SEMANTIC FEATURES OF EXPRESSIVE-FIGURATIVE DESCRIPTIVE PREDICATES (BASED ON PREDICATES WITH THE MEANING OF SPECIFIC EMOTIONAL STATES)

Abstract

The article presents a general characteristic of expressive-figurative descriptive predicates (hereinafter EFDP), denoting the meaning of various specific emotional states (such as drive into melancholy, light up with joy, horror flashed, etc.). The issue of the additional connotational meaning of the verbal components of the EFDP and the possibilities of their classification is highlighted. The role and peculiarity of metaphor in EFDP are shown. Based on the work of V.M. Deribas and the national corpus of the Russian language (hereinafter RNC), the main semantic groups of the EFDP of the sphere of specific emotional states are highlighted. The presented material allows to conclude that EFDP, colored expressively and figuratively, have additional semantics, thanks to additional semantics the detailed intention of the author or speaker is expressed in sentences or expressions with EFDP, which help to achieve communicative goals.