THE LANGUAGE FEATURES OF THE COMEDIES BY CATHERINE II IN THE LIGHT OF THE THEORY OF LINGUISTIC PERSONALITY Cover Image

ЯЗЫКОВЫЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ КОМЕДИЙ ЕКАТЕРИНЫ II В СВЕТЕ ТЕОРИИ ЯЗЫКОВОЙ ЛИЧНОСТИ
THE LANGUAGE FEATURES OF THE COMEDIES BY CATHERINE II IN THE LIGHT OF THE THEORY OF LINGUISTIC PERSONALITY

Author(s): Alena Yuryevna Nikitina
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Psychology, Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Behaviorism
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: linguistic personality; author's individual words; neologism; conversational and literary words; metaphor; linguistic creativity; occasionalism;

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the specificity of the linguistic personality of Catherine II is analyzed using her comedies as a case study. The originality of the language and verbal behavior of the Empress is identified. The selection and use of lexical and grammatical means are characterized. The features of literary and conversational styles and author's individual elements are distinguished. Specific grammatical and stylistic peculiarities are revealed such as closeness to conversational speech, linguistic creativity, unusual collocation of words, and metaphorization. A conclusion on a natural combination of the elements of conversational and literary styles in the works of the Empress is made.

  • Issue Year: 155/2013
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 246-254
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian