The discursive associates (based on Lev Tolstoy writings material)

Abstract

The studying discusses the discursive associates analysis in the writings of Lev Tolstoy.
The consideration of speech associations is an important element of discursive analysis. Verbal-shaped
associations form the picture of the writer’s world.The studying showed that there were traditional and
individually-author’s associates in the writer’s discourse. The perception of love as light in the discourse
of L.N. Tolstoy conveys spiritual richness, the fullness of human existence. The main characters in the
works of Tolstoy deify the beloved woman, for them she becomes the “sun”. The «sun» associate served
as a means of expressing the emotional and psychological state of the characters. The associative likening of the luminary arises under the influence of the love interpretation as fire and light, and the word
«sun» in Lev Tolstoy novels context acquires a symbolic meaning. The eyes traditional relatedness with
the elements of fire and light expresses the fullness of the physical and spiritual forces of a man, life energy. The «light» associate conveys the being dialectic – the unity and struggle of light and darkness, love
and enmity. The writer’s discourse includes associative-picturesque eyes likening to celestial bodies and
phenomena, plants and animals, relatedness with specific objects, things whose signs are attributed to
the eyes. The analysis proves that the associative-picturesque text basis reflects the features of the author
linguistic personality and his artistic picture of the world.