SYNTACTICAL MEANS OF EXPRESSING EMOTIONS IN BERNARD MACLAVERTY’S NOVEL GRACE NOTES
Abstract
The paper presents the results of the analysis of B. McLaverty’s novel Grace Notes, in particular, those text fragments that reflect the emotions of the main character. The authors focus on the study of syntactic means of expressing the emotional state of the character.
Background. The range of emotions experienced by the heroine is shown by the writer with unique depth and with the help of a variety of expressive means. In the course of the study, it was revealed that the predominant number of language means are syntactic.
Purpose. The purpose of this work is to identify and consider the syntactic means of expressing Catherine McKenna’s emotions, as well as to analyze them.
Materials and methods. The material of the survey is found in the works of linguists on style and the category of emotiveness. When analyzing the material, the method of content analysis was used.
Results. In the course of the study, we identified and analyzed 24 examples from the text of B. McLaverty’s novel Grace Notes, that is, 24 cases of using the syntactic means of expressing the emotions of the main character. The results of the study showed that out of the total number of examples, 11 express the emotion of grief, 5 express sadness, 4 – interest, 2 syntactic means express a sense of satisfaction, 1 – a feeling of surprise.
Thanks to the identification of the syntactic means used by the author, we can trace the change in the emotional state of the main character of the novel, her recovery after the loss of a person close to her, namely the following range of emotions: grief, sadness, interest, satisfaction, surprise.
Practical implications. The study of the syntactic means of expressing emotions used in the novel can serve as a source for further work in a similar aspect by other researchers and might improve the quality of the analysis of means at all language levels.
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