Text timbral architectonics: syntactic supports and their acoustic projection

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the timbre nature of syntactic units in poetic and journalistic texts based on modern theoretical and linguistic concepts. The focus is on the relationship between rigid predicative structures and flexible superphrasal rhythmic-syntactic unities. 

The purpose of the article is to analyze the role of rhythm as a mediator between the local and global timbre of the text, and to show how rhythmic patterns (“rambling”, “grading”, etc.) can act as a framework for timbre build-up. The authors analyze in detail the minimal unit of syntactic interaction — syntaxeme — as functional module that sets the step of timbre evolution. Within the framework of a four-level analysis (grammatical, logical-conceptual, epistemic, and emotional-expressive), the “shock zones” of timbre are identified and it is shown how syntactic deviations — inversions and parenthetical introductions — create windows of plasticity within rigidly formed grammatical constructions. 

In addition, it is shown how in journalism these techniques form a polyphonic timbre that combines rhythmic fractionality with expressive density. The authors of the article propose to consider timbre as an indicator of text coherence, depending on the consistency between the rhythmic structure and syntactic organization. Based on the theoretical works of Russian linguists, the authors build a dynamic model of the text, where timbre becomes an analytical marker of structure, expression and semantic coherence. A universal scale for assessing the timbral architecture of a text is also proposed, which helps to take into account all the necessary components for deep timbral analysis.

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