“THERE ARE ETERNAL SONG LINES AND HOMONYMOUS RHYMES IN THEM”

Abstract

Summary. The article outlines the lexical-semantic and functional-pragmatic load of homonyms in homonymous rhymes; from the linguistic point of view, the essence of the concepts homonymic rhyme / tautological rhyme is specified, their differential features are determined. Methodology. The research is based on the interpretation and differentiation of homonymous and tautological rhymes in the paradigm of domestic linguistic rhymology (linguistic-cognitive approach), description of homonymous rhymes in formal and lexical-semantic connections (systemicstructural approach), examination of homonymous rhyme components in terms of sound, meaning, functional and pragmatic potential (functional-pragmatic approach). Novelty. The debatable points of the linguistic theory of homonymic rhyme are determined. Their typology is carried out on the basis of lexical-semantic and grammatical criteria. Pragmatic instructions related to the functional load of rhyming components and problems of their translation are called. Conclusions. Despite the existing attempts at a multi-faceted analysis of the problems of linguistic rhymology, the representation of the rhyming space through the complex interweaving of rhyming connections, there are still many debatable points. These include contradictions regarding the linguistic interpretation of the concepts “homonymic rhyme” / “tautological rhyme”, clarification of their essence, integral and differential features. B. Kravtsev’s couplets united under the name “Tautological Rhymes” can serve as bright illustrative material. In fact, they attest to samples of homonymous, not tautological, rhymes. Rhyming homonymous pairs are not homogeneous either in terms of lexical-semantic or grammatical characteristics. They can be differentiated into rhymehomoforms, rhyme-homophones, rhyme-homographs, the components of which show different partlanguage affiliation.