Code mixing in dramatic texts (on the example of B. Brecht’s works)
The article describes the problem of code mixing (code switching) in a dramatic text that has become especially relevant in foreign and domestic linguistics for the last decades of this century. The goal of the article is to analyze specific features of code mixing. The task is to differentiate the cases of code mixing in dramatic texts. The material for the work is the dramatic texts of the German writer B. Brecht. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that epic dramaturgy is not sufficiently researched in the modern paradigm of linguistics in terms of code switching. As researching methods, the method of continuous sampling of fragments containing the desired linguistic phenomenon and the descriptive method are used. The result of the analysis is the selection of the elements that are not traditional for dramatic text and contain various language codes: epic, lyrical and prosaic. In addition, the article pays special attention to the mixing of communicative codes expressed in the use of didactic elements (teaching, instruction) and means of “excitement” aimed at critical response from the recipient. The author considers several examples of code switching and concludes that epic dramaturgy is a good example of mixing both genre and communicative codes.