LINGUISTIC REPRESENTATION OF FEAR IN ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

Annotation. The linguistic representation of emotions has become one of the central topics in modern linguistics, literary stylistics, and discourse analysis. Among all emotions, fear occupies a unique position because it directly influences human cognition, communication, and behavior. In literary discourse, fear functions not only as an emotional state but also as an artistic device that creates suspense, develops characters, and increases readers' engagement with the narrative. Detective fiction, in particular, depends on the successful representation of fear to maintain mystery and psychological tension throughout the story. Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the most remarkable examples of detective fiction in English literature. The novel combines crime investigation, mysterious events, supernatural beliefs, and psychological conflict. Doyle carefully constructs an atmosphere of fear through lexical choices, figurative language, descriptive settings, and narrative techniques. His linguistic mastery enables readers to experience uncertainty, anxiety, and curiosity while following Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson during their investigation.The present study investigates the linguistic representation of fear in The Hound of the Baskervilles. The research focuses on lexical, grammatical, stylistic, and discourse features used to construct fear and suspense. A qualitative method of textual analysis is employed to examine selected passages from the novel. The findings indicate that emotionally expressive vocabulary, metaphors, similes, repetition, syntactic variation, descriptive imagery, and narrative perspective function together to create a powerful emotional effect. The study contributes to literary stylistics, discourse analysis, and linguistic studies of emotions by demonstrating how language shapes readers' emotional perception in detective fiction.