CODIFICATION OF THE WENTY STYLE («文体») IN CHINESE LINGUISTIC IDEOLOGY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32782/2410-0927-2022-16-14

Keywords:

text forms, classification, stylistics, style, codification, standardization of language

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the processes of codification of the “wenti” style in the ancient Chinese languages Wenyan and Baihua. Methodologically important for the study is the consideration of the forms of the “wenti” style and the analysis of the concepts of its codification, the manifestation of an authentic system of means of this style. The author analyzes the processes of succession, ideological and educational functions of the Chinese philological tradition, which were the main factor in the introduction of codification of styles. and, on the other hand, depended on the already formed ideological, educational, ethical and aesthetic aspects. The use of styles is based on certain forms of text. Analyze and consider the basic concepts of codification of styles, formed by the traditional worldview of the Chinese people. In ancient Chinese linguistics, at least four terms of style are defined. The purpose of this scientific research is to study the codification of styles as forms of traditional texts of the language of wreaths and the processes of stylistic codification of ancient China. The aim of the work is achieved through the review of the literature, which is the carrier of codification of styles, the study of the history of the development of features of text styles in Wenyan and Baihua and the analysis of their structural features. All forms of literary text that were part of the group “wenti” were known from the first works on stylistic codification, continued to exist over the centuries and were noted in outstanding works on the stylistics of the Qing dynasty, which testifies to the traditional and hereditary philological tradition codification of forms of artistic text. The history of stylistic codification provides important material for understanding the linguistic phenomena of the Chinese language, which provides an impetus for further research into the phenomena of Chinese stylistic codification.

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Published

2022-07-21

How to Cite

КОСТАНДА, І. (2022). CODIFICATION OF THE WENTY STYLE («文体») IN CHINESE LINGUISTIC IDEOLOGY. Current Issues of Foreign Philology, (16), 91–98. https://doi.org/10.32782/2410-0927-2022-16-14