Expressive Derivational Means in I.S. Turgenev’s Prose

Abstract

Despite lots of works on I.S. Turgenev’s style the language of his prose is not enough studied. The article deals with used in his works expressive derivational means. This article purpose is to define types and functions of derivational units in the prose by I.S. Turgenev. It is defined authorial innovations, analyzed their derivational structure and the link with the narration structure. The main attention is paid to compound adjectives and adverbs that function as epithets. These words generally name colours and characterize the exterior and inner world of characters. The morphemic repeat (root and affixal) is considered as expressive derivational means peculiar to Turgenev’s individual style. It is defined its functions and the connection with the set of images of the text. It’s marked that the repeat of words with the component polu- is used very often. The author concludes that the expressive derivational means can be considered as one of the specification of Turgenev’s individual style.