Multy-functionality of authorized parentheses in film review texts Cover Image

Полифункциональность авторизационных вводных компонентов в тексте кинорецензии
Multy-functionality of authorized parentheses in film review texts

Author(s): Elena Ivanovna Gavrilova
Subject(s): Philology
Published by: Новосибирский государственный педагогический университет
Keywords: Authorized parenthesis; multy-functionality; authorization; persuasiveness; evaluation; modality; argumentation

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the author’s analysis of authorized parentheses that occur in film re-view text. The purpose of the article is to show multy-functionality of parentheses with reference to the source of information. It is noted that the ability of parentheses to combine several func-tions is based on their semantic and pragmatic possibilities: their potential to alter the modality of propositions and adjust it to viewer-reader. As a rule, the authors of film reviews do not refer to themselves, so the authorized parentheses are marked as “non-author’s parts” of the text. Using authorized parentheses the author introduces the line of director, actors, producers, mov-ie characters, influential individuals (other critics, writers), but also refers to the vague, unreli-able sources. It is emphasized that maintaining the standardized form, the authorized parentheses, in addition to their primary function, express persuasiveness and evaluation. These references also have a pragmatic effect: they are designed for film experts (and wider – culturological ones) competence of the reader, inviting him to a culturological dialogue. The conclusion is that the author of film review marks the interpretative part of his review with authorized parenthesis, so the argumentative component enhances his text.