NOMINATIVE CHAINS IN THE NOVEL THE TERRACOTTA OLD WOMAN BY E. S. CHIZHOVA
NOMINATIVE CHAINS IN THE NOVEL THE TERRACOTTA OLD WOMAN BY E. S. CHIZHOVA

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with nominative chains in the novel «The Terracotta old woman» by E. S. Chizhova in order to identify thematic groups of chains and their connection to problems of the work and the position of the author. The relevance of the study is conditioned by expansion of functions of nominative chains in the literary text. Using the method of continuous sampling, 240 chains were extracted from the text of the novel. The chains belonging to following thematic groups were analyzed: clothing, food, premises, the appearance of a person, historical events, literature. These thematic groups characterize a person and main spheres of his/her life: physical sphere (where he/she lives and works, how he/she dresses, what he/she eats) and intellectual sphere (his/her attitude to the recent past of the country and the current state of society, the range of his/her reading as an indicator of cultural level), as well as his/her appearance. Nominatives that form chains are analyzed taking into account their stylistic coloring and evaluative connotations manifested in the context. Particular attention is paid to functioning of nominatives in contexts with stylistically marked vocabulary and in contexts where nominatives acquire estimative connotations. It is concluded that nominative chains in the novel by E. S. Chizhova help to convey an author’s view of the position of an intellectual in the post-Soviet society. Obtained results broaden the notion of expressive possibilities of nominative chains in contemporary literary text.Keywords: nominative chain, estimated values, connotation, context

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