The corpus research of the semantics of the verb in the structure of stage directions of a dramatic text (based on the material of A. Chekhov’s play “The Cherry Orchard” and its English-language translation version)

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Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2024. Volume 9. No. 4. pp. 8-15.

Authors

Morozkina E. A.
Ufa University of Science and Technology
32 Zaki Validi st., 450076 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
Vorobyev V. V.
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
6 Miklukho-Maklay st., 117198 Moscow, Russia
Kornilova A. D.*
Ufa University of Science and Technology
32 Zaki Validi st., 450076 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of representation of the Russian verb’s semantic characteristics in the structure of stage directions of A. Chekhov’s play “The Cherry Orchard” and in its English-language translation version based on statistical methods of corpus linguistics. Verbs are an important element of a dramatic text and serve as one of the means to express dynamics/static and emotional effect in the stage directions’ structure. The authors conclude that in the translation C. Garnett selects English lexemes equivalent in meaning to Russian verbs, which, in turn, contributes to the correct interpretation of Chekhov’s stage directions.

Keywords

  • semantics
  • verb
  • stage direction
  • dramatic text
  • A. Chekhov
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