Specificity of Expressiveness in Scientific and Official Styles of the English Language

The article aims at revealing the peculiarities of using of expressive language means in the scientific and formal functional styles of the English language. Further subdivision of formal style into its legislative, diplomatic and office varieties of language is used for the convenience. The author describes lexical, morphological and syntactical features of the analyzed styles and gives a brief review of expressive lexis. As a result of research the author concludes that both styles are similar in terms of standardized and objective presentation of information but nevertheless, are not devoid of expressiveness at all. The frequency and the way expression is realized are determined by the requirements of these language varieties. The study found out that the most prevalent forms of implementing expressiveness in the formal and scientific styles of the English language are modal words, emphatic constructions, intensifying adjectives and adverbs, rhetorical questions, direct addresses, interjections, parenthetical insertions, repetitions, quantitative expression, author’s emphasizing the importance of information reported, focus on the credibility of material.