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Language and Text
2022. Vol. 9, no. 2, 36–41
doi:10.17759/langt.2022090204
ISSN: 2312-2757 (online)

Dysphemisms in English Literature of the XX Century. Modernist Tendency

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F.V. Varfolomeev, I.V. Zenkevich

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Abstract

The following work is devoted to the study of dysphemisms in the modernist English literature of the XX century. The article examines some particular features of these means of language expression based on a specific literary material. The research is based on a selection of examples from sources, their contextual analysis, and the identification of dysphemisms. The provided information allows avoiding awkward situations during intercultural communication with native English speakers, translations and language learning, as well as familiarization with English literature to a certain extent.

General Information

Keywords: activity-related experience, quality of motivation, self-determination theory, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, academic motivation.

Journal rubric: World Literature. Textology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2022090204

Received: 06.06.2022

Accepted:

For citation: Varfolomeev F.V., Zenkevich I.V. Dysphemisms in English Literature of the XX Century. Modernist Tendency [Elektronnyi resurs]. Âzyk i tekst = Language and Text, 2022. Vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 36–41. DOI: 10.17759/langt.2022090204. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Fedor V. Varfolomeev, PhD student, Institute of Foreign Languages, Modern Communications and Management, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (MSUPE), Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4808-7921, e-mail: fvarfolomeev756@gmail.com

Irina V. Zenkevich, senior lecturer of the Department of Linguodidactics and Intercultural Communication, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (MSUPE), Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3733-9388, e-mail: zenkevichiv@mgppu.ru

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