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Atlashova I.A. [Functional-semantic aspect of studying the category of comparison: theoretical and analytical review] World of Science. Series: Sociology, Philology, Cultural Studies, 2024, Vol. 15, No. 2. Available at: https://sfk-mn.ru/PDF/14FLSK224.pdf (in Russian).

Functional-semantic aspect of studying the category of comparison: theoretical and analytical review

Atlashova Irina Andreevna
Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education, Samara, Russia
E-mail: irinandroid@mail.ru
RSCI: https://elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?id=1186514

Abstract. Actual questions of the comparison category research in the modern period of linguistic development are often associated with the formation and description of functional-semantic fields. The proposed article comprehends by means of theoretical and analytical review of modern scientific works devoted to the study of the functional-semantic aspect of the category of comparison. In spite of the fact that scientists can lay down different meanings in the use of functional fields, the similarities are nevertheless evident in the ability to present work results in an understandable hierarchical form. At the beginning of the article some studies of functional semantics are indicated, which help to better understand the relevance of the concept of functional semantic fields in linguistics. Then the works, the main topic of which was the formation of functional-semantic fields of the category of comparison (comparativity), are presented. These works paid attention to the definition of field constituents at different levels. The elements of the field depend on many factors, since the linguistic units selected by researchers can belong to different materials: folklore, literary works, English language corpuses, etc. Besides, it seems important to point out the difficulties in determining the place of some ways of expressing comparison when forming fields. Only some of them are mentioned in the article: ongoing grammaticalization, graded forms, lack of comparison from a logical point of view and other problems. Thus, the presented review of modern works contributes to the theoretical understanding of existing scientific ideas reflected in the structure of the functional-semantic field of comparison.

Keywords: category of comparison; theoretical and analytical review; linguistics; functional-semantic aspect; functional-semantic field; functional semantics; comparison; comparativity

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