Open AccessSOCIOLINGUISTIC DESCRIPTION OF VERNACULAR WORDS: SEMANTICS AND FUNCTIONING OF ADJECTIVES
Author(s) -
Tamara I. Erofeeva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
teoretičeskaâ i prikladnaâ lingvistika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2410-7190
DOI - 10.22250/2410-7190_2021_7_2_190_201
Subject(s) - vernacular , linguistics , lexeme , lexis , semantics (computer science) , variety (cybernetics) , history , computer science , artificial intelligence , philosophy , programming language
The paper describes vernacular lexis in the speech of standard Russian Perm speakers. 20 adjectives were selected to examplify the vernacular word status: 1) expressive seme, 2) usage in many local accents. The second part of the research considers functional and stylistic features of the adjectives on their way from venacular to standard. For this purpose, data from modern standard Russian dictionaries are used. As a result, the adjectives were classified into 2 groups according to the vernacular features: 1) wide use of a lexeme in the changed word-building pattern compared to standard (word-building doublets), 2) expression. The adjectives fell into groups in the proportion of 12/8. Data analysis enabled to conclude that the process of locating a word from one variety to another demonstrates the following pattern: dialect → vernacular → standard with the variations of dialect → vernacular or vernacular → standard.