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N. V. Kormilina, N. Yu. Shugaeva LINGUISTIC MEANS OF IMPLEMENTING LANGUAGE GAME IN ROALD DAHL’S LITERARY FAIRY TALES // I. YAKOVLEV CHUVASH STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN. 2026. № 1(130). p. 95-104
Author(s):
N. V. Kormilina, N. Yu. Shugaeva
Index of UDK:
811.111'37:82-343Р.Даль
Index of DOI:
10.37972/chgpu.2026.130.1.012
Name of article:
LINGUISTIC MEANS OF IMPLEMENTING LANGUAGE GAME IN ROALD DAHL’S LITERARY FAIRY TALES
Keywords:
genre, puns, modern literary fairy tale, idioms, language game
Abstracts:
This article is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of language game in modern British literary fairy tales. The study is based on the fairy tales of Roald Dahl, one of the most famous British writers. The article provides a definition of language game and examines the linguistic means and techniques used by R. Dahl in his literary fairy tales to create a playful atmosphere and engage the reader’s attention.
The relevance of the study is due to the fact that language play facilitates the establishment of contact between the author and the reader, helps the author direct the reader’s attention to important aspects of the text and involve him in the world of the fairy-tale description created by the writer. Modern English-language literary fairy tales represent a unique object of linguistic, stylistic, and genre research, combining traditional folklore elements with innovative techniques.
The material of the study was British literary fairy tales by R. Dahl. The following methods were used in the study: continuous sampling, contextual analysis, linguostylistic analysis, and interpretative analysis.
The results of the study indicate that the language game is multifunctional in R. Dahl's fairy tales and is implemented using the means of all levels of language. The language game or “text game” is one of the most significant means of creating a fabulous text, while lexical means play a dominant role, which is reflected in the specific use of phraseological units, polysemantic words, puns, and author’s occasionalisms.
The contact details of authors:
Kormilina, Natalia Vladimirovna – Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, I. Yakovlev CHSPU, Cheboksary, Russia, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7560-7531, kormilina@yandex.ru
Shugaeva, Natalya Yuryevna – Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of English Philology and Translation, I. Yakovlev CHSPU, Cheboksary, Russia, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4613-9158, nat-shugaeva@yandex.ru
