Semantic relations of a superordinate word in the concept of ≪water≫ in the Russian language (synonymia) Cover Image

Семантическое пространство ключевого слова-репрезентанта концепта «вода» в русском языке (синонимия)
Semantic relations of a superordinate word in the concept of ≪water≫ in the Russian language (synonymia)

Author(s): Jolanta Chomko
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: cognitive linguistics; a linguistic image of the world; a concept synonymia

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a fragment of the linguistic image of the world, i.e. the concept of «water». The author is interested in the relations occurring between the word naming a concept and its synonyms. The system of lexemes meanings and a typical cohesion connected with it compose a manner of classifying the world characteristic for a specific language. The analyzed synonymic sequence is composed of two lexemes: вода and влага. The research revealed that synonyms вода and влага can be used interchangeably only when they name a small amount of liquid (капля воды «влаги»), (капля воды «влаги»), describe a destructive operation of a liquid (Специальный крем защищает обувь от воды «влаги»), or when they constitute a part of compound words (водо- «влаго-» непроницаемый, водо- «влаго-» отталкивающий).

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 39-48
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Russian