https://doi.org/10.25167/Stylistyka35.%20%202025.12
The article examines the stylistic theory of František Miko, a prominent Slovak thinker of the 20th century. Miko’s expressional conception of style is defined by two methodological attributes: functional and structuralist. Although Miko did not align with the mainstream of functional stylistics, he pioneered an authentic form offunctional structuralism, focusing on the artistic text and style through two pivotal categories: reception and, in a later period, conception. He associated reception with ‘effect’, and conception with ‘attitude’ and ‘modality’, all fundamentally experiential,communicative, and pragmatic categories. This article evaluates Miko’s expressional conception from both contemporaneous and modern perspectives, highlighting the distinctive features of Miko’s functional stylistics in comparison to the classical functional styles established by the Prague School and later developed in Slovak linguistics by J. Mistrík. It also examines the contributions of his original stylistic framework to contemporary stylistic research
aims, particularly within the inclusive stylistics project of the Bratislava team of linguists led by J. Dolník and O. Orgoňová. The inclusive communication style is characterised as a value-oriented approach to language use, grounded in the principles of freedom and equality. However, concerns often arise regarding the authenticity versus stereotyping of inclusive stylisations, referred to as quasi-inclusiveness. This communicative challenge connects closely to Miko’s notion of conception.
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