STRUCTURAL AND SEMANTIC PECULIARITIES OF VERBS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH THE MEANING OF INFORMATION TRANSFER THROUGH THE PRISM OF ETYMOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION
Timoshilova Tamara Mikhailovna, Trubaeva Elena Igorevna, Morozova Elena Nikolaevna
Belgorod National Research University
Abstract. The article reveals the specificity of English verbs with the meaning of information transfer (fable, detail, narrate, paraphrase, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, retail) considering historical and structural-semantic peculiarities. Special attention is drawn to the etymological factors of formation, development and existence of meanings. On the basis of their examination the authors come to the conclusion about the importance of conceptual description of verbs with the meaning of the information transfer that contribute to the reconstruction of the elements of linguistic worldview of this or that nation.
Key words and phrases: семантика, английские глаголы со значением передачи информации, структурный анализ, этимологический анализ, речевое воздействие, синхронный аспект, диахронный аспект, semantics, English verbs with the meaning of information transfer, structural analysis, etymological analysis, speech influence, synchronic aspect, diachronic aspect
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