LANGUAGE PERSONALITY OF A CHARACTER IN THE STORY “IN THE TOWER” BY V. BRYUSOV

Abstract

The article examines ways of creating the linguistic personality of a character in the story “In the Tower” by V. Bryusov. It is noted that the defining characteristic of the linguistic personality of a character, on whose behalf the story is narrated, is the idea of a double world. The authors focus on the characteristics of the character’s perception of the world, which has a conceptual structure, and his mental activity. According to the authors, the linguistic analysis of the hero’s linguistic personality makes it possible to reveal the complex of characteristics that make up her pragmaticon and define the thesaurus as a set of keywords that acquire categorical meaning in the text. Analyzing the means of lexical representation of the designated components, the authors analyze the features of the functioning of conceptual lexemes, in particular the lexeme “sleep”, which are significant for building an individual picture of the character’s world, bearing the imprint of a particular historical era.