What is the English We Use? A Course in Practical Stylistics - Курс практической стилистики английского языка

Moscow University Press, 1978. — 157 p. Which of the different kinds of English shall its scientific and literary user adopt as a means of international communication, a now indispensable "tool of his trade"? Where does he look for a style that is lucid and simple, easy to speak, write and understand? The book presents and discusses the relative claims and advantages of the more likely "registers" pragmatically — in terms of efficiency and optimization. Professor Olga Akhmanova, a widely known lexicographer, linguistic anthropologist and linguist, is Head of the English Department of the Moscow State University; Ph. Dr. Rolandas F. Idzelis, Senior Lecturer at the University of Vilnius, specializes in English Style and Usage. В учебном пособии представлен научно обоснованный выбор образцов того регистра английского языка, который может быть активно использован учёными-филологами в качестве средства международного общения. Книга рассчитана на студентов и аспирантов филологических факультетов университетов. Contents Introduction Why not the "Best English", Then? Inflated "Anti-Criticese" and the Problem of Comprehension English as a "Tool of Our Trade" Vocabulary and Syntax Specimens of Our Kind of English Appendix. "Restricted" Forms of English References Index of Terms Index of Names Moscow University Press, 1978. — 157 p.Which of the different kinds of English shall its scientific and literary user adopt as a means of international communication, a now indispensable "tool of his trade"?Where does he look for a style that is lucid and simple, easy to speak, write and understand?The book presents and discusses the relative claims and advantages of the more likely "registers" pragmatically — in terms of efficiency and optimization. Professor Olga Akhmanova, a widely known lexicographer, linguistic anthropologist and linguist, is Head of the English Department of the Moscow State University; Ph. Dr. Rolandas F. Idzelis, Senior Lecturer at the University of Vilnius, specializes in English Style and Usage. В учебном пособии представлен научно обоснованный выбор образцов того регистра английского языка, который может быть активно использован учёными-филологами в качестве средства международного общения. Книга рассчитана на студентов и аспирантов филологических факультетов университетов. __Contents__IntroductionWhy not the "Best English", Then?Inflated "Anti-Criticese" and the Problem of ComprehensionEnglish as a "Tool of Our Trade"Vocabulary and SyntaxSpecimens of Our Kind of EnglishAppendix. "Restricted" Forms of EnglishReferencesIndex of TermsIndex of Names