16.7 3rd & 4th year Dr L Kretzenbacher. First semester One 2.5 hour seminar per week. At the conclusion of this subject students will have:

• a familiarity with some basic concepts of modern style theory and some basic techniques of style analysis;
• the ability to recognise the social determinants of differing modes of modern German usage;
• an awareness of stylistic problems posed by different text types such as literary and scientific prose;
• the capacity to evaluate written and oral texts in modern German with regard to their stylistic features and registers.

A scientific handbook, a newspaper article and a literary text not only communicate different contents, they also have different ways of transmitting their messages, according to their specific audiences and communicative aims. The analysis of typical stylistic features in different types of oral and written texts, as well as the description of the variety of social registers from sub-standard to standard and high standard language, is the task of modern descriptive stylistics. The subject, which will be held in German, will not only demonstrate some of the techniques of style analysis, but also provide an introduction to some important linguistic theories of style and discuss some basic problems of style theory, such as the question of whether there is such a thing as a 'zero degree' of style. Written work of no more than 6,000 words. See departmental Course and Subject Guide 16.7 Dr L Kretzenbacher. First semester. One 2.5 hour seminar each week At the conclusion of this subject students will have:

• a familiarity with some basic concepts of modern style theory and some basic techniques of style analysis;
• the ability to recognise the social determinants of differing modes of modern German usage;
• an awareness of stylistic problems posed by different text types such as literary and scientific prose;
• the capacity to evaluate written and oral texts in modern German with regard to their stylistic features and registers.

A scientific handbook, a newspaper article and a literary text not only communicate different contents, they also have different ways of transmitting their messages, according to their specific audiences and communicative aims. The analysis of typical stylistic features in different types of oral and written texts, as well as the description of the variety of social registers from sub-standard to standard and high standard language, is the task of modern descriptive stylistics. The subject, which will be held in German, will not only demonstrate some of the techniques of style analysis, but also provide an introduction to some important linguistic theories of style and discuss some basic problems of style theory, such as the question of whether there is such a thing as a "zero degree" of style. Written work of no more than 6,000 words. See departmental Course and Subject Guide