Deep meanings of the ethnonymous adjective “russisch” in German lexicographical sources
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5075-2023-5-131-138
Abstract
Aim. To reveal the deep meanings of the ethnonymous adjective russisch, which are not recorded in modern German lexicographic sources as separate meanings.
Methodology. The five most authoritative authentic definition dictionaries of the German language served as the material for the study. To analyze the linguistic material, the method of component
analysis was used, which was combined with the method of determining qualia structures (agentive, constitutive, formal and telic).
Results. The revealed values of the qualia structure are divided into nuclear, subnuclear and peripheral. The meaning represented in all five dictionaries form the core. It has been established that nuclear semes implement only agentive attributes of objects. The subnuclear zone includes formal and constitutive meanings. Meanings with no correspondences in dictionary definitions that were identified during the analysis of the dictionary entries examples form the periphery of the field of lexicographic meanings of an ethnonymous adjective. Such meanings are manifested by the telic attributes of the qualia structure.
Research implications. The developed method for revealing deep meanings, taking into account the qualia structure, will help reveal the hidden meanings of words that are based on stereotypical perceptions of recipients and are not recorded in modern lexicographic sources.
About the Author
K. V. Shevyakova
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kira V. Shevyakova – Senior Lecturer, Department of German Language
prospekt Vernadskogo76, Moscow 119454
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