Статтю присвячено актуалізації батярського жаргону, одному із
різновидів розмовного мовлення Львова в міжвоєнний період. Проаналізовано основні групи лексики, зафіксовані в романах Юрія Винничука
"Цензор снів" (2013) і "Танґо смерті" (2016). Визначено функції львівського лексикону в художніх текстах, схарактеризовано образ батяра.
Особливу увагу приділено вивченню жаргону цієї соціальної групи як мовно-психологічної характеристики персонажів.
Background. Currently Lviv returns so called batiar’s culture and
traditions. Moreover, batiar’s phenomenon of interwar period has already
inspired modern Ukrainian writers. For instance, Yurii Vynnychuk popularizes this subculture with his books, public lectures, blogs etc. In this article, we
have focused on the analysis of such prose texts by Yurii Vynnychuk as
“Tsenzor sniv” (Censor of Dreams), “Lehendy Lvova” (Legends of Lviv),
“Knaipy Lvova” (Pubs of Lviv), “Tango smerti” (Tango of Death). Despite the
fact that there are studies that deal with actualization of vocabulary, there are
no studies based on these prose texts and batiar slang in particular.
Purpose. The main goal of this article is to investigate the process of
actualization of socially marked vocabulary. Particular attention has been paid
to the batiar slang, which was one of the variants of colloquial speech in
interwar Lviv. Furthermore, the purpose of this research is to analyze the slang
of this social group as linguistic and psychological characteristics of the
characters, to distinguish the main functions of batiar slang in the modern
Ukrainian prose texts.
Methods. The following methods and principles used to study
sociolinguistic phenomena have been selected: method of collecting linguistic
data from novels written by Yurii Vynnychuk in order to analyze the material.
Moreover, traditional methods of linguistic analysis (for example, semantic
analysis, which investigates the meaning of vocabulary items by explaining
what sense relations hold between them, and descriptive method to distinguish
the lexical groups of vocabulary) have been used.
Results. This article has identified semantic structure and stylistic features
of the actualized batiar’s vocabulary. The results indicate that batiar slang in
the novels by Yurii Vynnychuk has been used to demonstrate Lviv’s life during
the interwar period. The function of this vocabulary is to describe the characters
and their linguistic behavior. Moreover, batiar slang helps to portray the
environment in which the events take place.
