Oficerowie armii rosyjskiej w oczach generała Anatolija Rosenshilda von Paulina. Дневники: Воспоминания о кампании 1914–1915 годов

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issue of the linguistic image of the world in the memoir of General Anatolij Rosenshild von Paulin. The author recalls who General Anatoly Rosenshild von Paulin was. She discusses pragmalinguistic and linguistic means by which the image of the officers of the Russian army is created. Descriptions of the officers’ behavior in specific situations are provided, as well as examples of evaluative vocabulary from A. Rosenshild von Paulin’s opinions about the officers. The author considers various reasons why the image of the officers is negative. She comes to the conclusion that the image of the officers presented in the analyzed text is not objective.