Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: The article investigates linguistic means of expressing one’s will in preaching discourse. The source of the study was contemporary preaching delivered by priests of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. As a result of the study, it was established that priests use various means to verbalize the intention of expressing their will. The most productive linguistic means of expressing will are directives, expressed by verb forms of the first person plural of the imperative mood. Instructions expressed in this way, clear and understandable, become a direct instruction to be followed. Forms of the first person plural are qualified as forms of joint action, because they unite both the speaker and the addressees, which eliminates the hierarchical distance and creates a positive atmosphere of unity between the preacher and the believers. Priests actively use verb forms of the second person plural imperative or pronouns of the second person plural and infinitives in the role of predicates, which gives a touch of mandatory character to the instructions. Linguistic expressions of the intention of encouragement are constructions with predicates, the structure of which includes modal words must, need, worth, important. Specific for religious discourse is the urge to action, expressed not on behalf of the speaker, but on behalf of God, Christ, the Mother of God, prominent holy religious figures. In such cases, the predicates teach, remind, call for, etc. are used. While resorting to arguments "from authority", priests also use sayings, aphorisms, which express encouragement. Preventive statements that express the speaker’s intention to prevent some actions are common in preaching discourse, in religious communication it is the prevention of various sinful acts. The speech act of expressing one’s will can also be presented in the form of a constative, the intention of expressing one's will is expressed by reminders about duties, which are actually an incentive to fulfill them.
Author: О. Zelinska
Institution: Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4308334879