Lexical and semantic characteristics of “Memoirs about the Last Carlist war” by M. Vayreda
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-712X-2023-3-153-162
Abstract
Aim. To analyze the lexical characteristics of “Memoirs about the Last Carlist War” by the Catalan writer Marian Vayreda.
Methodology. The method of contextual lexical and semantic analysis was used in the work. Dialectisms, lexical interferences from Spanish, and sociolectisms are studied in the article. The meaning and area of the analyzed lexical units were specified according to the “Large Dictionary of the Catalan language” and the “Catalan-Valencian-Balearic Dialect Dictionary”.
Results. The analyzed text contains lexemes, the use of which is characteristic for the author's native North Catalan subdialect. In addition, the book contains lexical units that are absent in North Catalan, but can be found in other diatopic language varieties. The dialectisms used by the author function as stylistic devices. The article analyzes the lexical interferences from Spanish present in the text, which are divided into italicized foreign language inclusions and Spanish interferences in Catalan. The Spanish language is used by M. Vayreda to create a verbal portrait of negative characters, as well as to characterize certain concepts that the author considers alien to Catalonia and its culture. The lexical units related to the sociolect of the Catalan Carlists are considered. Some features of the political discourse of the Carlists are noted.
Research implications. The study is a continuation of a number of publications dedicated to M. Vayreda's books and the first study that comprehensively analyzes the lexical features of “Memoirs of the Last Carlist War”. The article can serve as a starting point for further research on the history of the Catalan language and on the language of Spanish Carlism.
About the Author
A. Tereshchuk
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrei A. Tereshchuk – PhD, Assoc. Prof., Department of Romance Philology, Institute of Foreign Languages
naberezhnaya reki Moyki 48, Saint-Petersburg 191186
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