SEMANTIC AND STYLISTIC FEATURES OF PHRASEOLOGIES WITH A SENSONYMIC COMPONENT IN VOLODYMYR RUTKIVSKY’S NOVEL “DZHURAS OF COSSACK SHVAIKA”

Abstract

The article investigates the semantic and stylistic features of phraseology with sensonymic component in Volodymyr Rutkivsky’s novel “Dzhuras of Cossack Shvaika”. It was found that the author actively uses phraseological units with the somatic component: eye, nose, ear, tongue, skin, saliva. The highest productivity is shown by sensonyisms eye and nose, the lowest – saliva, which is motivated by the degree of importance of different body's parts for human's organism activity. Constant combinations of words with a sensonymic code are used by the author to denote mostly negative emotional states of characters (irritation, guilt, embarrassment, numbness, indignation, fear, despair), their moods and feelings, to describe poor physical condition (lack of oxygen, dizziness, fatigue, fainting, hunger). Constant combinations of words with sensonyisms help Volodymyr Rutkivsky to outline the situation laconically and expressively. Constant combinations of words of sensonymic code express the language of work of art, becoming the basis of means of artistic imagery, in particular periphrasis, hyperbole, contrast, comic literary means. Thanks to the phraseology with the somatic code, the author describes spatial model of the world of contemporary man, with the division into close, native and foreign, hostile territory. Somatisms in the composition of phraseological units perform a characterological function, emphasizing essential feature of the hero (Hrytsyk has visionary eyes, and Kibchyk's grandfather has a sharp tongue). Constant inversions with sensonyism are also an element of the linguistic descriptions of the characters, mostly emphasizing negative traits (greed, rage, lack of empathy of Islam-bek and Kaniv old man Mr. Kobylsky, criticism of old man Kibchik).