Linguopragmatic aspects of fictional texts in English and Karakalpak languages

3.3.The pragmatic intention ‘to represent the conceptual world picture’ 
In English and Karakalpak literature 
The study of the human factor in language with regards to text production and 
text perception puts forward the task of consider relationships between conceptual 
and language world pictures. The notions of conceptual and language world picture 
appear to be very important for text linguistics in general, and interpretation of a 
literary text in particular. Conceptual world picture is understood as a global image 

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of the world and its essential features reflected in individual’s mind as a result of his 
spiritual activity. Language world picture is explicated with the help of various 
language means, systematically organized and socially important model of the 
conceptual world picture. It is a means of transferring information about the world, 
people, relations [43,50]. 
It should be noted that all language means are involved in the world picture 
representation. However, the role of some verbal expressions denoting key notions 
needs to be emphasized. With regard to the conceptual world picture, it is very 
important whether the text is oriented to the material objects or spiritual life world, 
the latter, in this sense, presents much more interest. Fictional texts, as is known, 
with their aesthetic, emotional and evaluative functions aim to create an imaginary 
world reflecting the spiritual human life. In this respect the verbal expressions 
nominating the objects of spiritual world, ideal entities assume a priority role. 
According to A.A. Uphimtseva, in every language there is a special group of words 
called “nominal”. Nominal words do not denote any physical, biological or any 
other substantial entity; they are conditioned by social reality, world outlook, the 
norms of human ethics and aesthetics [48, p132]. 
Lexicon plays an important role itiivali/iiliun of the pm^mnlic in 
lent.ion in question. The story by E. Poe “The Manuscript Found in the Bottle” is a 
convincing evidence to it. The plot of the story is a fantastic narrative about the sea 
storm and shipwreck, the appearance of enormous vessel and removal to “the other 
world”. The conceptual information inferred from the verbal structure of the text can 
be described us a psychological state of a man at the moment of a disaster, the 
feelings of horror and exaltation, the tear of death and admiration for eternity. The 
pragmatic intention of this text is to exert an emotional impact on the reader and 
represent an individual author’s conceptual world picture. This story, as well as 
many others by E. Poe, reflects the author's world picture - tragedy, sufferings, 
fatality of human life. This pragmatic intention defines all the parameters of the text 
and the choice of words. 
Let’s turn to the analysis of the text. The first thing to attract attention here is a 

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high concentration of abstract nouns denoting non- material objects, and belonging 
to the nominal group of words. The use of these lexemes creates a particular 
nominative space of the text expressing the concepts of inner spiritual world 
(sensation, admiration, hopelessness, futurity, amazement). 
Another group of words is presented by adjectives and adverbs (awful, terrific, 
frightful, terrible, bitterly, hopeless, gloomily, overwhelmed, thrilling, peevish, etc). 
Adjectives and adverbs in their majority refer to the emotive and evaluative lexicon, 
the role of which in representing conceptual world picture cannot be overestimated. 
The semantic analysis of the lexicon employed in this text made it possible to 
distinguish the following groups: 
a) 
description of nature: wilderness, fiery, thundering, weather beaten, roaring; 
b) 
inner psychological state: confusion, madness, uneasiness, eagerness, sublimity; 
c) 
feelings and emotions: admiration, amazement, sensation, peevishness, gloomy,