Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

G. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University

Department of English Oral and Written Speech Practice

THE PECULARITIES OF TEXT GATEGORIES REALIZATION

IN THE CONTEXT OF “PRIDE AND PREJUDICE”,
A NOVEL BY JANE AUSTEN

Project paper

by Kamilla Matkovskaya

student of

Foreign Philology Faculty

Group 14 F

Scientific Adviser

Victoria Ivanivna Solyanik

Lecturer

Kharkiv-2022
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INPODUCTION………………………………………………………………………………….....3

RESEARCH OF PECULARITIES OF TEXT GATEGORIES

REALIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF “PRIDE AND PREJUDICE”, A NOVEL
BY JANE AUSTEN...........................................................................................................................4
1. The peculiarities of Continuum realization....................................................................4
2. The peculiarities of Informativiness realization……………………………………….5
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INTRODUCTION

The material of the present research is “Pride and Prejudice”, a novel by

Jane Austen. All of Austin's works are characterized by the direction of
realism. All situations in her work are connected with marriage of
convenience, with love between people from different levels of society - a
characteristic feature of that time. It was relevant then, and it is still
relevant today.
The purpose of this investigation is to examine peculiarities of four
text categories and to determine the author's writing style.
The present work is done of the aspect of Text Linguistics.
Linguistics is a science about language. Linguistics consists of four basic
levels. They are Phonetics, Lexicology, Grammar and Stylistics. Language
is means of communication and reality cognition. Language in action
creates speech. Text is result of speech activity. The linguistic discipline
that studies text is Text Linguistics. Object of Text Linguistics is text
itself. Subject of Text Linguistics is represented with text categories. They
were considered by the scientist I.R. Galperin in his work "Text as an
Object of Linguistic Research" [1].

Every text category may be realized explicitly (verbally) and implicitly

(non-verbally). Explicit realization of text categories can be in the form of
three types of context. They are description, narration and meditation. If
two or three types of context are used together this type of context is called
syncretic (mixed)
[1].
There have been revealed four text categories realized in the context of
"Pride and Prejudice", a novel by. They are Continuum, Informativeness ,
Articulation and Cohesion [1]. They are all observed in fragments
(100%) of the context.
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RESEARCH OF THE PECULIARITIES OF TEXT CATEGORIES

REALIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE"

, A NOVEL BY OSCAR WILDE

1. The peculiarities of Continuum realization

Continuum is a text category that represents time and place connection. Time and
place are the first of all philosophical categories, so Continuum is a philosophical
category. Every text deictic means of realization. They are of this text category,
Deictic means of continuum are interrogative pronouns "when" and "where" [1].

Continuum the place is mainly realized explicitly in the form of meditation ,

for example ,

I have been listening to news of them for the last 20 years.

She began to say that it was what she had expected all the time

Continuum of the place is mainly realized explicitly in the form of a description,

for example,

Sat for about ten minutes with him in the library.

In general, the author operates Continuum 103 times (46%).

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2. The peculiarities of Informativeness realization

Informativeness is a text category that provides information.

Informativeness represents new facts. In artistic text there are 2 types of
Informativeness. Plot Informativeness represents new facts in the context
plot. First of all it is information about the protagonist, other characters
and the chain of events. Cognitive Informativeness represents new facts of
general knowledge which exists out of the context [1].

Plot Informativeness is mainly represented with the protagonist of the

novel is Elizabeth Bennet, a reasonable girl who knows exactly what she
wants. Lizzie, as her father affectionately calls her, is incapable of
conforming to anyone's wishes. She is ready to go against the opinion of
the majority if she is sure that the solution proposed by them will not bring
her happiness. Despite her sound mind, she is not without a light and
cheerful disposition. .
This category is mainly realized explicitly in the form of meditation
and description , for example,
Her sister Jane had hardly slept at all, and was feverish .
In this passage Plot Informativeness is realized in the form of
meditation and represents information about of the character.
Cognetive Informativeness is represented with facts of different
spheres like Traditions, Fashion .
This category is realized explicitly in the form of narration, for
example,
Jane certainly could not come back .The rain continued the whole
evening .
In general the author operates with Informativeness 19 times (18%)
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3 . The peculiarities of Articulation realization

Articulation is a text category of context subdivision into logical parts

such as paragraphs, chapters, parts, volumes etc. Each logical part has its
quintessence and it contains main information [1].
In the researched material Articulation is realized explicitly in subdivision
of the novel context into 7 logical parts. They are chapters.
Chapter 1 is articulated from Chapter 2 . In the first chapter it is said that
the young bachelor has arrived and the mother of five daughters wants to
marry one of them. In the second chapter , parents gather their daughter to
ball. In both chapter the type of context is description .

7On the whole the author operates with Articulation 7 times (6%).