Parallelism and Stylistic Context as Conditions of Lexical Foregrounding

Uzakova, Aziza, Узакова, Азиза, Uzakova, Aziza

Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика · 2026-yil

Annotatsiya

This article examines how parallel patterning and stylistic context make jointly lexical choices significant in English literary prose. It clarifies the relation between a recurring textual pattern, a locally distinctive lexical choice, and the interpretation shaped by its surroundings. The study brings together selected accounts of the poetic function, foregrounding, parallelism, relative norms, and stylistic context. Through comparative conceptual analysis, it considers how recurrence and contrast create relations among words in comparable positions and develops a model for close reading. Parallelism establishes a local pattern by aligning words or clauses in recurring formal positions. A lexical choice gains prominence when it modifies that pattern, while the surrounding parallel elements guide its semantic interpretation. Recurrence can also foreground a word directly, allowing its connotations to develop across scenes or descriptive sequences. Stylistic context defines the expectation relevant to each occurrence: a general linguistic convention, a genre or register pattern, a character’s habitual diction, or an internal norm established by the work. The relationship between recurrence and substitution becomes particularly expressive when later occurrences renew or transform meanings associated with earlier ones. A local change of register or semantic field may contribute to characterization, a motif, or the movement of the narrative. The article relates formal alignment, lexical contrast, and contextual meaning through four connected analytical dimensions: the set of comparable elements, the operative expectation, the lexical relation, and the function of that relation in the work. These dimensions also clarify how a contrast in adjacent clauses and a recurring lexical pattern across the work can participate in different levels of textual organization. In this account, the prominence of a lexical item emerges from its position in a patterned sequence and from the semantic links formed by the surrounding passage. The article concludes that lexical foregrounding in literary prose is a dynamic relation among verbal form, local expectation, and textual function. The proposed model describes the contextual conditions under which both ordinary and unusual lexical choices may acquire stylistic significance in literary prose.

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MualliflarUzakova, Aziza, Узакова, Азиза, Uzakova, Aziza
JurnalХорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика
NashriyotСамарқанд давлат чет тиллар институти
ISSN0000-0003, 4295-8199
Nashr sanasi2026-10-05
Jild4
Son5
Betlar1-10
TilIngliz
Ilmiy sohaFilologiya
DOI10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss5-pp1-10
Indeksga qo‘shilgan2026-10-07

DOI: 10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss5-pp1-10 · Maqolaning asl sahifasi

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recurrence, textual norm, verbal pattern, contextual contrast, literary prose, interpretation, повторение, текстовая норма, словесная модель, контекстуальный контраст, художественная проза, интерпретация, takrorlanish, matniy me’yor, lisoniy qolip, kontekstual zidlik, badiiy nasr, talqin

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Filologiya

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APAUzakova, Aziza, Узакова, Азиза, & Uzakova, Aziza (2026). Parallelism and Stylistic Context as Conditions of Lexical Foregrounding. Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(5), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss5-pp1-10
GOST (OAK)Uzakova, Aziza, Узакова, Азиза, Uzakova, Aziza Parallelism and Stylistic Context as Conditions of Lexical Foregrounding // Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика. – 2026. – T. 4, № 5. – P. 1-10. – DOI: 10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss5-pp1-10.
MLAUzakova, Aziza, Узакова, Азиза, and Uzakova, Aziza. “Parallelism and Stylistic Context as Conditions of Lexical Foregrounding.” Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(5), 1-10, 2026. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss5-pp1-10
ChicagoUzakova, Aziza, Узакова, Азиза, and Uzakova, Aziza. “Parallelism and Stylistic Context as Conditions of Lexical Foregrounding.” Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(5), 1-10 (2026). https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss5-pp1-10
HarvardUzakova, Aziza, Узакова, Азиза, and Uzakova, Aziza (2026) ‘Parallelism and Stylistic Context as Conditions of Lexical Foregrounding’, Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(5), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss5-pp1-10
BibTeX
@article{uzakovaaziza2026,
  title = {Parallelism and Stylistic Context as Conditions of Lexical Foregrounding},
  author = {Uzakova, Aziza and Узакова, Азиза and Uzakova, Aziza},
  journal = {Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {4},
  number = {5},
  pages = {1-10},
  doi = {10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss5-pp1-10},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss5-pp1-10}
}

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