LEXICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE EMOTION OF FEAR IN THE WORKS BY IVAN FRANKO

Abstract

The modern direction in linguistics is the linguistics of emotions.  The special scientific interest of researchers in this field is aimed at clarifying the peculiarities of the linguistic reflection of emotions in artistic discourse.  The purpose of the article was to study the lexical means of representation of the emotion of fear in the works by Ivan Franko, to identify the individual specifics of the author's image of this emotion, as well as to trace the common features of its fixation.

On the basis of our study it was concluded that the writer's works present a multilevel lexical verbalization of the emotion of fear, which is objectified by direct nominations expressed by nouns (fear, horror, fright, panic), which may differ in shades of meaning, as well as verbs (to be frightened, to be afraid), adjectives (frightened, intimidated) and adverbs (frightened, scary). In addition to the common vocabulary, the author widely uses dialectal lexemes.

The explication of the emotion of fear occurs through the depiction of emotional reactions that cause changes in the physiological and mental state of the characters. The combination of lexemes denoting fear with the verbs “oppressed”, “confused”, ”compressed”, comparison with disease, the use of the associative connection “fear – death” reflect the destructive effect of fear on the physical and mental state of a man.

In depicting the emotion of fear, I. Franko repeatedly describes attempts to master the emotion and control emotional reactions, to reflect the depth and intensity of the experience of emotion.  Adverbs, forms of degrees of comparison, amplifying particles, adjectives-epithets play the role of language markers of intensity.