VERBAL AND NONVERBAL CONFLICT-CAUSING MEANS IN THE TEXT OF THE PLAY «TOTALIZATOR» («TOTE») BY OLEKSANDR KUMANSKY
Journal Title: Мова - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 30
Abstract
The purpose of this article is the implementation of linguistic and pragmatic analysis of conflict-causing means used in modern Ukrainian tragicomic play «Totalizator» («Tote») by Alexander Kumansky. The object of study is verbal and nonverbal means applied in conflict episodes of the play. The subject of this study is the system of speech and extra-language means of creating an interpersonal conflict. General research methods of analysis and synthesis, descriptive and comparable methods in linguistics, the method of pragmalinguistic analysis have been applied. As a result of the analysis of 68 conflicting episodes manifested in verbal (85 % — 58 text snippets) and nonverbal (15 % — 10 text snippets) levels, such conclusions were made. O. Kumansky used both specialized and situational verbal and nonverbal conflict-causing means in tragicomic play «Totalizator» («Tote»). They demonstrate interpersonal conflicts that form the core of social value conflict between the power and the society. There are specialized verbal means: phraseological units, curses, lexemes and morphemes with negative connotations, stylistically opposed units. Situational verbal conflict-causing means function only in a specific context. Nonverbal conflict-causing means of the play are remarks on the conflict behavior of actors. Nonverbal means are coordinated in the text with verbal ones.
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Olena S. ALEKSEEVA
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- DOI 10.18524/2307-4558.2018.30.154339
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