No. 66 (2017): Southern Archive (philological sciences)
Romanic, Germanic and Oriental languages

EXPRESSIVE AND STYLISTIC POSSIBILITIES OF PRONOUNS IN THE ORATORICAL DISCOURSE TEXTS OF ANCIENT GREECE

М. PRYSHLYAK

Published 2017-02-27

Keywords

  • pronouns,
  • stylistic features,
  • expressiveness,
  • political speeches,
  • oratorical discourse

Abstract

The article deals with the analysis of pronouns that operate in the texts of oratorical discourse of Ancient Greece (based on the material of political speeches of Demosthenes). The article reviews the frequency of usage of different types of pronouns. Special attention is paid to the features and usage of demonstrative, personal, indefinite and interrogative pronouns. It is determined that the pronouns in oratorical discourse are the original source of expression