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COMPOUNDING AND ITS ROLE IN OFFICIAL-DOCUMENTARY TEXTS IN SWEDISH
- Authors: Matytsina I.V.1
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Issue: No 12(893) (2024)
- Pages: 40-46
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2542-2197/article/view/291713
- ID: 291713
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Abstract
The aim of the research is to determine the role of compound words in official-documentary texts by analysing utterances that contain them. The study material was obtained through systematic sampling from a Swedish language corpus and international legal documents, using a descriptive method as well as methods of structural and semantic analysis and contextual analysis. The findings indicate that the use of compound words reinforces the nominal character of official-documentary texts, increases their complexity index, and enhances the compression, compactness and static nature of the statements. Compound words are a crucial resource and a distinctive feature of formal language.
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Irina Vitalyevna Matytsina
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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Email: imatits@gmail.com
PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the German and Celtic philology chair Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
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