Core Concepts
Contextually restricted linguistic variation.
Style
Style of poems with rhyme and rhythm.
Belles‑lettres
Branch that analyses artistic texts and genres.
Literary stylistics
All SDs belong to this broader set of intensifying forms.
Expressive means
Perspective combining linguistic features with situation of use.
Register
Specialized linguistic tools that secure the desired effect of an utterance.
Stylistic devices
Style characterised by headlines and brief news items.
Newspaper
Branch that studies functional styles and expressive means.
Lingua‑stylistics
Phonetic SD repeating initial consonant sounds.
Alliteration
Conventional structural pattern for a complete text type.
Genre
Discipline that investigates language variation and stylistic tools.
Stylistics
Style using precise terminology and logical sequence.
Scientific
Branch comparing stylistic features of two or more languages.
Comparative stylistics
Lexical SD that uses deliberate exaggeration.
Hyperbole
Discourse type meant to convince with evidence and reason.
Argument
System of coordinated language means for a specific communicative function.
Functional style
Style aiming to influence public opinion through essays and speeches.
Publicist
Approach merging reader‑ and writer‑oriented analysis to decode a text.
Decoding stylistics
Syntactic SD omitting conjunctions for effect.
Asyndeton
Discourse type relying on sensory details to visualize something.
Description
Author‑specific system of recurring stylistic choices.
Idio‑style
Non‑literary variety based on spontaneous everyday speech.
Colloquial
Branch investigating language varieties (sublanguages).
Functional stylistics
Phonetic expressive means imitating natural sounds.
Onomatopoeia
Discourse type that informs with neutral language.
Exposition