Formalist Stylistics: Jakobson vs. Halliday Quiz and Flashcards

Which approach emphasizes the social, cultural, and situational factors that influence linguistic choices?

According to Halliday, what does 'textual' function in language refer to?

What is the emphasis of Jakobson's Formalist Stylistics?

Who developed the Affective Stylistics approach?

Which stylistics approach focuses on linguistic devices like phonetic features and grammatical structures?

What does Stanley Fish argue about the meaning of a text?

'Interpersonal' function in language, according to Halliday, refers to:

'Ideational' function in language, as developed by Halliday, is concerned with:

'Affective Stylistics' focuses on which aspect of a text?

'Functional Stylistics' proposed by Halliday emphasizes:

Approaches to Stylistics

Roman Jakobson's Formalist Stylistics emphasizes the formal aspects of language and their effects on meaning.
It focuses on the analysis of linguistic devices such as:
- Phonetic features
- Grammatical structures
- Rhetorical figures

Halliday's Functional Stylistics

This approach, proposed by Michael Halliday, emphasizes the functional aspects of language and how they are used to achieve specific communicative purposes.
It focuses on the analysis of language in context, considering:
- Social factors
- Cultural factors
- Situational factors that influence linguistic choices
Halliday develops three principal language functions:
- Ideational function: expression of content
- Interpersonal function: expression of interaction
- Textual function: expression of situation through coherent texts

Fish's Affective Stylistics

This approach, developed by Stanley Fish, focuses on the reader's emotional and affective response to a text.
Fish argues that the meaning of a text is not fixed or objective, but rather emerges from the reader's interpretation and engagement with the text.

Criticism of Stylistics

Mackay (1996) critiques the 'objectivity' and 'scientificness' of stylistics proposed by Carter, Simpson, Van Peer, and Freeman (1998).
Mackay argues that these terms are not useful in stylistic analysis.

Explore the contrasting approaches of Jakobson's Formalist Stylistics and Halliday's Functional Stylistics. Learn how Jakobson focuses on formal aspects such as linguistic devices, while Halliday emphasizes the functional aspects of language.