LINGUISTIC AND STYLISTIC FEATURES OF UKRAINIAN-LANGUAGE REPORTAGE IN THE DIASPORA

Abstract

The article identifies the main linguistic and stylistic features of modern Ukrainian-language reportage based on materials from the “Chas i Podii” newspaper in the USA. The primary research method was the descriptive approach, aimed at studying and analyzing the stylistic features of reportage texts produced by the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States and determining their role in the recipients' perception of information. The results of the conducted research show that the reportages often combine elements of various journalistic genres – informational, literary-publicistic, and analytical. Accordingly, the analyzed texts demonstrate the use of features from colloquial, official-business, artistic, and publicistic styles. The article provides examples of anglicisms, diaspora specific expressions, slang, terms, abbreviations, phraseologisms, artistic devices, as well as interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences. Considerable attention is given to the head points of the reportage genre, namely documentary accuracy, dynamism, emotionality, and logical coherence.In reportage texts, the reporter can not only state the facts but also show the dynamics of the event’s development, while expressing their own attitude toward everything that is happening. The author's presence in such texts is revealed through internal monologues, remarks, reflections, digressions, and postscripts, while direct quotations from the subjects help convey the authentic feelings, reactions, and moods of the participants. Additionally, analytical elements are present in the reportages through the use of numbers and statistics, which are employed to record facts and interpret socio-political events. The texts in “Chas i Podii” add interview fragments, elements of travel essays, and reports from court or parliamentary sessions. The use of epigraphs is noteworthy as they emphasize the leading idea or theme through the quotes from well-known Ukrainian writers, politicians, public figures, and church leaders. The study also accents the importance of the first sentence in a reportage, as it sets the thematic direction, creates the appropriate mood, and encourages the reader to continue engaging with the text.