Interaction Of Segmental And Suprasegmental Means In Realizing The English Folk Text Pragmatic Orientation

Abstract.

INTERACTION OF SEGMENTAL AND SUPRASEGMENTAL MEANS IN REALIZING THE ENGLISH FOLK TEXT PRAGMATIC ORIENTATION

Larysa Taranenko

Department of Theory, Practice and Translation of English, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic institute”, Ukraine

Abstract

Background: The paper is a study of the interplay of segmental and suprasegmental means of the folk text organization that serves the realization of the text pragmatic orientation as well as pro­ducing the suggestive subliminal stimuli on the recipient.

Purpose: The objectives of the research is to trace the correlation between the text pragmatic loading, its intonation organization and sound symbolic features of the text segmental units able to communicate a subliminal message to the text recipient.

Results: As a result of the auditory analysis of fairy tales, riddles, fables, and parables the author makes a conclusion that concentration of certain identical sounds and sound clusters in them highlighted by falling kinetic tones of an upward-downward configuration, directly correlates with the text pragmatic orientation, namely: praising and encouraging virtues (a positive idea) or blaming and ridiculing faults (a negative idea).

Discussion: Since folklore texts are not characterized by the variety of lexical-grammatical and stylistic means, their suggestive subliminal potential is realized by certain prosodic and sound symbolic patterns, aimed at activating cognitive processes in the recipient’s psyche.

Key words: small form folk texts, sound symbolism, prosodic means, pragmatic orientation, suggestive subliminal effect.

Vitae

Larysa Taranenko is Doctor of Philology, Professor, Acting Head of the Department of Theory, Practice and Translation of English, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic institute”. The scope of scientific interests includes pragmatic and cognitive studies, into­nology, sound symbolism, speech energetics.

Correspondence: larysataranenko@gmail.com.

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