THE SEMANTIC OF THE RUSSIAN VERBS DENOTING LIGHT

Abstract

The paper describes the lexical and semantic as well as semantic and syntactic features of verbs denoting light in the Russian language: the lexical-semantic and classification of these verbs is proposed, the semantic feature on whose basis the verbs are included in the lexical-semantic group of lightis defined, the semantic roles that light can perform as a Participant of the situation are listed. The article also defines the particular verbal conceptualization of the idea of light in the Russian language.

Keywords

• verbs denoting light
• verbal conceptualization
• semantic roles
• light as participant of the situation