Phono-stylistic features of small prose by E. Canetti

Abstract

Linguistics as the science of language, its social nature and functions, the laws of its functioning, historical development includes many sections that consider various aspects of language - first of all, sounds (phonetics, phonology), words (morphology), sentences (syntax) and values (semantics). One of these sections is phono-stylistics, the task of which is to study the sound aspects of speech, the sound organization of the text, and sound effects in a work of art. The phonetic means of stylistics are the frequency of phonemes, sound repetitions, sound reproduction, and rhyme use. The study of a work of art from the point of view of phonetics plays a special role insofar as the analysis of the use of phonetic means (melody, rhythm, tempo, tone, accent, rate of speech, the use of certain sounds) in a text, sound support, stylistic meaning of the subtext helps to reveal the ideological intention of the author and to comprehend the aesthetic and emotional depth of a work. The purpose of this article is to consider the phono-stylistic, or rather rhythmic-intonational, features of Elias Canetti's short prose; for convenience, we will use the term “miniature”, “story” in this article, recognizing certain conventions within this genre modification.