Phonetic Incentives in Stylistics
Phonetic Incentives in Stylistics
Phonetic Incentives in Stylistics
1. Reduction of vowels
is not = isn’t
fellow = fella
give me = gimme
2. Omission of consonants
could have = could 'of / could've
old = ole
3. Substitution of sounds
darling = dahlin'
miss = mith (lisp)
GRAPHONS
1. emphatic stress
2. intonation
3. rhythm
4. rhyme
5. pause
EXPRESSIVE PHONETIC MEANS
1. Static Register
This style of communications rarely or never
changes. It is “frozen” in time and content.
4. Casual Register
This is informal language used by peers and
friends. Slang, vulgarities and colloquialisms
are normal. This is “group” language. One
must be a member to engage in this
register.
5. Intimate Register
This communication is private. It is reserved
for close family members or intimate people.
• lexical deviation
• phonological deviation
• graphological deviation
• grammatical deviation
• semantic deviation
• dialectal deviation
• deviation of register
• deviation of historical period
Lexical Deviation
• eg
still who alive
is asking What
have i done that
You wouldn’t have (Cummings)
Grammatical Deviation
• Syntactic
refers to departures from normal (surface)
grammar. These include a number of features
such as unsual clauses and phrasing.
eg. “the achieve of, the mastery of the
things” (Hopkins); I doesn't like him; He me saw
• Morphological
Involves adding affixes to words which they
would not usually have, or removing their ‘usual’
affixes
eg. literalishness; unblondedness
Semantic Deviation
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