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Emotive Signs in Language and Semantic Functioning of Derived Nouns in RussianBronislava Volkova
[Linguistic and Literary Studies in Eastern Europe 24] 1987
► pp. v–x
Bronislava Volkova
[Linguistic and Literary Studies in Eastern Europe 24] 1987
► pp. v–x
Table of contents
Abbreviationsxi
Introduction: Toward An Integral Semantic Description of Language and Communication1
I. Emotive Signs5
1. Emotivity and Expressivity5
2. The Content of the Concept of “Emotivity” and the Range of its Application10
3. Emotivity and the Question of Linguistic Level13
4. Typical Emotive Signs of Various Levels15
5. The Emotive Sign: Definition and Basic Typology25
6. Utterances with Emotive Dominants32
Notes34
II. Derived Substantives with Emotive Meaning35
1. Emotive vs. Evaluative Components35
2. The Semantic Character of the Base Stem36
3. The Influence of Onomasiological Categories45
4. The Semantic Character of the Suffixes Taking Part in the Derivation of Emotive Nouns47
Notes53
III. Structural Characteristics of Diminutives55
1. Semantic Properties of Diminutives55
2. Classification of the Diminutive Suffixes58
3. Structural Oppositions of Diminutive Derivatives: Gradation67
4. Positive vs. Negative Emotive Component in Diminutive Derivatives79
Notes85
IV. Semantic and Contextual Functioning of Diminutives89
1. Structure of the Emotive Meaning of Diminutives89
2. Semantic Function of the Suffix90
3. Semantic Function of the Base, Diminutive Derivatives as Lexemes100
4. Role of the Context133
5. Conclusions: Semiotic Typology of Diminutives145
Notes147
V. Pragmatic Analysis of Diminutives149
1. Introduction: Questions to Be Posed149
2. The Synthetic Type150
3. The Analytical Type158
4. The Combined Type164
5. Conclusions174
VI. Semantic Structure of Derived Substantives177
1. Introduction: Questions to Be Posed177
2. Modificational Derivatives177
3. Mutative Derivatives196
4. Conclusions217
Notes217
VII. Typology of Emotive Signs219
1. Introduction: The Concept of Emotive Sign219
2. Symbolic Indices219
3. Pure Indices220
4. Types of Symbolic Indices220
5. Conclusions228
VIII. Emotive Semantics231
1. Emotive Language vs. Emotive Discourse, Functions231
2. Typology of Emotive Meanings235
3. Potentiality of Emotive Signs247
Notes248
Conclusions: Perspectives249
Sources and Their Abbreviations as Used in Text251
Bibliography255
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