The semantic correlation of the adverbs zrya, naprasno in the Russian language dictionaries and in contexts of speech communication

Abstract

Through the intersection of the traditional and the systematic lexicography the semantics of the adverbs zrya and naprasno is considered, being registered in the Russian explanatory dictionaries, as well as in speech practice. The comparison of the linguocultural content of these lexemes in statics and dynamics, the analysis of their semantic correlation in paradigmatics allows to depict their meaning more precisely and to show that the meaning of a word is formed in its interaction with other members of a synonymous group.

Keywords

• systematic lexicography
• linguocultural content
• polysemy
• synonymous group
• semantic duplication
• communicative aim
• semantic differentiation