Neutralisation as a derivational mechanism of the dialogical text genesis

This study gives grounds to the fact that genesis of the dialogical text is mediated by neutralization of the derivational nature. Neutralization refers to the process of convergence of dialogical texts of a certain structural organization method. Neutralization of dialogical texts is performed by means of addressing a derivational option of a dialogical text to a set of derivational options and their alignment according to the terms of the recipient's image. It is attributed to the change of the derivational step, generation of a new communication concept by the native speaker which is embodied in derivational options arising from the divergence of the "new" base text. The phenomenon of neutralization of dia-logical texts proves the existence of dialogical texts as independent units performing a distinctive (reference) function, on the one hand, and as a suppositive base of syntagmatic relations within the language system, on the other hand. It is shown that dialogic texts neutralization mechanism is diverse; it is due to the asymmetric dualism property of the linguistic sign. If dialogical texts produced by different models (concord model, adjunction model, models of contrast with respect to the original text for all of them) are neutralised, the resulting dialogical text is created by the adjunction model. If dialogical texts are exposed to the same type of neutralization (texts produced by the same model), the dialogical text is created by the concord model or by the contrast model. Dialogical texts created by the contrast model can be neutralized in a dialogical text created by concord or contrast models; dialogical texts created by the concord model can be neutralized in a dialogical text created by contrast or concord models (the latter embodiment of the neutralizing mechanism is not present in the test material). Features of the dialogical text genesis as a result of actualization of the derivational mechanism of neutralization is exemplified by 202 dialogical texts taken from the web-site http://news.ngs.ru/more/1253828/. The texts are united by the common macro-topic "Underground Crosswalks: Hoodlums instead of Flower Vendors". The text of the news article "Underground Crosswalks: Hoodlums instead of Flower Vendors" is taken as the base text, while the dialogical texts that comment it are interpreted as its derivational options. Herewith, the study qualifies each derivational option of the text both as an independent dialogical text (target text) generated on the basis of the base text and as a [derivative] option of the dialogical base text at the same time.

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