TY - JOUR AU - Tacenko Natalija , AU - Tacenko Natalija , PY - 2020/03/28 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Tacenko Natalija. Fractal theory of discourse construction: some hypothetic ideas JF - Philological Treatises JA - PT VL - 8 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://tractatus.sumdu.edu.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/300 SP - 78-84 AB - <p>This article analyzes selected methodological insights that fractal theory might provide for<br>discourse construction. In particular, it focuses on the concept of fractals and, through this concept,<br>how fractal structures similar to those used in the chaos and bifurcation theory might constitute the<br>background of any language. Therefore, the aim of this article is twofold: a) to reintroduce a<br>comparatively new concept – fractal – in a way that is consistent with the ontological and<br>epistemological aspects of discourse; b) to prove that discourse can be programmed using selfsimilar patterns through the process of identifying recursive semantic components. Fractal theory is<br>theoretically positioned as a methodology which can reveal regularity in the chaotic system of<br>language being simultaneously a limiting factor and a generating tool. Fractal metaphor actualizes<br>the fact that discursive reality is similar to other natural forms and processes irrespective of the scale<br>of time and space. It provides methodological possibility to trace a connection between the facts of<br>different systemic levels of discourse, including extralingual</p> ER -