Syntagmatic Dimension of Ukrainian and English Verbs: the Typology of Exponents of Correlation

  • N. B. Ivanytska , N. L. Ivanytska
Keywords: an exponent of s correlation, verb’s systems of Ukrainian and English, combinability, syntagmatics, typology of the exponents of correlation

Abstract

The paper focuses on the syntagmatic dimension of the Ukrainian and English verbs. The syntagmatics of the verbs is analysed from the cross-linguistic perspective. The approach to the bilateral contrastive study of the verbs is based on the essential notions of contemporary contrastive linguistics. The key factors determining the combinability of the word are analysed. The work contains a brief overview of the theories that differentiate syntactic, semantic and lexical syntagmatics. The factors proved that syntagmatic relations are of syncretic nature, especially within verbal classes. It is necessary to combine semantic and grammatical aspects of combinability. The work focuses on the concept of valency which is believed to be relevance for cross-linguistic analysis of syntagmatic parameters of the verbal systems. It was found out that the combinability potency of the verb determines the specificity and regularity of the syntagmatic relationships that arise in the process of functioning of the verbal systems of both the Ukrainian and English languages. The authors present typology of the formal exponents of correlation that seems promising for revealing isomorphic and allomorphic characteristics of the contrasted verbs. The exponent of correlation is believed to be an effective tool for building syntagmatic paradigm of the verbs from the contrastive perspective. The typology of the exponent of syntagmatic correlation contains non-verbalized (zero) and verbalized (non-predicative / predicative / semi-predictive, synthetic / analytic, simple / complicated, one-position / multi-positional) units that form the corresponding paradigmatic series in the comparable languages.

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Published
2018-08-21
How to Cite
N. L. Ivanytska, N. B. I. ,. (2018). Syntagmatic Dimension of Ukrainian and English Verbs: the Typology of Exponents of Correlation. Scientific Journal of National Pedagogical Dragomanov University. Series 9. Current Trends in Language Development, (17), 43-56. https://doi.org/10.31392/NPU-nc.series9.2018.17.04