Degree Adverbs: Semantic and Lexicographical Aspects
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5008-2025-5-48-59
Abstract
Aim. To explore the semantics of the intensifying adverbs and their lexicographical representation in modern dictionaries.
Methodology. The semantic analysis of the adverbs with the high-degree meaning is carried out. The materials of the Russian National Corpus are employed. The intensifiers’ entries in the modern dictionaries are described. The following dictionaries are used: Dictionary of the Russian Idioms. Word Combinations with High-Degree Meanings; Large Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language; Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Colloquial Speech (Iss. 1–5).
Results. The differences between adjective and intensifying adverbs in the grammatical and semantic aspects are analyzed; the syntagmatic factors of the high-degree meaning formation are revealed; the peculiarities of the intensifiers-adverbs lexicographical representation in various dictionaries are identified.
Research implications. The research results expand the notion of the degree words’ semantics and can be utilized in lexicographical practice.
About the Author
M. V. Sandakova
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina V. Sandakova – Dr. Sci. (Philology), Assoc. Prof., Prof., Department of Modern Russian Language and General Linguistics
Nizhny Novgorod
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