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Cлово "LINGUISTIC"
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Часть текста: Summary This book puts into practice Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of speech genres in the study of literary texts. Bakhtin’s project was conceived not only for “metalinguistics” or speech theory, but also as an instrument for literary analysis. In the past twenty years, however, the theory of speech genres has been developed mainly in the field of linguistics, where the principal object of study is not literary language. Drawing upon the work of linguists, this Bakhtinian critical study has therefore been undertaken with the goal of “returning” speech theory to the study of literature. A new typology of speech genres is presented that seeks to unite Bakhtin’s theory with Roman Jakobson’s model of communication and the functions of language. This thesis contends that authors understand the nature of communication in different ways, a specificity that can be extended to literary movements or even to whole cultural epochs. My hypothesis has been examined in relation to Chekhov’s understanding of communication, as it is revealed in his texts, together with that of some of his predecessors in classical Russian literature ...