Semantic relations of a superordinate word in the concept of ≪water≫ in the Russian language (synonymia)

Jolanta Chomko

Uniwersytet w Białymstoku

Abstract

The article presents a fragment of the linguistic image of the world, i.e. the concept of «water». The author is interested in the relations occurring between the word naming a concept and its synonyms. The system of lexemes meanings and a typical cohesion connected with it compose a manner of classifying the world characteristic for a specific language. The analyzed synonymic sequence is composed of two lexemes: вода and влага. The research revealed that synonyms вода and влага can be used interchangeably only when they name a small amount of liquid (капля воды «влаги»), (капля воды «влаги»), describe a destructive operation of a liquid (Специальный крем защищает обувь от воды «влаги»), or when they constitute a part of compound words (водо- «влаго-» непроницаемый, водо- «влаго-» отталкивающий).

Keywords:

cognitive linguistics, a linguistic image of the world, a concept, synonymia