Language means of fantastic worldbuilding (a case study of the novel “Mnogorukiy bog dalayna” by S. Loginov)

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Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2019. Volume 4. No. 2. pp. 220-225.

Authors

Lozhkina D. D.*
Bashkir State University
32 Zaki Validi Street, 450076 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia

Abstract

The study is devoted to language means of fantastic worldbuilding in the novel “Mnogorukiy bog dalayna” written by S. Loginov. The special attention is paid to culture-specific elements, their functioning as basic units of worldbuilding and organization in the text, and also influence of the system of these elements onto perception of the text by a reader. Analysis shows the complex process of the formation of the artificial system of fantastic culture-specific elements and their conceptualization.

Keywords

  • neologisms
  • fantastic premise
  • realization of culture-specific elements
  • acquisition of connotations
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