Categorial Semantic Contours Semi-Phraseologized Sentences

Authors

  • Mariia Lychuk

    Department of International Journalism, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Kyiv 04053, Ukraine
  • Svitlana Shabat-Savka

    Department of Modern Ukrainian Language, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi 58012, Ukraine
  • Lyudmila Marchuk

    Department of Ukrainian Language, Kamianets–Podilskyi Ivan Ohienko National University, Kamianets–Podilskyi 32301, Ukraine
  • Tatiana Sukalenko

    Department of Social Communications, Literature and Culture, State Tax University, Irpin, Kyiv Region 08200, Ukraine
  • Zoreslava Shevchuk

    Department of Ukrainian Language, Kamianets–Podilskyi Ivan Ohienko National University, Kamianets–Podilskyi 32301, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v6i6.7313
Revised: 26 September 2024 | Revised: 26 September 2024 | Accepted: 26 September 2024 | Published Online: 12 December 2024

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the categorical meanings of the semi-phraseologized sentences and characterisation of their semantic types. The study is based on the interpretation of semi-phraseologized sentences as colloquial syntactic constructions not only in Ukrainian but also in other languages. The categorical meanings of the semi-phraseological sentences “affirmation”, “negation”, “asessment” and “expression of will” make it possible to distinguish certain semantic types of semi-phraseologized sentences with corresponding categorical meanings. The classification feature is the phraseosyntactic meaning fixed to a stable structural scheme. The phrase-syntactic meaning forms the content of the phrase scheme components: morphological expression of permanent and variable components. Semi-phraseologized sentences with the categorical meaning of “affirmation” formed three semantic types: 1) with the actual affirmation meaning; 2) with the meaning of categorical affirmation; 3) with the meaning of conditional affirmation. Semi-phraseologized sentences have two manifestations of the categorical meaning of “negation”: 1) with actual negation; 2) with categorical negation. Semi-phraseologized sentences with categorical meaning of the “assessment” formed the two semantic types: with undifferentiated assessment and with negative assessment. Semi-phraseologized sentences with categorical meaning of the “expression of will” do not form semantic types due to the chaotic selection components of the colloquial type of phrase schemes.The proposed algorithm will help to organize specific non-segmented syntactic constructions in the syntax oral speech of speakers of different linguistic cultures.

Keywords:

Categorical Meaning; Semi-Phraseologized Sentence; Semantic Type; Affirmation; Negation; Assessment; Expression of Will

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Lychuk, M., Shabat-Savka, S., Marchuk, L., Sukalenko, T., & Shevchuk, Z. (2024). Categorial Semantic Contours Semi-Phraseologized Sentences . Forum for Linguistic Studies, 6(6), 876–887. https://doi.org/10.30564/fls.v6i6.7313

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