Adverbial Explicators of Cultural Information in the Russian Language Cover Image

Наречные экспликаторы культурно значимой информации в русском языке
Adverbial Explicators of Cultural Information in the Russian Language

Author(s): Ljubov Savëlova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Russian; adverb; semantic; pragmatic; lingvocultural; information

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with lingvocultural aspect of studying the Russian adverb. The theoreticalbasis of the investigation is the idea of cognitive linguistics about function of various grammaticalcategories of words for rendering definite sort of information. Adverbs fulfil the nominativefunction and at the same time they have an evaluative connotation. The volume of the adverbs both in the common vocabulary and in a personal vocabulary; the sharp choice of these lexemes and phrases in the process of communication are rather important for detection the degreeof reality detalization by a personal. Moreover, the usage of adverbs is connected with the speaker’sintentions, that is why this kind of vocabulary is included (consciously or unconsciously) into theprocess of forming some images in the recipient’s mind.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: X
  • Page Range: 5-12
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian