Author’s name:
- Lyudmila V. Kulumbegova – A. A. Tibilov South Ossetian State University, Beslan, South Ossetia
- Irina V. Belyaeva – Rostov State University of Economics, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Abstract:
Studies devoted to verbal conflict tend to focus on the lexical and semantic level of the language, since it’s these units that most clearly express invective meanings — although sometimes scholars also look at categories of the text. In this context, morphological forms and lexico-grammatical classes are investigated much less frequently. The traditional study of morphological units in the communicative and functional aspect is connected with identifying the features of the semantics of morphological forms, while their textual capabilities are much broader. Antonomasias are the most pejorative and conflictogenic language units. Onym plu-ralization is rare without an admixture of pragmatic co-meanings, and more often than not these plural onyms are negative in nature. In this context, plural precedent names referring to classic works of literature can be used, but much more often names of modern politicians or show business figures are reinterpreted and pluralized. Collective nouns (especially with a morphemic index of collectivity) are considered to be pragmems, because the totality of individual objects in them is presented in such a way as if these objects did not have essential distinguishing features. This subjective view of the nominator is most often connected with negative expression. Some abbreviations also display a pejorative connotation. Being a separate sign in comparison with the abbreviated phrase, the abbreviation itself often modifies the original semantics and pragmatic co-meaning. It is clear that pragmatic modifications are most often connected with a drift towards pejorativeness, because the maximum degree of politeness implies structural complexity of the unit and translates into units that consist of more than one word, including etiquette-conditioned nominations preferred by communicants. Not only lexical units, but also grammatical (morphological) forms can become conflictogenic and thus affect the psycho-emotional sphere of the recipient. The choice of such units is made due to both the properties of the morphological level of the language (closely connected to all other language levels) and their intentional use with a purpose to form a certain type of text, from the perspective of both text generation and text perception. Based on the material of modern media, the paper reflects on and analyzes the possibility of nominal categories to be used as a means of pejorative evaluation and, consequently, as conflictogens.
| Section | LANGUAGE AND CULTURE |
| DOI: | 10.47388/2072-3490/lunn2022-60-4-63-74 |
| Downloads | 245 |
| Key words | communication; verbal conflict; grammatical categories; lexico-grammatical classes; morphological forms |
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