Communicative-pragmatic and stylistic functions of particles in the works of Lesya Ukrainka

Abstract

In the article the complex
analysis of communicative-pragmatic and semantic-stylistic features of functioning of
phrasal particles is carried out. In Lesya Ukrainka artistic texts the particles in various
expressive variants are widely represented. The main approaches to the study of the
structure and functions of particles in modern linguistics – traditional (grammaticalsemantic), functional-semantic, communicative, functional-pragmatic and textualdiscursive – are characterized. In many works of foreign and Ukrainian linguists has
been proved: particles, as communicative-discursive words, determine the structure of
discourse. Qualification parameters and principles classification of particle in different
grammar studies are defined. The influence of particles on the formation of
communicative types of sentences for the purpose of expression or expressive
coloring – narrative, interrogative, incentive, optative, exclamatory – has been
established. The ability of the analyzed units to express affirmative and denied
modality is determined. The role of particles in the actual division of sentences as the
main means of expression a rheme or theme is established. The semantic-pragmatic
potential and stylistic functions of particles in the poetic and dramatic works of Lesya
Ukrainka are revealed. Particles most often perform indicatory, restrictive-allocative,
clarifying, amplifying, evaluating functions. Particles express in expressions semanticpragmatic functions: confidence, doubt, surprise, condemnation, reproach,
comparison, agreement / disagreement, negative or positive assessment. The
functional range of particles is determined by the location in the sentence structure –
postposition or preposition in relation to words. At actual division of sentences the
majority of the analyzed parts of a rheme allocate. Repetition of particles in one
context is a sign of individual style of Lesya Ukrainka works. The concentration of
different particles in one language fragment enhances the expressiveness, originality,
melodiousness, emotionality, rhythmicity of poetic speech.