Types of expressive lexemes as stylistic devices in the comedies of Branislav Nušić Cover Image

Някои видове експресивни лексеми като средства на езиковата стилистика в комедиографията на Бранислав Нушич
Types of expressive lexemes as stylistic devices in the comedies of Branislav Nušić

Author(s): Vyara Naydenova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: stylistics; hypochoristics; diminutives; augmentatives; pejoratives; comedies of Nusic

Summary/Abstract: The review of expressive lexis in the discussed comedies of Nusic reveals that as stylistic devices of humor are usedpejoratives, which prevail in terms of quantity, as well as hypochoristics, diminutives and augmentatives. Expressive forms in the language of Branislav Nusic in his comedies from the end of 19th - first decades of 20th century, play a significant stylistic role in depicting the era and characters and creating a number of verbal comic, ironic and satirical effects. What is important and valid for the style of the Serbian writer of comedies, strongly influenced by the colloquial language, is the conclusion that the author deliberately resorts not only to more numerous and more frequent use of negative expressive forms, but also to their strengthening and exaggeration, while at the same time he is considerably more moderate in expressing a positive evaluation and using positive expressive forms, mainly with a familiar connotation.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 159-166
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian