Linguistic Foundations of Current Communicative Practices (Grammar, Stylistics)

2025/2026

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Школа иностранных языков

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

3-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Преподаватели

Косычева Марина Александровна

Лукошус Оксана Геннадьевна

Мыльникова Анна Вячеславовна

Стырина Елена Вячеславовна

Чермошенцева Ксения Александровна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The grammar component of the course is the natural continuation of the grammar component of the course of Practical English. Its goal, however, is not merely to lay down the rules, but rather to describe the architecture of the English language. On the one hand, the student is expected to have mastered the practical grammar of English at approximately the C1/C2 level, on the other hand, the student need have no fear if something has been forgotten - the gaps, should they be discovered, shall be filled. The stylistics component of the course focuses on the system of expressive resources and stylistic devices of the English language in line with the effects achieved. Students will develop their skills of stylistic analysis viewing the text as a unity of semantic, functional, structural, and stylistic elements. Within the format of the course, students learn to analyse and create texts belonging to different functional styles. Seminars offer a variety of practical exercises and creative work. The course contains novel elements - juxtaposition of style and discourse analyses; elements of narratological analysis of emotive prose; the use of generative models (AI) for stylistic and sentiment analysis.

Learning Objectives

• Develop students’ skills in stylistic analysis.
• Explore how style functions in different communicative contexts and how stylistic expressive means contribute to meaning, persuasion, and reader response.
• Enable students to apply stylistic analysis to both critiquing existing texts - including those created by AI - and producing original written work with greater stylistic awareness and sophistication.
• Enable students to understand the architecture of the English language.
• Enable students to understand which structures are allowed and which are not, and how the structure used determines the register of speech.
• Teach to use the English language more effectively in oral and written communication to achieve the desired end.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• • To be able to distinguish stylistic devices and expressive means at all language levels
• • To be able to provide thorough stylistic analysis of fiction texts
• • To master text interpretation skills
• • To obtain sufficient knowledge and tools to distinguish and analyse different functional styles
• To be able to identify different types of stylistic analysis.
• To be able to identify different registers.
• To be able to identify literary, colloquial, and neutral words.
• To be able to edit texts containing stylistic mistakes.
• To be able to identify and analyse manipulative strategies in media texts.
• To be able to create texts of different functional styles.
• To be able to distinguish between human and AI-created texts.
• To be able to use AI throughout stylistic analysis.
• To be able to identify the type and the structure of a given phrase.
• To be able to identify the structure of a given sentence.
• To be able to identify the register of a given sentence by its structure.
• To be able to produce texts of different registers with the same basic meaning.
• To be able to discuss the syntactic complexity of a sentence.
• To be able to identify the theme and the rheme of a given sentence.
• To be able to rearrange a sentence to give more prominence to a certain sentence element or an element of a phrase.

Course Contents

• Grammar section 1
  Language as a hierarchical structure: the morph, the word, the phrase, the clause; the sentence; the text. The Sentence: the Big Picture: the sentence elements; the seven basic sentence structures; the clause and the sentence; the simple sentence and the complex sentence. The English language around us: descriptive and prescriptive approaches.
• Grammar section 2
  The Verb and the Verb Phrase: the grammatical categories of the verb; major verb classes; the structure of the verb phrase; finite and non-finite verb phrase; the semantics of the verb phrase (simple vs. continuous; simple vs. perfect; expressing the future; semantics of the modals; semantics of the non-finite verb phrase). The Noun and the Noun Phrase: the grammatical categories of the noun; classification of nouns; the structure of the noun phrase; determiners; pronouns; the functions of the noun phrase. The Adjective and the Adjective Phrase: the grammatical categories of the adjective; the structure of the adjective phrase; the functions of the adjective phrase. The Adverb and the Adverb Phrase: the grammatical categories of the adverb; the structure of the adverb phrase; the functions of the adverb phrase. The Prepositional Phrase: the structure of the prepositional phrase; the functions of the prepositional phrase.
• Grammar section 3
  The Simple Sentence and the Complex Sentence: clause structure; syntactic functions of clause elements; syntactic characterisation of clause elements; semantic roles of clause elements; subject-verb concord; other types of concord; subordinate and superordinate clauses; subordination and coordination; finite, non-finite, and verbless clauses; formal indicators of subordination; the verb phrase in subordinate clauses; syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses. Pro-forms and ellipsis: motivation for abbreviation; recoverability; antecedents and the replaced expressions; pro-forms; ellipsis.
• Grammar section 4
  Theme, focus and information processing: general remarks; information and communicative dynamism; theme and focus; marked focus; marked theme; fronting; cleft sentences; pseudo-cleft sentences; postponement; existential sentences; emotive emphasis; reinforcement.
• Stylistics Section 1. Objects of Stylistics. Stylistic Classification of the English Vocabulary
• Stylistics Section 2. Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices.
  This section analyses expressive means and stylistic devices at all language levels.
• Stylistics Section 3. Functional Stylistics
  In this section we will explore stylistic analysis of texts belonging to different functional styles. We will also evaluate stylistic analysis performed by AI and will learn to differentiate between human and AI-generated texts. We will further explore AI tools for text analysis.

Assessment Elements

• Examination Stylistics
  Students provide stylistic analysis of a given excerpt at all the language levels.
• Module 1 grammar test
  The test will only cover the material which will have been discussed by that time. Each element within the task is assessed on the 0-2 scale: incorrect – partially correct – correct. If you were absent on the day that the test was set, you may not sit it again, irrespective of the reason.
• Performance during grammar classes in Module 2
  Each seminar is evaluated at 2 points max. The final mark for classwork is rendered into a 10-point system.
• Module 2 grammar test
  The test will only cover the material which will have been discussed by that time. Each element within the task is assessed on the 0-2 scale: incorrect – partially correct – correct. If you were absent on the day that the test was set, you may not sit it again, irrespective of the reason.
• AI text analysis
  Students will create a text of a certain style by means of AI and then analyse it suggesting improvements.
• Performance during grammar classes in Module 1
  Each seminar is evaluated at 2 points max. The final mark for classwork is rendered into a 10-point system.
• Class Performance Stylistics
  Class performance implies participation in different kinds of work throughout seminars including panel discussions, teamwork, and seminar quizzes. Students can get a free pass for the marks from 6 to 8 in case they attended all the classes, including lectures (minus one of each), and demonstrated active participation. If students have a mark above an 8 in the column 'free pass', they will automatically get an 8. To get a higher mark, they need to take the examination.
• Examination Grammar
  You will be given 15 minutes to prepare. You may use any of your handwritten notes during the examination. You may not use any electronic devices during the examination.
• Final Test Stylistics
  The final test is a written test taken at the end of the course.
• Trainer
• Lecture quiz
  Each lecture is followed by a quick online quiz checking the understanding of the material.

Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 2nd module
  0.4 * Examination Grammar + 0.25 * Module 1 grammar test + 0.25 * Module 2 grammar test + 0.05 * Performance during grammar classes in Module 1 + 0.05 * Performance during grammar classes in Module 2
• 2025/2026 4th module
  0.1 * AI text analysis + 0.25 * Class Performance Stylistics + 0.3 * Examination Stylistics + 0.25 * Final Test Stylistics + 0.05 * Lecture quiz + 0.05 * Trainer

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Contemporary stylistics, , 2010
• Corpus stylistics : speech, writing and thought presentation in a corpus of English writing, Semino, E., 2011
• English stylistics. Стилистика английского языка : учеб. пособие, Гуревич, В. В., 2011
• Jucker, A. H. (1992). Social Stylistics : Syntactic Variation in British Newspapers. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=559944
• Key terms in stylistics, Norgaard, N., 2010
• Social stylistics : syntactic variation in British newspapers, Jucker, A. H., 1992
• Stylistics in use, , 2016
• Арнольд И.В. - Стилистика. Современный английский язык: учебник для вузов - Издательство "ФЛИНТА" - 2016 - ISBN: 978-5-89349-363-4 - Текст электронный // ЭБС ЛАНЬ - URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/84578
• Гуревич, В. В. English Stylistics. Стилистика английского языка : учебное пособие / В. В. Гуревич. — 9-е изд., стер. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2019. — 72 с. — ISBN 978-5-89349-814-1. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/232637 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
• Кащеева, А. В. English Stylistics: theory and practice : учебно-методическое пособие / А. В. Кащеева. — Рязань : РГУ имени С.А.Есенина, 2023. — 103 с. — ISBN 978-5-907635-07-4. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/324338 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
• Кухаренко, В. А. Практикум по стилистике английского языка. Seminars in Stylistics : учебное пособие / В. А. Кухаренко. — 10-е изд., стер. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2020. — 184 с. — ISBN 978-5-9765-0325-0. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/277931 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• A dictionary of stylistics, Wales, K., 2001
• Corpus stylistics in principles and practice : a stylistic exploration of John Fowles's The Magus, Ho, Y., 2012
• Арнольд, И. В. Основы научных исследований в лингвистике : учебное пособие / И. В. Арнольд. — 2-е изд., стер. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2018. — 176 с. — ISBN 978-5-9765-2964-9. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/102543 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
• Кухаренко, В. А. Интерпретация текста : учебник / В. А. Кухаренко. — 4-е изд., перераб. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2019. — 314 с. — ISBN 978-5-9765-3783-5. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/119063 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
• Лушникова Г.И., Осадчая Т.Ю. - Английский язык. Стилистика. The Power of Stylistics - 978-5-16-019317-5 - НИЦ ИНФРА-М - 2024 - https://znanium.ru/catalog/product/2103175 - 2103175 - ZNANIUM
• Никитина, Т. Г. Stylistics and the Basics of Editing = Стилистика и основы редактирования : учебно-методическое пособие / Т. Г. Никитина. — Тольятти : ТГУ, 2017. — 181 с. — ISBN 978-5-8259-1189-2. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/140105 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
• Совершенствуйте навыки работы с текстом: готовимся к государственному экзамену. Brush up your text skills: Getting prepared for the state exam : учеб.-методич. пособие - 978-5-7042-2508-9 - Степанова С.Ю. - 2014 - Москва: Прометей - https://ibooks.ru/bookshelf/351056 - 351056 - iBOOKS
• Степанова С.Ю. - Осознанное чтение: тексты и задания = Mindful Reading: Texts and Tasks - 978-5-4263-1278-4 - Московский педагогический государственный университет - 2023 - https://znanium.ru/catalog/product/2157547 - 2157547 - ZNANIUM
• Стилистика. Современный английский язык : учебник для вузов, Арнольд, И. В., 2004

Authors

• CHERMOSHENTSEVA Kseniia ALEKSANDROVNA
• Bogolepova Svetlana Viktorovna
• RYABCHUN SERGEY ALEKSANDROVICH
• STYRINA ELENA VYACHESLAVOVNA