LEXICO-STYLISTIC MEANS OF VERBALIZATION OF CONCEPT MORALITY IN THE TEXTS OF MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND TALK-SHOWS

Abstract

In the article the lexico-stylistic means of verbalization of concept MORALITY in the English language have been analyzed. The author systematized knowledge about lexico-stylistic means and their functions in the text. The comparison of lexico-stylistic means, verbalizing the concept MORALITY has been conducted based on the analysis of the texts of modern American literature and talk-show. The concept MORALITY is represented in the structure of literary texts and talk-shows that evidences about wide usage of the moral-ethical themes raised for description or discussion in them. The concept MORALITY represents the views of people about morale and ethics of behaviour of people as an individual and social objects. In the language the concept MORALITY is verbalized by means of lexico-stylistic devices, which accomplish the important functions of expressiveness and figurativeness creation in the text in order to render the author’s communicative intent and make his ideas understandable for readers or public. The analysis shows that the lexical means of verbalization of the concept MORALITY are common for the literary texts and talk-shows. They are represented by the lexical units with the direct nominative meaning of ethics and morale as a component of human behaviour. These lexical units include nouns (kindness, goodness); adjective (good, shy, open). The analysis of verbalization of the concept MORALITY evidences that the associative layer of the concept is differently represented in the literary texts and talk-shows. In particular, on the lexical level the communicants use different means of expression of this concept. Stylistically, the concept is verbalized similarly be means of using metaphors, similes, and phraseological units.