Meaning From a Stylistic Point of View.

Stylistics is a domain where meaning assumes paramount importance. This is because of the fact that any stylistic device is mainly realized when a twofold application of meaning is apparent.

Thus e.g., irony is defined as the clash of two diametrically opposite meanings (primary dictionary and contextual).

e.g. Stoney smiled the sweet smile of an alligator. (J. Steinbeck)

Sweet

Disgusting

It is more or less universally recognized that word-meaning is not homogeneous, but is made up of various components. These components are usually described as types of meaning. The two main types are

• The grammatical and

• the lexical meanings.

If we consider such word-forms as girls, winters, tables, etc. we notice that they though denoting widely differing objects of reality have something in common. This common element is the grammatical meaning of plurality.

Comparing word-forms of one and the same word we observe that besides grammatical meaning, there is another component of meaning in them. Unlike the grammatical meaning this component is identical in all the forms of the word.

Thus, e.g., the word-forms go, goes, went, gone, going possess different grammatical meanings of tense, person, etc. but in each of these forms we find one and the same semantic component denoting the process of movement. This is the lexical meaning of the word.

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