Check yourself

Questions and tasks:

1. Why do we recognise phonostylistic effects carried by in­tonation irrespective of the speaker?

2. Speak on interrelation of intonation with verbal and non-verbal contexts.

3. Give a definition of an intonational style.

4. Compare intonational and verbal style categories. Where do they overlap?

5. What imposes restrictions on the speaker's choice of an intonational style?

6. Speak on intonational styles distinction.

7. Give semantic characteristic of every style.

8. What is the difference between informational and scientific styles? Give examples of their usage.

9. Compare declamatory and publicistic styles. In what sphere are they used?

10.What is the essential characteristic of familiar style? When does it occur? Compare it with the other four style categories.

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