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What is the main aim of the scientific functional style?

To regulate relations in society

To persuade the public on political issues

To entertain the audience

To prove a hypothesis and create new concepts

What type of vocabulary is common in legal documents?

Tropes

Archaic words and borrowings

Emotionally colored words

Slang and colloquial expressions

What is the primary function of the style of official documents?

To regulate formal relationships and state conditions between parties

To entertain readers

To inform the public about current events

To provide detailed scientific explanations

What is the binary division of functional styles according to I.V. Arnold?

Neutral and expressive styles

Formal and informal styles

Bookish and colloquial styles

Written and spoken styles

Which scholar argued that functional styles exist only in written language?

V.A. Maltsev

Yu.M. Skrebnev

I.R. Galperin

I.V. Arnold

What term is used in Western linguistics to describe varieties of language distinguished by their use?

Functional style

Dialect

Substyle

Which of the following functional styles is not one of the five main styles identified by Galperin?

Official documents

Scientific

Publicistic

Religious

Which extralinguistic factor does NOT influence the choice of functional style?

The writer’s personal mood

The type of social consciousness

Aim of communication

Typical content

Which of the following best defines a functional style?

A theoretical abstraction unrelated to real texts

A collection of regional dialects

A system of language means that serves a definite communicative aim

A variety of language used in informal conversations