloquial words are grouped under the term Standard English Vocabulary.

Other groups in the literary and colloquial layers are called special literary (bookish) vocabulary and special (non-standard) colloquial vocabulary.

Neutral words

Neutral words form the bulk of the English Vocabulary and are used in both literary and colloquial language. Neutral words are the main source of synonymy and polysemy. Unlike all other groups, neutral words don’t have a special stylistic colouring and are devoid of emotional meaning.


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