Reduplication as a tool for representing state semantics in Russian language

This article examines how the semantics of state are manifested in reduplicative forms. The paper analyzes various approaches to defining the phenomenon of reduplication, reviews the principles of formation and the main types of reduplication, and demonstrates their emotionally expressive function in context. The object of the study is reduplicative forms capable of expressing the concept of state in contemporary Russian speech. The subject of the study is the grammatical and functional-semantic features of reduplications in actual usage. This research aims to examine and identify the structural-semantic features and expressive potential of reduplication, which serves as a typical means of conveying the concept of state in the modern Russian language. Various linguistic tools condition the speaker's choice and provide ample opportunity for the adequate and precise expression of their experiences and value-based attitude towards reality. The research employs methods of observation, generalization, analysis of dictionary definitions, and structural-semantic analysis. The theoretical significance of the work lies in its interpretation and deepening of the concept of reduplication with stative meaning, in clarifying its functioning in the process of expressing state and evaluation, and in establishing different classifications of reduplicative formations in speech. The obtained results and the linguistic material can be used in further research on the category of state. The novelty of the research lies in its comprehensive analysis of the semantics and functioning of reduplications that express the concept of state, as well as in identifying and describing the emotionally expressive features of reduplicative forms. The main sources of the analyzed material were reduplicative words of the category of state, sampled from Russian dictionaries, the Russian National Corpus, and social networks. The author concludes that reduplication in Russian serves as an effective means for expressing states; it imbues utterances with the meaning 'to a greater extent,' strengthening the denoted stative attribute from good/bad/neutral to very good or very bad, thereby conveying the speaker's evaluative attitude toward the described phenomenon

Novelty · Reduplication · Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication · Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies · Psycholinguistics and Behavioral Studies

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