LINGUISTIC MEANS OF EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION IN 20TH-CENTURY ENGLISH NOVELS: A LINGUOSTYLISTIC ANALYSIS
Keywords:
emotional expression, literary discourse;, stylistics; syntax, metaphor, 20th-century English novels;Abstract
Emotional expression constitutes a fundamental component of literary discourse, serving both as a means of character development and as a mechanism for constructing narrative meaning. This study examines the linguistic means through which emotions are represented in twentieth-century English novels, focusing on lexical, syntactic, and stylistic levels of language organization. Drawing on linguostylistic and cognitive linguistic frameworks, the research analyzes how emotional meaning emerges from the interaction of vocabulary, grammatical structures, and figurative language. The findings demonstrate that emotional expression in literary texts is not confined to explicit lexical markers but is constructed through a combination of metaphor, syntactic variation, and contextual interpretation. Modernist narrative techniques further intensify the complexity of emotional representation by relying on implicit and psychologically nuanced linguistic strategies. The study contributes to the understanding of emotional discourse in literature and highlights the importance of multi-level linguistic analysis in interpreting fictional texts.
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