scholarly journals Nominal Constructions of the Vertical Level in the Yakut Language

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 82-92
Author(s):  
I. B. Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Component Composition ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
General Picture ◽  
Continuous Sampling ◽  
Nominal Structure ◽  
Imaginative Literature ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Vertical Level

At present, the grammatical and semantic study of nominal constructions as a means of conveying metrological concepts is believed to reveal the general picture of the study of the functional grammar of the Yakut (Saha) language. Widespread constructions obtained by the method of continuous sampling from Yakut imaginative literature and folklore serve as the material of the research. The purpose of the article is to identify the structural and semantic features of the expression of nominal structures on the material of the Yakut language. As the subject matter of the research, we chose constructions of a nominal type, expressing the height / growth of an object, the depth of substances, and the length of hanging objects.It is postulated that in the Yakut language, typical constructions with the instrumental affix -nan and with the dative affix -ar, -gar in combination with the postpositions dieri, dyly and tiye ʻdo, up to’ as means of expressing the level differ from each other not only in their structure, but also semantically. To identify the grammatical and semantic features of nominal constructions with the meaning of the level, different techniques have been used: morphoglossing, taking into account the linguistic specificity of the language, based on the Leipzig rules for the representation of texts, metalanguage transmission of the meaning of the level, description of semantic groups and subgroups, semantic analysis of the nominal structure.The basic nominal and postpositional constructions with the meaning of the level are presented; the component composition of the studied units is described; considered and described is also the semantic structure of qualitative-adverbial units with quantitative meaning. Based on the material of the studied units, it has been established that the situation of measuring the vertical level has its own cognitive significance, which is mostly associated with anthropocentrism. The main names of body parts with the instrumental affix -nan, capable of acting as level indicators, except for harah ʻeyesʼ, haas ʻebrowsʼ, uos ʻlip(s)ʼ, tis ʻtooth(s)ʼ, and other parts of a person’s face are revealed. Constructions with the instrumental case preposition -nan are more static and are mainly used with the verbs of being; the constructions with the dative affix -gar and the postpositions dyly, dieri, tiye ʻdo, up toʼ show more dynamics, thanks to the verbs of movement and achievement.

scholarly journals VERBALIZATION OF THE CONCEPT DOUBT BY MEANS OF EPISTEMIC MODALITY

2021 ◽  
pp. 240-252
Author(s):  
Liudmyla Nizhnik
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Epistemic Modality ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Weak Force ◽  
Lexical Semantic ◽  
Pragmatic Analysis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Dictionary Definitions

The article considers verbalization of the DOUBT concept by means of epistemic modality, namely epistemically marked words and phrases. The relevance of the study is due to the tendency to study epistemic modality (Palmer F., Halliday M.), epistemic words (Biber D., Wierzbicka A.), phrases of harmonious / disharmonious type (Aijmer K., Hoye L.) and intensifier words (Quirk R.). However, the verbalization of the DOUBT concept by these units has not yet been studied. The object of research is the ways of verbalization of the DOUBT concept by means of epistemic modality, and the subject of research is the meaning of epistemic words and phrases Adv + V / V + Adv, Modal V + Adv, Adv + Adj, Adj + N, where the main words are epistemically marked words, and adverbs and adjectives act as modifiers and intensifiers of meaning. Material of the research ‒ dictionary definitions of epistemic words, word combinations of epistemic words with adverbs-intensifiers in the Oxford Collocations Dictionary, modern English fiction from the 90s of the XX century until now. The research methodology consists in using component analysis of epistemic words to determine words with the “uncertain” seme, lexical-semantic analysis to distinguish verbalizing words of the DOUBT concept, in analyzing the compatibility of epistemic words with intensifier words and pragmatic analysis of epistemic words and phrases. The results of the study are the identification of the semantic features that are inherent in the words verbalizing the concept DOUBT and their grouping by semantic features. Studies of harmonic / disharmonious type phrases allow to refer to the phrases-verbalizers of the DOUBT concept those that contain units that express a weak force of modality (e.g. could possibly), and those whose meaning is modified by intensifier words in the direction of intensification of uncertainty (e.g. will possibly). In the phrases Adv + V / V + Adv, Adv + Adj, Adj + N the influence of the adverb of degree on the meaning of the phrase was traced. The compatibility of epistemic words to denote the DOUBT concept and epistemic words of confidence and probability with amplifiers, emphasizers and downtoners (Quirk R. terms) has been studied. It has been found that the use of epistemic words of confidence and probability with downtoners mitigates the confidence of such a phrase and contributes to its attribution (e.g. hardly believe) to the traditional verbalizers of the DOUBT concept.

scholarly journals CAT AND DOG CONCEPTS AS COMPONENTS OF THE ENGLISH WORLDVIEW

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Novikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
World View ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Material Object ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
English Culture

The subject of the study is the linguistic objectification of the concepts of CAT and DOG in lexicographic sources, due to the national culture and mentality of English speakers (The British). The paper aims at identifying the objectification features of CAT and DOG concepts in the British linguoculture. The significance of CAT and DOG concepts is motivated by the degree of verbal explication and their value in English culture. In our work, the reconstruction of English world view fragments, marked by CAT and DOG concepts, was carried out on the material of lexical units. The purpose and problem is due to the use of the following methods: general scientific (abstraction, generalization, formalization, induction, deduction), empirical-theoretical (analysis, synthesis) and special (lexical-semantic analysis – to clarify the semantic potential of the concept name; dictionary definition method – to clarify the semantics of possible verbalizers of the concept, determine its name and description of the conceptual component; elements of etymological analysis – to explain the content of the concept verbalizer. Verbal nominations, representing CAT and DOG concepts, are interpreted as fixators of knowledge about objects, explicitly expressed in language. CAT and DOG concepts have a concrete-subject character, they correlate with the objective reality – a discrete, objectively available material object of reality. As a result of the definitive analysis and based on the definition of the nominative token cat and dog, we distinguished 12 generalized meanings that form the denotation CAT concept and 14 generalized meanings that produce the denotation of DOG concept. The conceptual basis of CAT and DOG concepts is expanded with the help of additional semantic features, taking into account the cognitive-semantic analysis of synonymous equivalents of the nouns cat and dog.

scholarly journals English Lexemes Nominating Nobility Semantics and Evolution under Different Socio-cultural Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 472-500
Author(s):  
Galina T. Bezkorovaynaya ◽  
Yulia N. Ebzeeva ◽  
Luisa N. Gishkaeva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
English Language ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Complete Analysis ◽  
Victorian Era ◽  
Continuous Sampling ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
Culture And Language

The relevance of the work is determined by the fact that, although the interaction of history, culture and language is constantly in the field of view of linguists, historians, linguoculturologists, as well as all those who study the evolution of a particular language, it has not yet received a complete analysis in detail, in particular, when describing the language pictures of different countries. The aim of the work is to prove that the semantics of the words of nominating titles of the English nobility of the Victorian era has not changed. The materials for the work were modern and classical, starting from the XIX century, word usage from the English language, contained in modern media texts from Internet sources, as well as the texts of novels by English writers of the late XIX century. At least 2000 such word usages were analyzed using the method of etymological analysis, the method of semantic analysis and the method of functional analysis, which allowed us to obtain a reliable picture of their functioning. The triple union of history, culture and language in the approach to the study of linguistic pictures of different countries is at the center of research in recent years. The interaction of these phenomena has become the subject of close attention in many articles and dissertations of linguists, historians, linguoculturologists, as well as all those who study the evolution of a particular language. Lexemes denoting the noble status of a person are important concepts of the British national linguistic picture of the world and culture. The semantics of lexemes was studied according to lexicographic sources. The sources of examples of contextual use were the texts of novels by English writers of the late XIX century and modern English-language texts of the Internet: online versions of newspapers, advertising texts, blogs. To achieve the goal of our research, the article uses such methods as the method of continuous sampling, the method of lexicographic description, the comparative method, the statistical method, and a number of others.

scholarly journals SEMANTIC FEATURES OF THE PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WITH THE COMPONENT LIGHT

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Irina A. Kuprieva ◽  
Stanislava B. Smirnova ◽  
Ludmila V. Belova ◽  
Vladimir S. Pugach
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Semantic Space ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Continuous Sampling ◽  
Postmodern Fiction ◽  
Study Results

Purpose: To conduct lexical and semantic analysis on the concept light in the artistic discourse of postmodern fiction. Methodology: In this research, comparative method, search for synonyms, continuous sampling and seminal analysis are used. Main Findings: As a result, it becomes obvious that the boundaries of the artistic concepts are extremely blurred and much wider than the boundaries of the corresponding non-artistic concepts. In conclusion, the concept light is frequently used in English artistic discourses, i.e. significant in the culture, and a special status in the semantic space of the concept light has the meaning of knowledge and information. Applications: The study results can be used by students and universities. Novelty/Originality: In this research, a model of the semantic features of the phraseological units with the component light is presented in a comprehensive and complete manner.

scholarly journals MEANS AND METHODS OF EXPRESSING THE SENSES IN ENGLISH PREFIXAL VERBS

10.23856/4202 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Anna Dudok
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Systematic Description ◽  
Verbal Prefixes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Verbal Prefix ◽  
The Senses ◽  
The Relationship

The paper dwells upon the systematic description of English verbal prefixes. The verbal prefix is to be treated in the paradigmatic and syntagmatic plane of the language. It is asserted in this article that the meaning of a prefix is identical to that of the preposition – the relationship between two objects in space extrapolating on two consecutive states of the subject/object in time, and when generalized, form the two types of senses. Such prefix features as origin, transporting opportunity, negation and valency are considered, as well as semantic features (such as polysemy and chains of synonyms). In semantic analysis we deal with semes as the meaning constituents defining basic and secondary semes. The process of the formation of different senses has been distinguished by means of semantic opposition and combinations of semes that form the invariant meaning of the verbal prefix.

scholarly journals A syntactic and Semantic Analysis of the Tὲὲ Verb Phrase

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Gbene-Nnah, Dumdebabari
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Noun Phrase ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Verb Phrase ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Rivers State

This study descriptively analyses the syntactic and semantic features of the Tὲὲ verb phrase. It also analyses the structure of the verb phrase in Tὲὲ, a language spoken in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State.  The verb phrase is a syntactic unit composed of at least one verb and its dependents and other modifiers but not always including the subject. The verb is central in every language coupled with the fact that it is the most important and widely described phrase because the structure of and the meanings expressed in many languages revolves around the verb word. The research focuses to explore the peculiarities of the verb phrase in the language focusing basically on the structure of the verb phrase and the meaning generated thereof. It focuses on the features of the verb phrase in Tὲὲ; the constituent that make it up, their arrangement as well as the meaning attributed by such arrangements. The primary data for this work were collected using the intuitive knowledge of the researcher as a native speaker verified with unstructured interview with competent native speakers.  From the analysis of the data collected, the researcher discovered that the verb phrase in Tὲὲ can have various configurations. The constituents that may combine with the head of a verb phrase to project it into a larger structure are the complements and the adjuncts. The complement of the verb phrase can be the noun phrase, the prepositional phrase and the inherent complement. The adverbial functions both as complement and adjunct in the language.

scholarly journals SELF-HELP TITLE: PRAGMATICS, SYNTACTICS, SEMANTICS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (10(78)) ◽  
pp. 58-61
Author(s):  
Yulia Godis ◽  
Larysa Solohub
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Title Complex ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Major Function ◽  
Continuous Sampling ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Material Goods ◽  
Intended Reader ◽  
The Subject ◽  
American Society

The article focuses on titles of the texts belonging to the motivational success genre. The texts of the genre under investigation are manuals on achieving success which aim to teach readers to help themselves live successfully and prosperously in the rapidly changing world. The research aims at exploring the pragmatic, syntactic and semantic features of self-help titles. The study was based on 70 titles, selected by the method of continuous sampling on Amazon.com. It has been found that the title complex (a two-tier structure consisting of the main title and the subtitle) is typical for self-help texts. The two elements of such a complex differ in their pragmatics. The functions of self-help titles have been highlighted and described. The key elements (mostly nouns and adjectives that verbalize genre concepts SUCCESS and MONEY) in the titles in question inform about the content of the texts without touching their details. In addition, such elements attract the intended reader – the representative of the modern American society of consumers for whom the highest steps in the hierarchy of values are occupied by material goods. It has been proven that self-help titles intrigue and excite the addressee's imagination, and, by outlining the subject matter, act as a kind of advertising of their texts. Moreover, imperative titles encourage the addressee to take action. In the course of the research, three structural-syntactic models of self-help titles have been identified. The major function of self-help titles – to capture the prospective reader’s interest – is facilitated by the dominant syntactic model of the nominal title, the expressiveness and the semantics of the titles.

scholarly journals СПОСОБИ ТВОРЕННЯ ТЕРМІНІВ ГАЛУЗЕЙ ФІЗІОТЕРАПІЇ ТА ЕРГОТЕРАПІЇ

2020 ◽  
pp. 67-70
Author(s):  
Chumakova K.O.
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Frequent Pattern ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Continuous Sampling ◽  
The Past ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Subject

The article deals with the methods of term formation in the fields of physical therapy and ergotherapy which are currently gaining popularity in Ukraine. The research covers the structural and semantic features of the mentioned terminological units.The objective of the research is to study the structural features of these terms in the English language. The mentioned objective, in turn, requires the fulfillment of the following tasks:– to analyze the morphological characteristics which are typical for the researched terminological units;– to identify the main ways of their formation;– to identify the structural models used for the formation of the researched multicomponent terms.The methods applied in this research included both linguistic ones, such as: the continuous sampling method, the method of morphemic analysis and word-building analysis, structural and etymological analysis, and general scientific ones, namely: quantification method, systematization and classification, generalization.The results of the research are defined as: a) the creation of physio- and ergotherapeutic terms glossary; b) the overview of the term formation methods; c) the identification of the most common patterns used to form multicomponent terminological units in the studied fields.Conclusions. Over the past decades, terminological units have become the subject of numerous linguistic studies worldwide. Despite the fact that terminological units belong to the lexical system of the language and, therefore, the methods of their formation are the same as those used for common lexemes formation, the ratio of certain nomination processes can differ. The research demonstrated that the ratio of monolexeme terminological units and polylexeme physio- and ergotherapeutic terms is 20% to 75% respectively. The majority of monolexeme terms are formed by means of affixation. The majority of multicomponent terminological units consist of two elements, and the most frequent pattern is N + N. Abbreviated terms (5% of the total number of the researched terminological units) are used parallelly with their full forms. Статтю присвячено дослідженню способів творення терміноодиниць галузей фізичної терапії та ерготерапії, що наразі набувають популярності в Україні. Дослідження фокусується на структурних і семантичних характеристиках зазначених терміноодиниць.Метою наукової розвідки є дослідження структурних особливостей зазначених термінів в англійській мові. Для її досяг-нення у дослідженні необхідно виконати такі завдання:– проаналізувати морфологічні характеристики, які є типовими для досліджуваних терміноодиниць;– визначити основні способи їх творення;– визначити структурні моделі, що використовуються для творення мультикомпонентних термінологічних одиниць досліджуваної галузі в англійській мові.Методи, використані в дослідженні, включали як суто лінгвістичні (наприклад, метод суцільного вибору, метод морфем-ного та словотворчого аналізу, методи структурно-семантичного й етимологічного аналізу), так і загальнонаукові (наприклад, метод кількісних підрахунків, систематизацію та класифікацію, узагальнення).Результатами цього дослідження є: а) складання глосарію фізіо- та ерготерапевтичних термінів; б) огляд основних мето-дів їх творення в англійській мові; в) визначення найчастіше використовуваних моделей.Висновки. Упродовж останніх десятиліть терміносистеми привертають дедалі більшу увагу лінгвістів. Незважаючи на той факт, що терміноодиниці належать до лексичної системи мови (а отже, для них характерні ті ж способи творення, що застосовуються для творення загальновживаних лексем), співвідношення різних процесів номінації може відрізнятися. Серед досліджених термінів галузі фізіотерапії та ерготерапії в англійській мові 20% представлені монолексемними терміноодини-цями, тоді як 75% є мультикомпонентними термінами. Більшість термінів-слів утворено за допомогою афіксації. Більшість полілексемних одиниць складається з двох елементів, а найбільш уживаною структурою таких термінів є N + N. Абревіатури (5% загальної кількості досліджених терміноодиниць) вживаються паралельно з повними їхніми формами.

scholarly journals Парные глаголы с каузативным значением: семантические особенности (на материале бурятского языка)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 590-599
Author(s):  
Elena A. Dadueva ◽  
◽  
Darima Sh. Kharanutova
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Primary Methods ◽  
General Semantics ◽  
Semantic Component ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Special Case ◽  
Causative Verbs

Introduction. The article discusses the semantics of paired causative verbs in the Buryat language, which has not been the subject of a special study yet. The aim was to study the semantic features of Buryat paired causative verbs by way of identifying: 1) the types of paired causative verbs, 2) the contribution of each semantic component of a verbt of its general semantics and their correlation, and 3) paired causative verbs as a special case in expressing causative semantics. Materials and methods. The data was collected from works of fiction in the Electronic Corpus of the Buryat language; contextual and distributive analysis were used as the primary methods of research. Results. Semantic analysis of paired causative verbs, illustrative of causative relationships in the linguistic picture of the Buryat world, indicated that in pairs of non-causative + causative verb the latter is a leading component, which demonstrates the power of causative semantics; the verbs of this type most often express various emotions associated with impact and subjective assessment. The other type are represented by pairs of synonymous causative verb + causative verb that are effective in expressing the intensity of the impact; with the semes of the synonymous verbs combined, the meaning of causation in such pairs is enhanced, and their expressiveness and emotionale valuation aspects come to the fore.

scholarly journals Common Turkic Vocabulary of the Yakut Language: Words Denoting Animal Body Parts (Comparative Historical Analysis)

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1123-1130
Author(s):  
N. V. Malysheva ◽  
I. A. Danilov
Keyword(s):  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Historical Aspect ◽  
Continuous Sampling ◽  
Animal Body ◽  
Lexical Semantic ◽  
Turkic Languages ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Stable Categories

The article discusses linguistic contacts of the Turkic languages. The research was based on the common Turkic vocabulary of the Yakut language, namely words denoting animal body parts. The paper focuses on the comparative-historical aspect of the ancient Turkic and modern Turkic languages. The authors described the lexical-semantic and phonostructural features of Yakut words denoting animal body parts that have a common Turkic origin. The methods included continuous sampling method from lexicographic sources, as well as descriptive and comparative methods. The semantic transitions of Turkic lexical reflexes from the Praturk system to the modern form revealed that words denoting animal body parts represent the most ancient layer of the Yakut vocabulary. It consists of vocabulary common for most Turkic languages and belongs to stable categories. As part of the phonological analysis, the authors determined phonostructural types and characteristics of the phonological system of lexical reflexes, the nature of the stability and variability of lexemes, and the main causes of the instability of the phonostructures of the word stems of other Turkic languages in the Yakut language. An analysis of the lexical-semantic features of the Yakut words for animal body parts in comparison with their lexical parallels in other Turkic languages revealed the nature of stability and variability of the lexical meanings of the stems for specific Turkic language.

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