QUESTIONS AND TASKS

1. Speak on linguistic and extra-linguistic factors. What is the difference between them?

2. How did phonostylistics come into existence?

3. What does the term "phonostylistics" suggest?

4. Speak on the status of phonostylistics.

5. Why is there no general theory of phonostylistics so far?

6. What is the essential characteristic of phonostylistics?

7. Give a definition of the phonetic norm.

8. What is the correlation between the norms and the actual speech behaviour used?

9. Give examples of phonetic synonyms.

 

10. What is the scope of euphonology? Why is it important?

11. Speak on sound symbolism. Give examples of your own.

12. Give examples of stylistic devices conveyed by phonetic ex­pressive means.

13. Why does a person speak differently on different occasions?

14. What determines the choice of a speech style?

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