Trends in the development of the language of the genre of literary criticism (19-21th centuries)

Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2017. Volume 2. No. 2. pp. 275-278.

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The study of the evolution of language and literary-critical articles leads to the conclusion that the texts of the 19th century have striking features of literary language of that period: active use of tropes, outdated speech, staroslavyanizmy detailed syntax, rhetorical questions and interrogative sentences. Modern literary-critical articles demonstrate a General downward trend in book style and mixing styles. They use short sentences, the excellences of the neologisms and colloquial expressions.