Discourse as a Result of Inter-Style Interactions: A Case of Religious and Ecclesiastical Russian- and English-Language Communication

Abstract

Review of the monograph: Nikolaev S.G., Karagodskaya Yu.S. Interaction of the Religious and Ecclesiastical Style with Related Spheres: Ontology and Expressology. Rostov-on-Don, 2022. 152 p. (in Russ.)

The reviewed monograph studies the space of discourses reflecting the interaction of the religious and ecclesiastical style with other communicative spheres: official, scientific, literary, journalistic, and advertising. The self-sufficiency of the religious and ecclesiastical style and its isolation are deeply connected with its interaction with related communicative spheres; this interaction is realized in the style’s essence and expression. In the book, the ontological and expressological aspects of this interaction are described, its linguistic prerequisites are identified, its conditions are systematized, and the systemic significance of the correlation between various discourses is determined. Moreover, the interrelation between ontology and expression in the selected material is established and the vectors of integration of expressive resources in terms of their interaction are characterized, taking into account mutual attraction and repulsion.