Cognitive potential of sentences with a generalized subject in english journalistic discourse
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17308/lic.2021.4/3820Keywords:
sentences with a generalized subject, the meaning of generality, journalistic discourse, discourse pragmaticsAbstract
The article deals with the cognitive potential of sentences with a generalized subject. Such sentences are characterized by a certain number of formal markers borrowed from other grammatical categories. From the point of view of semantics, the subject of generalized sentences represents any person or object that generalizes and represents each and every member of its class in the situation of temporary non-localization. The pragmatic goal of statements with a generalized subject corresponds to the two main goals of journalistic discourse. They are to inform the readers and to influence them. The study shows the results of the analysis of the usage and pragmatic goals of sentences with a generalized subject in journalistic discourse. Sentences of this type are used to characterize all the members of a set and to make a conclusion, which helps them to inform the addressee. At the same time, sentences with a generalized subject are an efficient way of influencing the addressee by means of expressing the emotional attitude of the author and presenting a reference to authoritative sources. In this case the influence on the listener or reader is significant, since the importance of the action is emphasized by the reference to all possible addressees, and the necessity to follow everyone’s example.
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