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FUNCTION OF SYNTACTICAL STYLISTIC DEVICES OF
REPETITION
Scientific supervisor: G‘ofurova Sarvaraxon
Student: Apsalamov Erkin Abduvohid o‘g‘li
Andijan state institute of foreign languages
Аbstrаct:
This article explores the function of syntactical stylistic devices of
repetition in literature and rhetoric, highlighting their significance in enhancing
meaning, creating emphasis, and evoking emotional responses. Repetition serves
multiple purposes, including emphasizing key themes, establishing rhythm and
cohesion, and building tension within narratives. It plays a crucial role in character
development and can be an effective persuasive tool in speeches and arguments.
Keywords:
Repetition, phonetic, gradation, syntactic, stylistic devices, ellipsis,
inversion, parallelism.
The device of repetition aims at emphasizing a certain component of the utterance.
Being repeated, a language unit obtains additional stylistic information. Consecutive
contact repetition is capable of rendering scores of modal meanings and human
emotions. Repetition is the most commonly used syntactic-stylistic figure in the
language of poetic and journalistic works, a word that expresses meanings such as
continuity, is a repetitive form of a word. When thinking about repetition the first thing
to consider is the issue of phonetic repetition. Phonetic repetition is reflected in stylistic
figures based on inter-line repetition of individual sounds like anaphora, epiphora,
alliteration, assonances. The term “sound repetition” was originally coined by O. Brick
and was used only for consonant sounds. Later the term was also applied to vowels and
consonants in poetic speech. Repetition of vowels, repetition of consonant sound sand
repetition of syllables are often found in examples of folklore, in poetic speech.
Phonetic repetition is mainly characterizes the style of artistic speech [1;23].
By deliberately repeating the phonetic elements the author manages to increase
the power of the artistic image and to express his feelings. Sound repetition is especially
used to draw the listener's or reader’s more attention to the object of the image. The
main function of repetition is to make the speech effective, concretize the idea and
draw the listener's attention. Linguists I.M. Astafyeva and M.N. Adilov conducted
special monographic research on the syntactic and stylistic features of repetition [2;9].
Repetition is a syntactic-stylistic means based on the nature of the oral form of
speech which is used to express an emotional state. The use of the repetitive stylistic
tool should be natural and the repetition of certain words serves to create a word game
in the sentence. For example: For that was it? Ignorant of the long and steally march of
passion and of the state to which it had reduced Fleur, ignorant of how Soams had
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watched her, ignorant of Fleur’s reckless desperation … ignorant of all this everydiv
felt aggrieved. (J. Golthworthy) In the small text above, the repetition of the word
ignorant is used by the author as a stylistic figure to capture the reader’s attention.
Reflecting the repetition and its stylistic function Professor A. Mamajonov said that its
phonetic, lexical, morphological, syntactic repetitions have such repetition types that
are widely used in folklore in the language of fiction. According to the scientist "this
situation is a rich material for the analysis of syntactic and stylistic figures as well as
an opportunity to conduct separate and important research on repetition to draw
appropriate conclusions." Linguist M. Saidova, thinking about the repeated stylistic
figure, notes that it has the following types in English. We agree with her about these
types of repetitions. 1. A verse is a repetition of an anaphora at the beginning of a
passage. Writers use anaphora to create emotional and uplifting forms of speech.
There are also synonymous repetitions that exist in the language. Synonymous
repetition adds, expands and details the main content of an idea in the expression of a
single meaning. For example: The poetry of earth is never dead, The poetry of earth is
ceasing never. (I.Keats) Down with the English anyhow. That’s certain clear out you
fellows, double quick, I say. You may hate one other, but we hate you most. If I don’t
make you go, Ahmed will, Karim will, if it’s fifty-five hundred years we shall get rid
of you. Yes, we shall drive every Englishman into the sea and then” – he rode against
him furiously –“and then” – he concluded half kissing him;” you and I shall be friends”.
There is also a repetition of words consisting of the same stem, which is called half
repetition in English. For example: It is my love that keeps mine eyes awake, My own
true love that doth my rest defeat, To play the watchman ever for my sake: For the
watch I whilst thou dost wake else where, From me far off, with others all to
near.(W.Shakespeare) When thinking about synonymous repetition, it is important to
think about pleonasm. In pleonasm, not only is the word or tool repeated, but the
content is also repeated. It’s like an exaggeration but it doesn’t add any meaning to the
acknowledged idea. Pleonasm is a lack of speech. Pleonasms are synonymous
repetitions that are not based on artistic aesthetics. The phenomenon of pleonasm is
almost non-existent in the language, especially in Uzbek, but it is transmitted in
English. For example: And the books –they stood on the shelf, The wound –it seemed
both sore and sad. In both cases, the words pleonasm are replaced by rhymes. The
books- they The wound- it The most common type of word-based art is tasdir. The
essence of this art is that the word that begins the verse of the poem is repeated at the
end of it. In language, speech consists of phonetic units of different sizes. These
phonetic units consist of a phrase (sentence), a phonetic word, a word (morpheme), a
syllable, and a sound. The above units form a speech chain. A phrase (sentence) is often
equivalent to a sentence and the intonational unity between the pauses of speech.
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Observations show that the use of repetitive stylistic means in the poetic work of poets
plays an important role in ensuring the melody and attractiveness of works. In
conclusion repetition especially phonetic repetition gives the work a deep emotional
and emotional meaning [3;32].
If one sentence takes the form of a composite sentence, and the second sentence
repeats the appearance and construction of the same sentence, then such parallels can
be considered complete parallelism: - Overwhelmed, Frederick could open his mouth
but could not speak. And Edna could open her mouth but could not speak. Full
concurrency always comes with repetition. Sometimes only part of the sentence is
repeated, which is partial parallelism. - If she wanted anything somediv was always
on the spot to supply it or soothe he without supplying it. If she got into trouble
somediv always there to get her out of it. It organizes the rhythm of expression and,
thanks to its uniformity, helps to clearly distinguish some parts of the expression.
Concurrency is especially common in folk songs and epics: - Work while you work,
Play while you play, That`s the way To be happy and gay! Repetition is a stylistic tool
used to express excitement. Emotional speech is characterized by brevity, logic and
repetition of certain parts of the expressed thought. The repetition of certain words and
whole phrases in spoken language is certain: she cried out loudly: “Where is my child?
But where is my child? I want to know where my child is? In this example, repetition
does not fulfill any stylistic function and expresses only a certain mental state of the
speaker. Repetition is used as a stylistic tool to attract the attention of the reader.
Repetition is divided into the following types in accordance with the structure of other
stylistic means: The repetition at the beginning of the verse is called anaphora. For
example: - For want of a nail, the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe, the horse was lost,
For want of a horse the rider was lost, For want of the rider, the battle was lost [4;91].
Repetitions at the end of a sentence are called epiphora. - When I go into a bank I
get rattled. The clerks rattle me. The wickets rattle me, the sight of money rattles me
everything rattles me. Duplicate units can appear at the beginning and end of a part,
forming a unique circle. This repetition is called ring repetition: - Our hands have met,
but not our hearts; Our hands will never meet again. Friends, if we have ever been
Friends we cannot now remain: I only know I loved you once, I only know I loved in
vain. Our hands have met, but not our hearts; Our hands will never meet again. Another
form of repetition is a word that occurs at the end of the first verse and is repeated at
the beginning of the second verse: - To Jan it was as though a curtain had been raised
in her mind- a curtain from which she recoiled in horror. 5. System repeats are also
available: - But two minutes later the sun vanished behind flying cloudy continents, a
relative darkness descended on the summer afternoon, and rain too descended-
descended in such soaking overwhelming quantities that... 6. There is a type of
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repetition called root repetition. Its essence is that in it the word is repeated exactly, but
the additional part in one of them is not repeated:
In this method, the same word is not repeated, only the root of the word is
repeated, so we come across different words that have different meanings. 7. The next
type of repetition is a synonym for repetition. The essence of synonymous repetition is
that synonymous means are used to express exactly one concept: - The poetry of earth
is never dead, the poetry of earth is ceasing never. There is no need to use objective
synonyms here. Concepts can also be brought together as a result of a figurative
comparison of events. In this case, the words have a textual meaning. Double synonyms
can also give various forms of synonymous repetition. The synonym repeats, expands,
details the main content of the idea in the expression of a single, unique meaning.
Synonymous repetition in the speaker’s speech serves to increase and convince the
power of speech, to detail it in artistic speech. While speaking about synonymous
repetition, it is necessary to mention the problem of pleonasm. In pleonasm, not only
the same word or means is repeated, but also the same content, meaning. This seems
an exaggeration; it does not add any value to the recognized opinion.
Ellipsis is an omission of a portion of speech in literary writing. The term ellipsis
refers to an incomplete sentence. The ellipse is based on important aspects of speaking.
When the speaker is in a state of intense excitement, some parts of the sentence are
skipped spontaneously; however, this does not violate the logical connection, which
means that any omission in the sentence is not considered a stylistic method. An ellipse
is a common form of colloquial speech, but when used in writing it includes new
features. An ellipse as a stylistic method adds an extra function to an expression in
addition to merging and generalizing. When counting is used as a stylistic tool, the
sentence uses things, actions and adjectives. Sometimes these things or actions are
similar or close to each other, one in a pair of the other. This method is widely used
mainly in the artistic style and serves to express speech. In gradation each specific
phrase in a sentence becomes stronger and more effective than its predecessor (in terms
of efficiency and logic). Such a definition is subjective because we do not have a
linguistic definition to compare it. Synonyms are often used in gradations. The reuse
of these synonyms helps to discern the effect. In short, syntactic stylistic devices
include inversion, indivisible structures, parallel devices, chiasm, repetition, ellipse,
accent, counting, gradation, antithesis, and each of them performs a specific function.
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