PHASE SEMANTICS OF THE VERBS WITH PREFIXES AN-, VOR-, FORT-, WEITER-, AB-, AUF-, AUS- IN MODERN GERMAN PUBLICISTIC WRITINGS

Abstract

The article analyzes phase semantics of the verbs with prefixes an-, vor-, fort-, weiter-, ab-, auf -, aus- in modern publicistic writings. This analysis is aimed at revealing the contextual meanings of these verbs by juxtaposing the meanings that are fixed in the dictionaries. The specificity of the phenomenon under study is caused by the absence of the aspect category in the German language. The material presented in the paper leads to the conclusion that the verbs with the prefixes an-, fort-, weiter-, vor-, auf- have phase meaning both independently and contextually, whereas the verbs with such prefixes as ab-, aus- have obtained new contextual phase meanings which depend not only on their own direct meaning, but also on the context. It should be emphasized that the above-mentioned prefixes ab-, aus- refer to the event to the medial phase, without losing the ability to determine the final phase of the action.