The Category of Definiteness Indefiniteness through the Prism of Functional Approach to Language Studies
Background: The studying of language phenomena with the emphasis on their functional component is topical for modern linguistics. This approach gives a boost to thinking over various (semantic, morphological, syntactic) forms through the prism of their functional-semantic load. The analysis of the c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Ukrainian |
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Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National Uniersity
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Lìngvìstičnì Studìï |
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| Online Access: | http://www.linguisticstudies.org/home/linguistics-studies/volume-32/theory-of-language/the-category-of-definiteness-indefiniteness-through-the-prism-of-functional-approach-to-language-studies |
| Summary: | Background: The studying of language phenomena with the emphasis on their functional component is topical for modern linguistics. This approach gives a boost to thinking over various (semantic, morphological, syntactic) forms through the prism of their functional-semantic load. The analysis of the category of definiteness/indefiniteness from this point of view allows defining the actual theoretical categorial model and the system of its expressive means.
Purpose: The aim of the article is to define the essence and the bounds of the category of definiteness/indefiniteness in the Ukrainian language and reveal its expressive potential.
Results: The category of definiteness/indefiniteness is a universal category that is based on the symbiosis of psychic, cognitive and lingual spheres. Its functional potential is accumulated in cognitive and communicative fields so it is not restricted only to defining spheres of definiteness or indefiniteness. Not only do things or objects appear definite or indefinite in the process of communication or its interpretation but also their characteristics or properties may acquire these senses. The category of definiteness/indefiniteness correlates with other functional-semantic categories, which leads to its complicated and ramified field structure with diffuse and peripheral zones.
Discussion: The studying of the widened structure of the functional-semantic field of definiteness/indefiniteness and organizing all possible (regular, typical, occasional, etc.) means of its expression is a perspective approach. It is important to study the category of definiteness/indefiniteness in different types of discourse to reveal the logic of its functioning. |
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| ISSN: | 1815-3070 2308-0019 |