Stylistics of the English Language

devoted to the detailed analysis of literary style, or of

the linguistic choices made by speakers and writers in non-literary contexts. (Chris Baldick Oxford Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms, 1996)
Стилистика – раздел науки о языке, изучающий широкий класс случаев варьирования языковых выражений, обусловленного их принадлежностью к тому или иному языковому стилю.

the investigation of two independent tasks:
Stylistics studies the special media

of language which are called stylistic devices and expressive means.
Stylistics studies the types of texts which are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication and are called functional styles of language. (Iliya Galperin)

and results of the choice and usage of lexical, grammatical,

phonetic and other language means with the aim of transmitting of ideas and emotions in different communication settings.” («Стилистикой называется отрасль лингвистики, исследующая принципы и эффект выбора и использования лексических, грамматических, фонетических и вообще языковых средств для передачи мысли и эмоции в разных условиях общения.») Irina Arnold

language from the point of view of their
ability to express

and cause emotions,
associations, etc.
Stylistic phonetics
Stylistic morphology
Stylistic lexicology
Stylistic syntax

definite work of art, man of
letters, literary movement, trend or

epoch, and
factors influencing the expressiveness of
language.

conscious and intentional
intensification of some typical structural and/or
semantic property of

a language unit (neutral or
expressive) promoted to a generalized status and
thus becoming a generative model.
Expressive means of a language are those phonetic,
morphological, word-building, lexical, phraseological
and syntactical forms which exist in language-as-a
system for the purpose of logical and/or emotional
intensification of the utterance. (I. Galperin )

system of
interrelated language means which serves a
definite aim in communication.

(Galperin)
It appears mainly in the literary standard of
language.

prose style
Official documents style

style

sublanguage.
The number of sublanguages and styles is
infinite.