Inglise keele stilistika II
Stylistic point of view. We should keep apart natural and deliberate use of archaic words, thus, in Shakespeare
many words are archaic today but where ordinary words at that time. (natural words). Contemporary writers and
speakers use these words deliberately.
Function: 1. recreate truthfully the atmosphere of a certain period (historical novels). 2. to parody historical
novels (in this case archaic words are used extremely often). 3. to stress the characteristic toutchness of the past.
E.g. Dickens "The Old curiosity shop". 4. for the sake of humour when used in everyday speech.
In poetry archaic words are often used for their more elevated colouring and not for the sake of historical
background. In official documents some archaic words are still used, however the tendency is that to avoid them.
E.g. hereby, hereinafter.
Poetic diction words traditionally used in poetry and partly they overlap with archaic words. E.g. hapless
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