it is a regulated language variety

it is a scientific abstraction

it must be socially accepted

it is a system of interrelated language means

it is determined by extralinguistic factors

pragmatic effect (function)

style markers

linguistic variability

choice

to show the relative importance of things as seen by the author

to depict phenomena dynamically

to prepare the reader for the only logical conclusion of the utterance

(a

psychological effect)

to impress upon the reader the significance of the things described

emphasizing the diversity & contrast of ideas

background function

attaching logical stress

creating rhythm

stressing monotony of action

carrying the idea of semantic equality of the parts

consolidating the effect achieved by the other SD-s

carrying an emotive function

embodying a considerable amount of predicativeness

emphasize the diversity & contrast of ideas

emphasizing the diversity & contrast of ideas

to

force the reader to interpret the logical connections between the components of

the sentence

to

give more significance to the secondary member

creating rhythm

attaching logical stress

creating rhythm

attaching emotional stress

suspense

asyndeton

climax

asyndeton

ellipsis

gap-sentence-link