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1、ChapterIIIStylisticMeaningsofEnglishWordsI. Bystylisticmeaning,Englishwordscanbeclassifiedintothefollowing5types:1.Commonwords:Commonorpopularwordsarewordsconnectedwiththeordinarythingsoractivitiesnecessarytoeverydaylife.ThegreatmajorityofEnglishwordsarecommonwords.Thecoreof
2、commonwordsisthebasicwordstock(whichismadeupofnativeEnglishwords).Theyarestylisticallyneutral,andthereforetheyareappropriateinbothformalandinformalwritingandspeech.Takethefollowingsentenceforexample,“Therepeatedtelephonecallsonlyannoyedmebutmademysisterveryangry.”Allthewords
3、inthesentencearecommonwords,andsothissentencecouldbeusedinbothspeechandwriting,andonformalandinformaloccasions.2.Literarywords:Literarywordsarechieflyusedinwriting,especiallyinbookswritteninamoreelevatedstyle,inofficialdocuments,orinformalspeeches.Theyarecomparativelyseldomu
4、sedinordinaryconversation.JustasFowlerpointsout:“…aministeroftheCrownmayforeseetheadvantageofhispolicyandoutlineittohiscolleaguesbutinpresentingittoParliamenthemayvisualizethefirstandadumbratethesecond.”Thecommonwordsforeseeandoutlineareappropriatewhenoneistalkingorwritingto
5、one’scolleagues,buttheliterarywordsvisualizeandadumbrateareusedinsteadonaformaloccasionLikewise,letuscomparethefollowingtwosentences:1)Feelingfatigued,Tomretiredearly.2)Tomwenttobedearlybecausehefelttired.InEnglishmostoftheliterarywordsareofFrench,LatinorGreekorigin.Manyofth
6、emhavetheireverydaysynonyms:albeit/although,cast/throw,edifice/building,endeavor/try,locate/find,matrimony/marriage,purchase/buy,expectorate/spit,corpulent(Latin)/fat,valorous(Latin)/brave,concourse(F)/crowd,costume(F)/get-up,commence(F)/begin,vivacious(Latin)/livelyApprisem
7、eoftheresultofyourdeliberation.(Pleasetellmeyourdecision).Amongtheliterarywords,twocategoriesarenoteworthy:(a)Archaicwords（archaisms）:Archaicwordsarewordsnolongerincommonuse,althoughretainedforspecialpurpose.Theyaresometimesemployedinpoetry,businessletters,legaldocuments,rel
8、igiousspeeches,andprose:abed/inbed,behold/see,belike/probably,natheless/nev
