Semantic diffusion: a linguo-synergetic study of cinematic discourse

the synergistic nature of the cinematic text study, namely the convergence of linguistic-stylistic and interdisciplinary aspects, contributes to a comprehensive and more detailed examination of discourse as an open dynamic system. Concepts borrowed from the exact sciences do not contradict linguistic specificity; they rather introduce substantial preciseness in the description and interpretation of the phenomena under consideration. This factor gains particular importance in the understanding and analysis of the studied topic – semantic diffusion and its cognitive-pragmatic significance. Diffuseness, that is, the vagueness of speech-thought activity is a property inherent to natural communication. The realization of diffuseness in the characters' statements conveys explicitly unmanifested essential meanings and modalities. The inevitable presence of diffusing lingua-stylistic structures and elements in dialogue necessitates their identification and situational-contextual interpretation. Verbalizing the phenomenon of semantic diffusion by adequate translational means contributes to achieving an equivalent film text perception in the language of the receiving culture.

diffuseness, dissipation, idiom, binomial, emergent, linguistic-stylistic means