Key thematic groups of vocabulary in the comedy
https://doi.org/10.20310/2587-6953-2024-10-1-38-47
Abstract
INTRODUCTION. A comedy in five acts by the Russian dramatist Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky “The Forest” (1823–1886) is one of the most perfect and complex in terms of plot structure of the Russian playwright. The relevance of this study is determined by the need to study the language of one of the most complex plays by A.N. Ostrovsky, the lexical and phraseological features of which have not received detailed coverage in domestic science. The purpose of the study is to identify the key thematic groups of vocabulary in the comedy of A.N. Ostrovsky “The Fo rest”.
MATERIALS AND METHODS. During the analysis of linguistic units, structural-semantic and linguostylistic research methods are used.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. Analysis of the lexical-semantic organization of A.N. Ostrovsky’s comedy “The Forest” showed that the words and phraseological units of the key semantic fields “Theater” and “The Forest” reflect the problems and conflict of the play, evaluate the characters of the work, their actions and deeds.
CONCLUSION. The identified words and phraseological units, objectified by theatrical vocabulary, vocabulary of flora and fauna, are text-forming in nature and reflect the solutions to the artistic problems of the author, who uses linguistic units in both direct and figurative meanings, which often expands the semantic scope of linguistic signs.
About the Author
N. V. Chernikova
Michurinsk State Agrarian University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia V. Chernikova - Dr. habil (Philology), Associate Professor, Professor of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines Department.
101 Internatsionalnaya St., Michurinsk, 393760, Tambov Region
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Chernikova N.V. Key thematic groups of vocabulary in the comedy. Neophilology. 2024;10(1):38-47. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20310/2587-6953-2024-10-1-38-47
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