ACADEMIC JOURNAL
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ISSN 2542-1077 (Print) ISSN 1994-5973 (Online) |
Linguistics |
Bolotskaya M. P. | Penza State University |
Keywords: lexico-grammatical means grammatical meaning image of the authorities Vasily Aksyonov |
Summary: The mechanisms of speech influence of high-ranking state officials (in Vasily Aksyonov’s trilogy Generations of Winter (The Moscow
Saga)) are identified, analyzed and systematized from the linguistic point of view: constructions with direct speech (of Joseph
Stalin and Lavrentiy Beria) are analyzed, the role and place of lexical and grammatical units used for depicting the image of state
power and the implementation of the author’s pragmatics are determined. The method of philological text analysis (in particular, semantico-
stylistic and contextual methods) was used in the study. The stylistic features of the functioning of pronouns, proper names
and finite verb forms in Stalin’s and Beria’s speech are examined: the use of personal (we/you), possessive (our/your) pronouns and
proper names, showing the remoteness or proximity of certain people to the leader and his relation to them (they act as a differentiating
element between two sides: “I” + “my environment” = “us”; “all others” = “them”); the demonstrative pronoun “this” is one of
the Stalin’s favorites (among other reasons, he uses it for strengthening the indication on the subject of speech and as an expression
of neglect). The confidants are referred to by their first names without surnames, the party members – as “comrades”, and all other
people – by structures of the following type: a common noun + a proper name (first name + patronymic are used in respectful forms
of address). Present tense verbs used for describing currently important and usually repetitive actions characterize the speech of
Stalin and Beria. Another means of characterizing the characters are the author’s words that accompany the act of speaking (Beria
seems more emotionally agile to the author, so he uses descriptive verbs with more negative connotations for creating the image of
this character). Categorical meaning and lexical semantics intertwine in grammatical forms. The semantic functions of grammatical
forms are associated with the speaker’s intentions, with his communicative goals, so the study of the meaning and function of the
grammatical form is impossible without the analysis of contextual conditions. The language possesses the most important property
to transfer the attitude of native speakers and their vision of the events within categorical and grammatical relations. Grammatical categories are actively used for depicting the image of state power in Vasiliy Aksyonov Generations of Winter. |
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