Open AccessThe usage functions of synonyms in different types of text
Author(s) -
Vadim A. Belov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neofilologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-5868
pISSN - 2587-6953
DOI - 10.20310/2587-6953-2019-5-19-265-274
Subject(s) - computer science , natural language processing , repetition (rhetorical device) , narrative , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , linguistics , substitution (logic) , word (group theory) , artificial intelligence , information retrieval , mathematics , philosophy , statistics , programming language
The purpose of this study is to characterize semantic features of synonyms usage in different types of text. We prove the hypothesis that synonymy differently implements semantic features in various types and genres of text. Our study is based on the text of the novel by A. Bely “Petersburg” and publications of various genres presented in mass media and in the Russian National Corpus. Results of the study show that the synonyms usage in the artistic text correlates with the peculiarities of the narrative and substantial organization of the text and forms the expressive, ideological content of the text. Synonyms in such texts create connectivity and semantic integrity of the text. Publicistic texts characterized by the predominance of substitution function connected with the development of text coherence. However, in certain publicistic genres, synonyms usage is capable of creating complex evaluative content of the text. In the scientific and official speech genres synonyms usage is limited, and the main method of coherence is the repetition of the same word...