The style of belles lettres, the problem of its singling out and definition.

5. Functional distribution within each style:

The newspaper style;

The publicist style (oratory);

The scientific style;

The style of official letters.

“Functional style is a system of linguistic means peculiar of a certain sphere of communication”

/Y.M.Скребнев/

“Functional style of speech is a special social differentiation of speech, corresponding to a definite sphere of activity, having a special stylistic coloring, determined by the aims and a corresponding sphere of communication”

Кожина М. Н.

Functional Styles (Y.M.Screbnev)

Formal Informal

Table 13

Functional Styles (I.V. Arnold)

Styles Functions	Commu-nicative	Volun- tative	Emotive	Phatic	Aesthetic
1. Oratory 2. Colloquial 3. Poetic 4. Publicist and newspaper 5. Official 6. Scientific	+ + + +   + +	+ + - +   + -	+ + + +   - -	+ + - -   - -	+ - + -   - -

Stylistic functions;

1) Communicative – i.e. communicating some primary information

The former method allows direct interpretation.

2) Voluntative (conative) – expressing one’s intention, urging people to some kind of action.

Ex.: “Inform us of your intentions!”

Response.

“Tired with all these, for restful death I cry!”

The Belles - Lettres Functional Style.

A) poetry;

B) emotive prose;

C) drama;

Publicistic Functional Style,

A) oratory;

B) essays;

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