LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF BURNOUT SYNDROME

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of verbalization of emotional burnout syndrome that is understood as a personal way of psychological defense by means of intensity reduction of emotional reactions to psychotraumatic stimuli. The analysis of linguistic markers of emotional burnout is carried out on the linguistic material created by a person with a confirmed diagnosis of emotional burnout syndrome. The research is carried out on the basis of lexico-semantic, quantitative and descriptive methods as well as the method of linguistic interpretation. The lexical (nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs) and stylistic (metaphors, epithets) means of actualization of emotional burnout syndrome presence were revealed. It was found that verbal markers contribute to the expression of a number of emotional reactions, such as emotional attitude, state, influence and characterization. The most frequent are lexemes with the meaning of emotional state.