Male epistolary discourse: pragmatic perspective

Ummary. The article investigates the pragmatic peculiarities of the male epistolary he article investigates the pragmatic peculiarities of the male epistolary discourse, love correspondence in particular. Thanks to the applying of the speech acts’ theory iscourse, love correspondence in particular. Thanks to the applying of the speech acts’ theory the gamut of communicative relations a male addresser and a female addressee have is de- he gamut of communicative relations a male addresser and a female addressee have is de- scribed. The suggested interpretations of the illocutionary goals of the male-senders can be of cribed. The suggested interpretations of the illocutionary goals of the male-senders can be of special interest. Being one of the most linguistically subjective type of the discourses the epis- pecial interest. Being one of the most linguistically subjective type of the discourses the epistolary one presents the whole range of means for the objectivation of love. The epistolary dis- olary one presents the whole range of means for the objectivation of love. The epistolary discourse is a product of speech inevitably undergoing some national and time epistolary tradition, ourse is a product of speech inevitably undergoing some national and time epistolary tradition, that has a written form and is performing all the variety of the cognitive and communicative hat has a written form and is performing all the variety of the cognitive and communicative functions. In the intimate correspondence real subjective feelings and emotions are of ultimate unctions. In the intimate correspondence real subjective feelings and emotions are of ultimate tense& The communicants involved in it disclose their psychological state and do feel sure that ense& The communicants involved in it disclose their psychological state and do feel sure that the verbalization of their emotions is going within the set of limits that are made by the com- he verbalization of their emotions is going within the set of limits that are made by the communicative triangle (the addresser ? the topic ? the addressee) can’t be violated by any other unicative triangle (the addresser ? the topic ? the addressee) can’t be violated by any other participant. The males can either resort to the much spread ?narrative? form for releasing their articipant. The males can either resort to the much spread ?narrative? form for releasing their emotions, or refer to the recollection of the past. For the verbalization of all these they use such motions, or refer to the recollection of the past. For the verbalization of all these they use such stylistic emotive means as epithets with the strong emotive supply, metaphors, antitheses and tylistic emotive means as epithets with the strong emotive supply, metaphors, antitheses and hyperboles. What concerns the syntax of their epistolary discourse we are pinpoint predomi- yperboles. What concerns the syntax of their epistolary discourse we are pinpoint predomi- nance of complex and compound sentences over the extended simple ones, there are also the ex- ance of complex and compound sentences over the extended simple ones, there are also the examples of anaphoras, detachments, rhetorical questions and inversions