Нові перспективи в англійській філології та навчання англійській мові. 2.6. Functional Styles of Modern Language and Features of Interpretation of the English Newspaper Style

Functional style is a language subsystem that has individual peculiarities in
terms of lexical means, syntactic constructions, and even phonetics. The
emergence and existence of styles is connected with the conditions of
communication in different spheres of human life.
The styles vary not only in fact but also in the frequency of use of the above
mentioned elements. For example, some expressions may be present in everyday
language, but less likely than in a scientific style.
An analysis of recent research and publications indicates that it is a difficult
task to classify styles.