doi:10.18454/RULB.2022.29.1.5

MODULATION OF THE LEXICAL MEANING OF ENGLISH VERBS OF THE POSITIVE ASSESSMENT GROUP IN THE ASPECT OF THE CONCEPT OF A VALUE REFERENCE POINT

Research article

Bajburina R. Z.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18454/RULB.2022.29.1.5

Issue: № 1 (29), 2022

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Bajburina R. Z.

Ufa Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ufa, Russia

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to establish the denotative domain of the nomination of English verbs-synonyms of the group of positive assessment within the framework of the method of semantic interpretation, to consider the issues of studying the semantics of language units in relation to cognitive structures, issues of research of linguistic means of actualization of evaluation at the lexico-semantic level. The author reveals the content of the right-sided actant of the analyzed verbs in the aspect of the concept of a value reference point. The results of this experimental study can be applied in lexicographic practice when clarifying the information presented in the dictionary definition of the positive assessment verbs in dictionaries of various kinds; in the process of developing lecture courses and practical classes in linguistic semantics, cognitive linguistics; as a model for the study of factual material while writing scientific papers of various kinds.

Keywords:

synonyms, assessment, cognitive structure, value reference point, actant.

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