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Language Patterns and Their Aesthetic Properties

Language Patterns and Their Aesthetic Properties. Zhang Huahong School of Foreign Studies Available at sfs.scnu.edu.cn/hhzhang/index.htm. Concepts under discussion. Duality of man: a social being as well as a physical being;

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Language Patterns and Their Aesthetic Properties

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  1. Language Patterns and Their Aesthetic Properties Zhang Huahong School of Foreign Studies Available at sfs.scnu.edu.cn/hhzhang/index.htm

  2. Concepts under discussion • Duality of man: a social being as well as a physical being; • Human history of development can be viewed as a process of soul-&-flesh conflicts; • Language is a mirror of the thoughts and feelings of the user; how one speaks reflects one’s preference, value judgment, and one’s attitude towards man and nature in general.

  3. 4. Evaluative language reflects results of mental activities and is abstract in nature; descriptive language reflects the results of human perception through the five sense organs and therefore is concrete in nature.5. Language is a carrier of culture.6. The meaning of language is affected by the linguistic context---situation: when, where, towhom, inwhat way, andfor what purpose it is used.

  4. Philosophical Considerations 1.Aesthetics, (美学）the study of the nature of beauty in the fine arts, is part of philosophy (“love of wisdom”, the rational and critical inquiry into basic principles), which includes other parts as: 2.Metaphysics,（玄学)the investigation of ultimate reality 3.Epistemology,（认识论）the study of the origins, validity, and limits of knowledge 4.Ethics,（伦理学)the study of the nature of morality and judgment

  5. What is aesthetics? 1.Branch of philosophy concerned with the essence and perception of beauty and ugliness 2.Psychology of art concerned with human responses to color, sound, line, form, and words and with the ways in which the emotions condition such responses 3.Criticism to particular works of art, by analyzing their structures, meanings, and problems, comparing them with other works, and evaluating them

  6. Perceptions and TheirRepresenting Arts 1.Auditory: music, poetic forms of sound and metre that create rhymes and rhythms 2.Visual: painting, architecture, crafts, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, performing arts and other visual works that combine materials or forms

  7. ReferencesCrystal, D. Investigating English StyleHalliday, M. A.K. Descriptive Linguistics in Literary Studies Leech, G. N. Style in FictionA Linguistic Guide to English Poetry Thornborrow, J. & Wareing, S. Patterns in LanguageWiddowson, H. G. Practical StylisticsStyle and the Teaching of literatureXu Youzhi. English StylisticsOnline Library of Books on Stylistics

  8. I. Abstract II. Key words III. Body1. Literature Review a. Brief account of the author of the text b. Brief account of the text c. Previous studies on the text 2. Theoretical Framework: Structuralism 3. Major theme of the text 4. Linguistic preference of the author a. Phonological features b. Lexical features c. Syntactic features d. Semantic features/figures of speech5. Relation between Linguistic Features and the Theme IV. Reference Suggested format of Paper

  9. 主要参考文献条目排列顺序如下：[序号]作者.文献题名[文献类型标识]*.(出版地:)出版者，出版年.起始页码.例：Reference: [1]Levinson, S. Pragmatics [M]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. 15-20. [2]方永德.美国英语中的种族贬语[J].外国 语，1995(1):68-72.*参考文献类型标识：[N]报纸文章；[J]期刊文章； [M]专著； [D]学位论文；[C]论文集； Format of Reference

  10. How to Appreciate Drama • How to Appreciate Fiction • How to Appreciate Popular Text

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