Abstract

Introduction. The article is dedicated to the phonostylistic features of one of phonetic changes elision in English and Uzbek languages which occur in pronunciation. The connotative meanings conveyed with the omission of sound or syllables in the verbal root-stems of the compared languages are shown on the basis of well-grounded examples. The phonopragmatic aspects of the literary speech of elision are thoroughly analyzed and studied. The connotative meanings expressed in the case of syncope are also explained on the basis of evincive examples taken from English and Uzbek languages. Syncopic words and their making up the great number in English language, their providing poetic meter specific for rhythmic tone in the artistic image and its creating a sense of artistic impressionability in the reader are conceived in the article. Research methods. Among the language units there are also words that have undergone phonetic changes in pronunciation. From a phonostylistic point of view, the pronunciation of such words have additional, i.e. connotative meanings. Phonetically modified words are divided into two, that is, the increase and decrease of speech sound in the pronunciation of words. The phenomenon of so-called sound acquisition includes the phenomena of prosthesis, epenthesis, epithesis. The so-called sound omission includes aphaeresis, syncope, apocope, elision. Results and discussions. Connotative meanings occur in the pronunciation of words with the phenomenon of sound omission, such as aphaeresis, syncope, apocope, elision. The phonopragmatic phenomenon of syncope has been used not only in poetry but also in prose and drama. The phenomenon of apocope is characteristic of colloquial speech in both languages, revealing that they have a number of connotative meanings, such as love, caress, intimacy, diminution. The connotative meanings of the phenomenon elision in the comparative languages have been studied on the basis of examples taken from the fiction in both languages. Conclusion. Thus, the connotative meanings formed by the phenomenon of sound omission in the pronunciation of words are similar from point of variety and versatility. They express a number of connotative meanings in speech, such as brevity, excitement, rhythmic tone, rhyme adjustment, gentleness, passion.

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