EXPRESSIVE-FIGURATIVE DESCRIPTIVE PREDICATES: ATYPICAL CASES

Abstract

The article studies atypical cases of expressive-figurative descriptive predicates (hereinafter, expressive-figurative DP) in sentences. Some varieties of atypical cases of expressive-figurative DP and their features are shown. Analyzing occasional author’s expressive-figurative DP, the researcher describes the dynamic process of constructing the semantics of expressive-figurative DP using the theory of conceptual integration and show the true intention of the writer or speaker. As a result of the research, the following conclusions are obtained: atypical expressive-figurative DP is often used in literary texts, they are characterized by individuality, expressiveness, figurativeness and irregularity, they reflect the author’s idiostyle. To illustrate this statement, the researcher uses materials taken from the national corpus of the Russian language. The following methods are used in the work: descriptive method, method of component analysis and contextual analysis.