THEORETICAL VIEWS ON CLIMAX AND ANTICLIMAX IN LINGUISTICS
Keywords:
climax, anticlimax, stylistic figure, speech, expressiveness, stylistics, pragmatics, discourse, speech strategy, rhetoric.Abstract
This thesis analyzes theoretical views on the phenomena of climax and anticlimax in linguistics. Climax is studied as a stylistic figure expressing the gradual increase in semantic, logical and emotional aspects of speech units, while anticlimax, on the contrary, is analyzed as a means of ensuring the stylistic effectiveness of speech through the decline of thought. The study sheds light on the stylistic, pragmatic and discursive features of climax and anticlimax on a scientific basis.
The study studies the phenomena of climax and anticlimax on the basis of scientific views ranging from ancient rhetorical theories to modern linguistics. In particular, the theoretical views of such scholars as Aristotle, Quintilian, I. R. Galperin, Irina Arnold and David Crystal on these stylistic devices are analyzed. Also, the role of climax and anticlimax in increasing the effectiveness of speech and the features of their use in artistic, journalistic and scientific texts are determined.
The study highlights the logical, emotional, syntactic and discursive types of climax and anticlimax on the basis of examples, and reveals their functional possibilities in speech. Also, the importance of these stylistic devices in serving the communicative purpose, increasing the drama of speech, and influencing the listener is analyzed on a scientific basis.
The results of this study are of significant theoretical and practical importance in conducting scientific research in the areas of stylistics, pragmalinguistics, discourse analysis, and speech culture.
