Features of Syntactic Stylistics

Abstract

Syntactic stylistics examines the stylistic potential of sentences, including their structure, word order, and expressive functions. Syntax plays a crucial role in shaping functional styles, though certain syntactic phenomena are more characteristic of specific styles. For instance, bookish speech often includes participial phrases and auxiliary words, while colloquial speech frequently employs elliptical and incomplete sentences. The study of syntactic stylistics involves analyzing stylistic features of various styles, the expressive capacity of syntactic units, and their role in communication. This paper discusses key aspects of syntactic stylistics, including the role of syntactic figures such as rhetorical questions, ellipses, and anaphora, and highlights the contributions of linguists in this field.