Stylistics and text interpretation

The next semantic distinction occurs in the language context in which lexemes realize one of their meanings. It is manifested on two language planes: the paradig­matic and the syntagmatic.

• The next semantic distinction occurs in the language context in which lexemes realize one of their meanings. It is manifested on two language planes: the paradig­matic and the syntagmatic.
• However, the language context is only part of the extra-linguistic context, namely “a web of general and specific spatial, temporal, social,individual, as well as the general cultural factors, which contribute to establishing and realizing communication” Outside a context a lexeme has an insufficiently specific meaning (Zgusta 1971: 47), and it can exhibit innumerable semantic nuances, and interpretations as well.
• Thus it is through the language con­text that we can resolve the problem of lexical polysemy and homonymy, as the meaning is specified. This occurrence indicates the existence of systemic meaning,whereby a lexeme is included into the semantic system of a language, and textual meaning, whereby it realizes one of its potential meanings. The language context in which lexemes occur lies within a text as a sequence of sentences making up a se­mantic and intonation whole.

A belles-lettres text

• a unit of speech and as such it is considered to be a supreme unit of communication, conveying information from one man to another. Thus, it becomes a constituent link in the following system of relations: objective reality — author — literary work — reader. This chain of elements in the creative process shows that the author is the first to grasp and comprehend the objective reality. His results arc expressed in his literary work. The literary work is always addressed to the public.

Interpretation as a subject

• Speaking about "interpretation" as a scientific subject many researchers point out its creative character and consider it to be a humanitarian branch of learning. Since the language tissue of a literary work serves as the main and primary source of all kinds of information, "interpretation" is rightfully considered to be a linguistic subject and finds itself on the juncture with stylistics and literary criticism on one side and philosophy, sociology, ethics and aesthetics on the other.