Occasional substanties and their textforming role in letters A.P. Chekhova

Barashev Andrey Khugasovich

The article considers occasional nouns created by A.P. Chekhov and used in letters. The goal is to establish the value of occasional substances in the text of letters, to identify their text-forming role. It has been established that occasional nouns often serve as organizing centers in the text of letters, conveying the main idea and linking all other components of the letter. The informative function of occasionalisms is most often combined with modal, emotive. With their help, the writer conveys his opinion about someone or something, broadcasts his attitude, feelings. Most often, the purpose of occasionalisms, no matter what semantics they express, becomes a description of the person – the author, addressee, those people who are mentioned in the letters. Occasional substances in the text of letters A.P. Chekhov is a single communicative space in which the addressee and addressee communicate freely.

Keywords:occasionalism, noun, substantive, text-forming role, letters, epistolary, Anton Chekhov.