由钱瑗编著的《实用英语文体学》的重点是当代英语非文学语言体分析。本书分两个单元。第一单元第一章介绍了语体分析所必需的术语和语言分析方法。第二至第四章所归纳的语体特点可供分析时查阅，教师应根据学生实际水平择要讲解，不必拘泥。第二单元介绍了几种常见的英语语体，使学生较系统地了解这几种语体的典型特点，以提高对英语语体的敏感性。

INTRODUCTION

0.1 DEFINITION

0.2 INSTITUTION AS WELL AS SYSTEM

0.3 CONCEPTS OF STYLE

0.4 THE NEEDS FOR STYLISTICS

0.5 SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK

Unit One A Framework of Analysis of Style

 1 PROCEDURE OF ANALYSIS

1.1 THE CONCEPT OF TEXT

1.2 THE CONCEPT OF CONTEXT

1.3 LEVELS OF LINGUISTIC DESCRIPTION

1.4 CONSISTENCY AND RELATIVE FREQUENCY

1.5 THE PLACING OF A TEXT

1.6 PRINCIPLE OF COMPARISON

1.7 SUMMARY: A PROCEDURE OF ANALYSIS

 2 POTENTIAL STYLE MARKERS （1） MARKERS IN PHONOLOGY AND GRAPHOLOGY

2.1 POTENTIAL STYLE MARKERS IN PHONOLOGY

 2.1.1 Elision

 2.1.2 Sound Patterning

 2.1.3 Onomatopoeia

2.2 POTENTIAL STYLE MARKERS IN GRAPHOLOGY

 2.2.1 Punctuation

 2.2.2 ParagraphingCONTENTS

EXERClSES

 3 POTENTlAL STYLE MARKERS（2）：MARKERS lN SYNTAX

3.1 THE BASIC CLAUSE STRUCTURE AND THE CLASSIFlCATlON OF CLAUSE TYPES

 3.1.1 The BaSiC Clause StruCture

 3.1.2 CIause Types（1）

 3.1.3 Clause Types（2）

 3.1.4 CIause Types（3）

3.2 CLAUSES AS SrrUATION TYPES

 3.2.1 Types Of verb Meaning

 3.2.2 PartiCipant ROIes

 3.2.3 Analysis of Situation Types and Its AppIication

3.3 SENTENCE TYPES

 3.3.1 SimpIe and MuItIpIe SentenCes

 3.3.2 Maior and Minor Sentences

3.4 NOUN PHRASES

3.5 SYNTAX AND THE COMPOSrrl0N OF TEXT

 3.5.1 Sequence and SegmentatiOn

 3.5.2 Sequence and SaIience

  3.5.2.1 SegmentatiOn and SaIience

  3.5.2.2 Phrase Order and SaIjenCe

  3.5.2.3 Parallelism and EmDhaSiS

 3.5.3 SegmentatiOn and COhesjOn

QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES

 4 POTENTIAL STYLE MARKERS（3）：LEXICAL CHOICE

4.1 ANGLO-SAx0N OR LATINATE WORDS

4.2 GENERAL OR SPEClFIC WORDS

4.3 CONCEPTUAL OR ASSOCIATIVE MEANING

4.4 OTHER FEATURES OF LE.X]CAL ITEMS

4.5 LEXICAL CHOICE AND THE SHAPING OF TEXT

 4.5.1 Verbal Repetition and Reiteration

 4.5.2 Collocation

 QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES

Unit Two Varieties of Contemporary English

 5 VARIETIES ACCORDING TO REGION AND SOCIAL GROUP

5.1 REGIONAL AND SOCIAL DIALECTS

5.2 STANDARD AND NON-STANDARD ENGLISH

5.3 STANDARD AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH

5.4 THE USE OF NON-STANDARD ENGLISH

 5.4.1 Markers Indicating Non-Standard Speech in Literature

 5.4.2 Functions of Non-Standard Portrayals

QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES

 6 VARIETIES ACCORDING TO MEDIUM （MODE OF DISCOURSE）

6.1 CHANNEL LIMITATION AND LINGUISTIC EXPLICITNESS

6.2 SPONTANEITY AND LINGUISTIC CHARACTERISTICS

 6.2.1 Fluency

 6.2.2 Sentence Structure

 6.2.3 Lexical Choice

6.3 AUDIENCE INTERACTION AND LINGUISTIC MANIFESTATIONS

6.4 PUBLICITY OF SITUATION AND FORMALITY IN LANGUAGE

6.5 A CONTINUUM OF VARIETIES ACCORDING TO MEDIUM

6.6 FEATURES OF SPOKEN STYLE IN FICTIONAL DIALOGUES

QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES

 7 VARIETIES ACCORDING TO ATTITUDE （TENOR OF DISCOURSE）

7.1 LINGUISTIC MARKERS INDICATING THE DEGREES OF FORMALITY

 7.1.1 Phonological Markers

 7.1.2 Graphological Markers

 7.1.3 Syntactic Markers

 7.1.4 Lexical Markers

7.2 LINGUISTIC MARKERS INDICATING THE DEGREES OF POLITENESS

 7.2.1 Phonological Markers

 7.2.2 Syntactic Markers

 7.2.3 Lexical Markers

7.3 LINGUISTIC MARKERS INDICATING THE DEGREES OF IMPERSONALITY

7.4 LINGUISTIC MARKERS INDICATING THE DEGREES OF ACCESSIBILITY

QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES

 8 VARIETIES ACCORDING TO FIELD OF DISCOURSE

8.1 FIELD OF DISCOURSE

8.2 THE LANGUAGE OF NEWS REPORTING

 8.2.1 Graphological Devices

 8.2.2 Syntactic Markers

 8.2.3 Lexical Markers

8.3 THE LANGUAGE OF PRESS ADVERTISEMENTS

 8.3.1 Components of a Press Advertisement

 8.3.2 Linguistic Characteristics of Press Advertisements

  8.3.2.1 Graphological Devices

  8.3.2.2 Syntactic Devices

  8.3.2.3 Lexical Devices

  8.3.2.4 Rhetorical Devices

QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES

SAMPLES OF ANALYSIS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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