eLIBRARY ID: 8377
ISSN: 2074-1588
Recieved: 03/30/2025
Accepted: 06/27/2025
Published: 09/19/2025
Keywords: interdiscursivity, Latin entomosemisms, insect nominations, literary entomology
DOI Number: 10.55959/MSU-2074-1588-19-28-3-4
Available online: 17.10.2025
Butenina E.M., Chernyshev A.V. Interdiscursive markers in fiction (a case study of latin entomosemisms). // Moscow University Bulletin. Series 19. Linguistics and Intercultural Communication 2025. Vol. 28. Issue 3. 64-80 https://doi.org/10.55959/MSU-2074-1588-19-28-3-4.
The paper examines interdiscursivity in fiction and focuses on the inclusion of Latin entomosemisms (insect names) which indicate the name of the species and their genus. The study shows that these inclusions are not uncommon in fiction, in particular in adventure, science fiction and autobiographical prose. The analyzed material shows that Latin names do not always emphasize the scientific nature of the text, but can also impart grotesqueness and irony to it. In addition, it is noted that this technique is more typical of the prose of the 19th and 20th centuries, rather than of contemporary literature.
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