Occasional phraseology in «Mesopotamia» by Sergii Zhadan

Abstract

The article analyzes the phraseologisms in S. Zhadan’ «Mesopotamia» with the individual author attributes as unique modifications of set expressions. It is proved that artistic discourse of S. Zhadan combines conceptual, verbal and pragmatic component. The first component covers the artistic consciousness of the writer. The second is a verbal reproduction of reality. The third is a meaningful impact of addressee of literary text on a reader. Based on emboding the author’s speech strategies and implemented tactics, this provides various linguistic-stylistic means. Occasional phrasemicon is marked by active options of specific set expressions and the use of modifiers and forms of transformation in Zhadan’s work. Methods of phraseology reconstruction are non-unique. The most common ones are reduction or expansion component composition, partial or complete change of components, contamination of well-known phraseological units. For clear description of characters’ psychological state the writer uses literary and colloquial phrases and expressions in his works. Zhadan’s idiodiscourse reflects the author’s creative interpretation of the world by means of appropriate language and speech tools. Zhadan uses occasional phraseological units and set expressions in order to refine and enhance expressions. The writer uses the whole citations, which can be found in the media, as certain laws, the laws of life. The speech of characters is often based on colloquial word combinations and slang origin units.

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Iryna Yaroslavivna Hlukhovtseva

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Iryna Yaroslavivna Hlukhovtseva (2017). Occasional phraseology in «Mesopotamia» by Sergii Zhadan. Мова і міжкультурна комунікація, 1(), 167-177. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-286196