LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF SPEECHES OF HISTORICAL PERSONS OF THE WORK OF T. LIVIYA "HISTORY" (ON THE MATERIAL OF SPEECHES OF THE FIRST DECADE OF THE WORK)
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https://doi.org/10.24144/2617-3921.2020.18.178-186Keywords:
rhetoric, stylistic features, ancient Rome, Titus Livy, his work «History» (speeches of the work), linguistic features of speechesAbstract
The article is devoted to the study of the linguistic side of speeches style of historical figures from T. Livy’s «History». In research circles there exist contradictory thoughts concerning the language specificity of «History» author. Some tend to consider the language of speech to be classical, whereas the others include Livy in “silver” epoch. We have put the aim to study certain aspects of language and style of the first decade «History» speeches, namely their linguistic side – speeches’ linguistic peculiarities. Complex research of this problem is absent in scientific literature.The study demonstrates that the language of speech is also a significant factor in argumentation. As a result of analysis performed, archaisms of speech are divided into material and stylistic ones, the former being much more prevalent. In the speeches, we find elements of vulgar Latin, neotericism, not peculiar to classical Latin. It is likely that the author, while describing the events of antiquity, deliberately introduces the poetisation of language. Frequent syncopated and non-assimilated forms become the peculiarity of the language used. There is a small number of underused and archaic words found in the vocabulary of the «History» author, so the language of his speeches meets the four basic requirements of Cicero: correctness, clarity, relevance, pomp. Despite its purity and correctness, the language of speech due to poetry, frequent diversion from the classical norm, is more correct to be considered the language of transition, which marks the transition to «silver Latin».
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