The relationship between the category of informativeness and the mechanisms of subject reference in Belarusian and English interviews

Authors

  • Irina M. Basovets Minsk State Linguistic University, 21 Zacharava Street, Minsk 220034

Keywords:

category of informativeness, switch subject reference, subject-reference density, inter-discourse knowledge transfer, information richness, authorised paraphrase of a scientifc theory, deauthorised citation

Abstract

The article examines the influence of referential mechanisms of subject nominations on the category of informativeness of Belarusian and English interviews. The determinants of information-rich texts are determined. Ways of constructing switch subject reference are established based on the contrasted opinions of specialists versus non-specialists presented in the text. The article shows how the inter-discourse knowledge transfer manifests itself in the result of the style codes mixing by means of linguistic mechanisms of authorisation and deauthorisation.

Author Biography

  • Irina M. Basovets, Minsk State Linguistic University, 21 Zacharava Street, Minsk 220034

    PhD (philology), docent; postdoctoral student at the department of general linguistics

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Published

2023-02-16

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No. 1 (2023): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philology

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Linguistics

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Basovets, I.M. 2023. The relationship between the category of informativeness and the mechanisms of subject reference in Belarusian and English interviews. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philology. 1 (Feb. 2023), 80–89. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6775-2023-1-80-89.