stylistic choice

collocation in English

meaningsofstylisticandchoice

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stylistic
adjective
uk
/staɪˈlɪs.tɪk/us
/staɪˈlɪs.tɪk/
relating to a particular style of ...
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choice
noun
uk
/tʃɔɪs/us
/tʃɔɪs/
an act or the possibility ...
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(Definition ofstylisticandchoicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstylistic choice

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However, this is no more than astylisticchoice.
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Both explained the creative potential of speakers to construct new relational effects throughstylisticchoice.
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Where the adults used strategies other than an anaphoric strategy it was astylisticchoiceand did not detract from the cohesive nature of the whole narrative.
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In the case of inflated terms, there seems to be more evidence of a deliberatestylisticchoicewhich may determine a particular rapport with the 'user'.
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Other auteurs choose to use it consistently throughout the movie, either as astylisticchoiceor because they believe it represents reality better.
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Other issues raised were thestylisticchoiceof animated cutscenes, and the cramped feel of some of the levels.
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Through thisstylisticchoice, audiences are able to compare and contrast and see characters in a different light, both figuratively and literally.
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They are also accompanied by vocal cracking in some cases which can either indicate improper technique,stylisticchoice, or a combination of both.
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Thisstylisticchoicemakes it difficult to determine exactly what is literal and what is symbolic.
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The hinge technique was not only astylisticchoicebut also a functional one.
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His ultimate commitment to bop practice represents the culmination of numerous stylistic choices made over the course of many years of musical activity.
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Meaning in all its stylistic choices and variations.
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However, shape grammars make no explicit distinction between elements and parameter values dictated by functional requirements, by context, or by stylistic choices.
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Of course, we are often aware that smaller scale functional features are determined by larger scale stylistic choices.!
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It is only where the grammar leaves options open that stylistic choices are available to the language user.
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Or do they reflect the varying stylistic choices of men and women as they construct and reconstruct identities in their respective communities?
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Warren's stylistic choices compounded his offence by looking to a sentimental, lowbrow literature and gesturing toward the necessarily subjective stance of even the physician.
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Aronofsky aims to subjectivize emotion, and the effect of his stylistic choices is personalization rather than alienation.
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Of course, this is dependent on the production, the director and other stylistic choices.
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Technical writers focus on making their documents as clear as possible, avoiding overly technical phrases and stylistic choices like passive voice and nominalizations.
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