Inglise keele stilistika
The scholar
R.M.Eastman illustrates this point : ,,You might speak of a fragrance of a certain perfume if
you liked it, of it's reek (hais) if you didn't or simply odor if you didn't care."
Phonesthemes
A type of inherent connotation. A repeatedly used combination of sound that has more or less
clearly perceived meaning, but it's not a morpheme, such as filite, flimsy, flippant. These
words have suggested the idea of lightness, airyness, even grace with the implication of
insecurity, instability e.g slow, slubbish, sloppy. The phonestheme here is sl meaning of
inactivity, slowness. Spry, sprag..(ei loe välja), springy. Spr suggests the idea of energetic
brisk, lively motion.
Adherent connotation
The kind that words may acquire in a certain context and outside it is not present.
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