Non sequitur: the discourse marker ‘sledovatel’no’ (therefore) in poetic and judicial discourse
... discourse-specific patterns of functional change in inferential markers operating under opposing communicative orientations: linguistic creativity in poetry and normative regulation in judicial discourse. The data comprise corpora of poetic and judicial texts. The methodology combines corpus-based discourse analysis with pragmatic and speech act theory. In poetic discourse, inferential markers may lose their function of logical inference and be reinterpreted as means of metalinguistic reflection and ...
Lexicographically undescribed words from the oldest Russian manuscript of the “Ladder” by St. John Climacus
... lexical variation. The study also identifies Byzantine parallels to Old Russian lexemes and discusses cases of lexical homonymy. Particular emphasis is placed on the importance of considering extralinguistic factors in the analysis of Old Russian texts, especially the manuscript tradition and the historical circumstances of a text’s creation.
The article demonstrates the significance of lexical analysis of early Slavic texts from different chronological periods and geographical areas ...
Metatheatricality in “La Grotte” by Jean Anouilh
... emphasizes the metatheatrical conflict, linked to self-reflection and the search for authorial identity. Another indication of metadrama is intertextuality: Anouilh references other metaplay works, explicitly and elegantly situating himself and his text within the metatheatrical tradition. The article demonstrates Anouilh’s virtuosity in using theatrical techniques to create a profound philosophical subtext that explores the nature of theater and the relationship between the author and his creation....
