LEXICAL AND SEMANTIC CHANGES IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE BASED ON THE EXAMPLE OF PLEONASTIC AND TAUTOLOGICAL EXPRESSIONS Cover Image

ЛЕКСИКО-СЕМАНТИЧЕСКИЕ ИЗМЕНЕНИЯ В РУССКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ НА ПРИМЕРЕ ПЛЕОНАСТИЧЕСКИХ И ТАВТОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ КОНСТРУКЦИЙ
LEXICAL AND SEMANTIC CHANGES IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE BASED ON THE EXAMPLE OF PLEONASTIC AND TAUTOLOGICAL EXPRESSIONS

Author(s): Izabela Kozera
Subject(s): Language studies, Philology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza

Summary/Abstract: The article shows the phenomenon of tautological and pleonastic expressions in the context of lexical and semantic changes based on the example of the Russian language from a synchronic and diachronic perspective. Attention is paid to neutralizing the redundancy of the components of pleonastic/tautological constructions, their referential use and the dynamism in creating pleonastic abbreviations and constructions that are formed by using foreign components. Based on these facts, pleonasm and tautology can be considered a manifestation of lexical and semantic changes both with regard to the synchronic and diachronic aspects of the language.

  • Issue Year: 39/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 135-142
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian