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ЯЗЫКОВАЯ И РЕЧЕВАЯ СЕМАНТИКА В ИДИОЛЕКТЕ И СОЦИОЛЕКТЕ
THE SEMANTICS OF LANGUAGE AND SPEECH IN IDIOLECT AND SOCIOLECT

Author(s): Mikhail Lobashchuk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: language; speech; idiolect; sociolect; functional styles of language; semantics; metaphor; metonymy

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the problem of the relation between language and speech taking into account the problem of the semantics of language and speech of lexical units. This problem is overburdened by necessity of taking notice of the traditional dichotomy of idiolect and sociolect. The article revises the concepts of language, speech and speech practice, which were proposed by F. de Saussure, in accordance with contemporary anthropocentric paradigm of linguistics. The concepts of idiolect and sociolect, which are modified a little, are the key notions of the article. The proposed emphasis on the noted terms is related with an attempt to accentuate idiolect and point out the necessity of methodological approach researching the facts of language and speech on the basis of the concept of “idiolect” while sociolect is conceived just as the construct of sociocentric approach to the linguistic research in science.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 10 (15)
  • Page Range: 25-33
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian