Lexical-Grammatical Means of Expressing Oppositivity in an English Literary Text
The article considers the notional nature and peculiarities of genus-species relations between the phenomena of opposition and oppositivity ; it also deals with the lexical-and-grammatica ways of expressing the latter in an English literary text. The study establishes that, besides the logical compo...
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| description | The article considers the notional nature and peculiarities of genus-species relations between the phenomena of opposition and oppositivity ; it also deals with the lexical-and-grammatica ways of expressing the latter in an English literary text. The study establishes that, besides the logical component, an opposition also expresses a subjective one, manifesting a communicants unique view on the communicative situation and thus displaying semantics of oppositivity. Unlike spatial, logical and grammatical oppositions, generally characterized by a symmetrical structure, the subjective (oppositive) opposition is asymmetrical. It is revealed that due to the structural asymmetry this kind of opposition is marked by greater semantic potential compared to logical and grammatical oppositions. It is proved that the complication of subjective oppositions with antonymous pairs, lexical and syntactical repetitions, antithetic units, oxymorons etc. extends the scope of meanings implied by them; and the use of subjective (oppositive) oppositions in a literary text themselves becomes an effective tool of contrast-building both on the lexical-grammatical and textual levels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-44a85198baac46d5aece4b99bd7577812022-12-21T17:43:26ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics2313-22992411-12362021-10-0112375877310.22363/2313-2299-2021-12-3-758-77320534Lexical-Grammatical Means of Expressing Oppositivity in an English Literary TextLarisa N. Lunkova0Julia I. Frolova1State University of Social Studies and HumanitiesHigh Comprehensive School Number 18The article considers the notional nature and peculiarities of genus-species relations between the phenomena of opposition and oppositivity ; it also deals with the lexical-and-grammatica ways of expressing the latter in an English literary text. The study establishes that, besides the logical component, an opposition also expresses a subjective one, manifesting a communicants unique view on the communicative situation and thus displaying semantics of oppositivity. Unlike spatial, logical and grammatical oppositions, generally characterized by a symmetrical structure, the subjective (oppositive) opposition is asymmetrical. It is revealed that due to the structural asymmetry this kind of opposition is marked by greater semantic potential compared to logical and grammatical oppositions. It is proved that the complication of subjective oppositions with antonymous pairs, lexical and syntactical repetitions, antithetic units, oxymorons etc. extends the scope of meanings implied by them; and the use of subjective (oppositive) oppositions in a literary text themselves becomes an effective tool of contrast-building both on the lexical-grammatical and textual levels.http://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/viewFile/27571/19888oppositivityoppositionsymmetrical oppositionasymmetrical oppositionsubjective oppositionantonymycontrastcommunication |
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| title | Lexical-Grammatical Means of Expressing Oppositivity in an English Literary Text |
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| title_short | Lexical-Grammatical Means of Expressing Oppositivity in an English Literary Text |
| title_sort | lexical grammatical means of expressing oppositivity in an english literary text |
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