UNITS OF THE SEMANTIC FIELD “JOY” AS DOMINANTS OF A LITERARY WORK

Abstract

This article examines units of a semantic field “joy” as dominants of a literary text. The relevance of study is due to the fact that the emotional mood of each person directly affects the degree of disclosure of his personal potential. And it is the feeling of joy that is the opportunity to fully realize human potential. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the article for the first time provides a complete analysis of 1,153 linguistic units associated with the field “joy” both from a semantic and functional point of view, and from the emotional position of the author of the work. The purpose of the article is to study the semantic field of the word “joy” and determine the relationship of this semantic field with the dominants of the literary text by author K. Antarova “Two Lives.” At the same time, it is worth noting that the very definitions for the concept of the word “joy” in different explanatory dictionaries are interpreted in different ways, which creates a number of difficulties in studying the units of the lexico-semantic field of the given word, including also the units of its semantic field. In addition, it is pointed out that the units of the semantic field «joy» are often the dominants of the literary text, which also determines the task of the study. The practical and theoretical significance of this research consist in the fact that the analyses carried out can be useful in the methodological development and preparation of a lecture on the linguistics of a literary text, as well as in improving students’ perception of subtle differences in emotional vocabulary in a literary tex.