Записки з романо-германської філології (Sep 2020)
DISCOURSE REALIZATION OF METONYMIC / METAPHTONYMIC CONCEPTUALIZATION OF FILM CRITICISM OBJECTS IN THE BRITISH FILM REVIEW
Abstract
The article concentrates on the characteristic features of the discursive realization of the metonymic / metaphtonymic conceptualization of film criticism objects in the British film review. There are certain reasons why a speaker violates logical and grammatical rules by resorting to metonymic transferences, while the same tasks can, theoretically, be realized using standard language schemes, and, in film reviews, this is caused by the presence of different modes or semiotic codes that create certain additional meanings and semantic associations created by tropes. The relevance of the chosen topic is justified by the need to analyze language units in different types of discourse, in particular, the film criticism objects reflected in the texts of film reviews through the use of metonymic models. The methodological basis of the study includes the method of continuous sampling, descriptive method, methods of contextual, discursive, interpretive-textual and stylistic analysis as well as conceptual analysis. The study presents the concepts of metonymy and metaphtonymy; it has been determined that the conceptualization of the film criticism objects in the British film review can be both metonymic and metaphtonymic. The study reveals that the main film criticism objects verbalized by metonymy / metaphtonymy in the British film review are represented by the domains STYLE / GENRE OF THE FILM, FORM / CONTENT OF THE FILM, FILM SCORE and ACTORS. In such metonymies / metaphtonymies, a real connection between the vehicle and the target can be actually absent but their associative closeness remains. These metonymies / metaphtonymies are characterized by a pronounced discursive nature which leads to the fact that they cannot be completely understood by those who are not proficient in the field of cinema.
Keywords
