Grigoriy V. Tokarev

Professor, Doctor of Science (Philology), Head of the Department of Document Science and Russian Language Stylistics

Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University

(Tula, Russia)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22405/2712-8407-2023-3-101-108

Abstract. The article considers the problem of identity identification on the example "Memoirs" of Valentin Zimin, a well-known phraseologist. Identification refers to the process of categorizing a person with any social group, its characterization, evaluation. The study has found that the cognitive result of the identification process is a proposition. Depending on the identifying subject, self-identification (subjective identification) and objective identification are distinguished. Self-identification is embodied in the proposition I am X and is carried out by the person himself. Objective identification reflects the proposition – He is X and is carried out by other subjects. The paper has established that identification processes are carried out throughout a person's life, since they reflect the mental activity of the collective and self-knowledge. Identification of a person can be carried out explicitly and implicitly. In the first case, the writer uses characterizing statements. The implicit method has a diverse arsenal of means for objectification of this communicative tactic. Two ways of identification are defined: direct and indirect. The analysis of the "Memories" allows to identify the following tactics of self-identification: I am the youngest in the family. I am a peasant. I am the organizer of the dwelling. I am a fighter. I am a refugee. I am an athlete. I am a civilian, not a military man. I am a carpenter, a chimney sweep. I conform to the cultural norms accepted in society. I am not a temporizer, not a conformist. I am a lecturer, a public figure. I am nonparty man. I am a generous person. Indirect self-identification tactics are as follows: I am not a pragmatic, ambitious person. Identifying propositions generated by other people include the following: He is a Cuman. He is a partisan. He is not like the others. The selected propositions reflect several propositional functions with the following content: "a person combines contrasting characteristics: a peasant, a labourer and a member of intelligentsia; physically weak and having athletic achievements, simple, understandable and original. Zimin is a man who lived by his own rules, adjusted by ordinary morality, conscience.
Keywords: pragmatics, text, linguistic persona, speech tactics, identification, proposition.

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For citation: Tokarev, GV 2023, ‘Identification Tactics in V. I. Zimin's "Memoirs"’, Tula Scientific Bulletin. History. Linguistics, issue 3 (15), pp. 101–108, https://doi.org/10.22405/2712-8407-2023-3-101-108 (in Russ.)

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