Contro tutto e contro tutti: The linguistic pragmatics of protest in the Italian futurists’ manifestoes

The speech act theory by J.L.Austin and the conception of degree strength illocutionary force (point) J.R. Searle D.Vanderveken underlies study exercitive as objection/protest expressed prepositions contro against ‘против’. Historically, protest a genre goes back to Ancient rhetorical tradition, but in 20th century, it has also become an aesthetic foundation Avant-garde poetic discourse. expression critical attitude towards dominant discourse one grounds for interaction political discourses. Discourse linguopragmatic analysis Italian Futurists’ manifestos is carried out from standpoint linguistic creativity that manifests itself form experiment. Further, Neo-avant-garde (Neoavanguardia, Gruppo ‘63) develops idea confronting cultural norms its poetical texts manifestoes like Linguaggio e opposizione (1961) Nanni Balestrini or Ideologia linguaggio (1965) Edoardo Sanguineti. markers adversative semantics include such grammatical lexico-grammatical means но, однако, впрочем, против, напротив, вопреки, наперекор; ma, anzi, mentre, però, bensì, pure, eppure, contro, piuttosto, etc. paper focuses on pragmatic semantic features preposition most frequent opposition manifestos. distinguishes methods deviation standard use, aimed at increasing performative potential message.