On the periphery of the parts of speech system
Rakhim Z. Muryasov
DOI: 10.18355/XL.2019.12.04.05
Abstract
The article is devoted to the consideration of the periphery of the parts of speech system. The theory of parts of speech, constituting the core of the theory of grammatical structure and serving as the basis for describing the linguistic system as a whole, is an area of controversial debates in the context of various linguistic paradigms. The internal contradictions inherent in the language system do not allow developing integrated, logically consistent criteria for the classification of lexis, covering all categories of words. The functional-semantic and formal heterogeneity of lexical categories does not make it possible to include them into “the Procrustean bed,” a scheme recommended by various linguistic schools. The most contradictory classifications are the ones of the so-called synsemantic, functional words which are characterized by a high degree of categorical interpenetration. The determination of the categorical status of this kind of words is possible only on the basis of semantic and pragmatic features of discourse, as well as when taking into account presupposition factors.
Key words: auto-and synsemantic parts of speech, prepositions, conjunctions, particles, interjections, onomatopoeic words
Pages: 51 - 65
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