62. publicist style. . 63. Peculiarities of belles-lettres style, its varieties & genres. Belle-letters style (the style of fiction) embraces:1)poetry; 2)drama; 3)emotive prose. B-l style or the style of imaginative literature may be called the riches

62. publicist style.

(oratory, speeches, essays, articles) the style is a perfect ex. Of historical changeability of stylistic differentiation of discourses. In Greece it was practiced in oral form which was named P. in accordance with the name of its corresponding genre. PS is famouse for its explicit pragmatic function of persuasion directed at influencing the reader & shaping his views in accordance with the argumentation of the author. We find in PS a blend of the rigorous logical reasoning, reflecting the objective state of things & a strong subjectivity reflecting the authors personal feelings and emotions towards the discussed subject.

63. Peculiarities of belles-lettres style, its varieties & genres. Belle-letters style (the style of fiction) embraces: 1)poetry; 2)drama; 3)emotive prose. B-l style or the style of imaginative literature may be called the richest register of communication: besides its own lan-ge means which are not used in any other sphere of communication, b-l st. makes ample use of other styles too, for in numerous works of literary art we find elements of scientific, official and other functional types of speech. Besides informative and persuasive functions, also found in other functional styles, the b-l style has a unique task to impress the reader aesthetically. The form becomes meaningful and carries additional info. Boundless possibilities of expressing one's thoughts and feelings make the b-l style a highly attractive field of research for a linguist.

The belles-lettres style, in each of its concrete representations, fulfils the aesthetic function, which fact singles this style out of others and gives grounds to recognize its systematic uniqueness, i. e. charges it with the status if an autonomous functional style.

64. The style of scientific prose has 3 subdivisions: 1) the style of humanitarian sciences; 2) the style of " exact" sciences; 3) the style of popular scientific prose. Its function is to work out and ground theoretically objective knowledge about reality. Functions: to prove a hypothesis, to create new concepts, to disclose the internal laws of existence, development, relations between different phenomena, etc. The peculiarities are: objectiveness; logical coherence, impersonality, unemotional character, exactness. The scientific prose style consists mostly of ordinary words which tend to be used in their primary logical meaning. The impersonal and objective character of scientific prose style is revealed in the frequent use of passive constructions, impersonal sentences. Personal sentences are more frequently used in exact sciences. Scientific popular style has the following peculiarities: emotive words, elements of colloquial style. There are following characteristic features of scientific style: 1. the logical sequence of utterances; 2. the use of terms specific to each given branch of science; 3. so-called sentence-patterns. They are of 3 types: postulatory, argumentative and formulative. 4. the use of quotations and references; 5. the frequent use of foot-note which helps to preserve the logical coherence of ideas. The impersonality of scientific writings can also be considered a typical feature of this style. Unlike the belles-letters style it is never original, individual but it is always contextually bound and devoid of individuality and originality.

65. the style of official documents

it is the most conservative. It preserves cast-iron forms of structuring& uses syntactical constr-s words known as archaic & not observed any more else. Addressing documents and official letters, signing them, expressing the reasons and considerations leading to the subject of the doc-t – all this is strictly regulated both lexically & syntact. All emotiveness and subj. modality are completely banned out of this style. ( contracts, treaties, agreements etc. )