- a distinctive manner of expression

- In language, style can be defined

as a distinctive language expression.
The Concept of Style

Stylistics
is the study of style in
language.

Stylistics
is the analysis of distinctive
expression in language and the
description of its purpose and effect.
Features of Style: a Newspaper Headline

Life on Mars – war of the words

 a headline from ‘The Friday Review’ section of

The Independent of 21 August 1998
Functions of a Headline:

Put in a nutshell the main point of

the news story

Capture the readers’ attention

INTERTEXTUALITY
the way one text influences another

i.e. an allusion to another text and

at the same time, an appeal to the
readers’ awareness of that text
popular science fiction novel published
in 1898
Orson Welles
INTERTEXTUALITY
Stylistically,
intertextuality appears
to have the effect of giving the
reader the pleasurable satisfaction
at having spotted the allusion, and it
may often intensify the overall
significance of the text.
Style as Motivated Choice

Styleis indeed a distinctive way of

using language for some purpose and
to some effect.

The choices that have been made can

be said to form the headline’s stylistic
design.
Style as Motivated Choice
In making a stylistic analysis, we are not so
much focused on every form and structure
in a text, as on those which stand out in it.

Such conspicuous elements hold a promise

of stylistic relevance and thereby rouse the
reader’s interest or emotion.
(FOREGROUNDING)
CONCLUSION
The concept of style crucially
involves choice: it rests on the
fundamental assumption that
different choices will produce
different styles and thereby
different effects.
Assignment:
Read in advance the following:
• Foregrounding
• Foregrounding Devices
a.Deviation
b.Parallelism