| Preface | 7
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| Chapter 1. The Object of Stylistics | 9
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| 1.1. Problems of stylistic research | 9
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| 1.2. Stylistics of language and speech | 14
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| 1.3. Types of stylistic research and branches of stylistics | 16
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| 1.4. Stylistics and other linguistic disciplines | 19
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| 1.5. Stylistic neutrality and stylistic colouring | 20
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| 1.6. Stylistic function notion | 24
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| Practice Section | 28
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| Chapter 2. Expressive Resources of the Language | 33
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| 2.1. Expressive means and stylistic devices | 34
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| 2.2. Different classifications of expressive means | 37
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| 2.2.1. Hellenistic Roman rhetoric system | 39
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| 2.2.2. Stylistic theory and classification of expresssive means by G. Leech | 45
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| 2.2.3. I. R. Galperin's classification of expressive means and stylistic devices | 50
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| 2.2.4. Classification of expressive means and stylistic devices by Y. M. Skrebnev | 57
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| 2.3. On the nature of metaphor and other imagery | 77
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| 2.3.1. Contemporary theories of metaphor: stylistic and cognitive views | 77
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| 2.3.2. The symbolic nature of allegory | 88
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| 2.3.3. Onomatopoeia as an instrument of poetic imagery | 90
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| 2.3.4. The stylistic potential of phraseology .... 97 Practice Section | 102
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| Chapter 3. Stylistic Grammar | 113
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| 3.1. The theory of grammatical gradation. Marked, semi-marked and unmarked structures | 113
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| 3.2. Grammatical metaphor and types of grammatical transposition | 115
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| 3.3. Morphological stylistics. Stylistic potential of the parts of speech | 118
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| 3.3.1. The noun and its stylistic potential | 118
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| 3.3.2. The article and its stylistic potential | 121
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| 3.3.3. The stylistic power of the pronoun | 123
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| 3.3.4. The adjective and its stylistic functions | 127
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| 3.3.5. The verb and its stylistic properties | 129
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| 3.3.6. Affixation and its expressiveness | 133
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| 3.4. Stylistic syntax | 136
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| Practice Section | 142
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| Chapter 4. The Theory of Functional Styles | 148
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| 4.1. The notion of style in functional stylistics | 148
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| 4.2. Correlation of style, norm and function in the language | 150
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| 4.3. Language varieties: regional, social, occupational | 154
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| 4.4. An overview of functional style systems | 159
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| 4.5. Distinctive linguistic features of the major functional styles of English | 171
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| 4.5.1. Literary colloquial style | 171
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| 4.5.2. Familiar colloquial style | 174
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| 4.5.3. Publicist (media) style | 176
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| 4.5.4. The style of official documents | 179
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| 4.5.5. Scientific/academic style | 181
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| Practice Section | 185
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| Chapter 5. Decoding Stylistics and Its Fundamental Notions | 188
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| 5.1. Stylistics of the author and of the reader. The notions of encoding and decoding | 189
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| 5.2. Essential concepts of decoding stylistic analysis and types of foregrounding | 192
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| 5.2.1. Convergence | 195
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| 5.2.2. Defeated expectancy | 197
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| 5.2.3. Coupling | 199
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| 5.2.4. Semantic field | 202
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| 5.2.5. Semi-marked structures | 205
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| Practice Section | 207
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| Test Yourself Section | 216
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| Keys | 224
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| Glossary for the Course of Stylistics | 228
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| Sources | 240
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| Dictionaries | 243
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| List of Authors and Publications Quoted | 244
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Знаменская Татьяна Анатольевна Профессор кафедры германской филологии Российского государственного профессионально-педагогического университета, где в 2000 г. под ее руководством был создан Институт лингвистики. Занимается активной научной деятельностью, руководит подготовкой магистерских и кандидатских диссертаций. Имеет большой опыт руководства и сотрудничества в международных образовательных проектах с Бельгией, Голландией, Великобританией, США. Ее публикации в России и за рубежом включают научные статьи, методические материалы и учебные пособия для студентов, учителей и преподавателей высшей школы.
Учебное пособие Т. А. Знаменской по стилистике английского языка включено в программы обучения десятков высших учебных заведений России и стран СНГ. Сфера ее научных интересов включает исследования в области стилистики, лексикологии и грамматики английского языка, а также сопоставительного языкознания.
