FUNCTIONAL AND STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF A WORD LORD IN THE EARLY ESSAYS BY LESKOV

Abstract

The author of this paper conducts a stylistic and semantic research of a word lord in the early journalistic works by Leskov and gives a comparison of examples from the early essays with revealing actual semes of the word with their functional role. Also, the author demonstrates various stylistic devices used by Leskov. Much attention is paid to the contextual aspect of the word meaning in consideration of the author’s style.