FUNCTIONAL AND SEMANTIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PARONYMIC ATTRACTION

Authors

  • Varvara A. Chaplik Lomonosov Moscow State University

Abstract

DOI 10.18522/1995-0640-2021-4-10-22

This article analyses the phenomenon of paronomasia in modern French and describes the typology of paronymic constructions. The phenomenon of paronymic attraction is defined as a special lexical phenomenon of intentional convergence of similar lexical units to create a game of meanings, a special expressive effect. The study describes the typology of paronymic formations, specifies and describes the main characteristics of paronomasia, studies and determines its status and differences from folk etymology, which are primarily reduced to the function performed by this type of units. The lexical material of the proposed study consists of data from the French dictionaries of occasionalisms, as well as examples from various literature and Internet sources. This article focuses on the definition of paronymic attraction and its main features and characteristics in an attempt to define the status of the paronomasia as well as its distinctions from the phenomena mentioned above (false etymology and paronyms).

Key words: paronymic attraction; paronymy; paronomasia; folk etymology; lexical interference: sign: constructive typology

Author Biography

Varvara A. Chaplik, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Postgraduate Student of the French Department, Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Tutor, Visiting Scholar, School of Foreign Languages; Department of French Language, National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Published

2021-12-25

How to Cite

Chaplik В. А. . (2021). FUNCTIONAL AND SEMANTIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PARONYMIC ATTRACTION. Proceedings of Southern Federal University. Philology, 25(4), 10–22. Retrieved from https://philol-journal.sfedu.ru/index.php/sfuphilol/article/view/1666

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 4 (2021)

Section

LINGUISTICS

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