LEXICOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE WORD БУКВАЛЬНО: THE STUDY OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES

Abstract

The article is focused on a topical problem of lexicographical interpretation of polyfunctional words. It provides an overview of Russian language dictionaries (traditional explanatory and specialized auxiliary lexis dictionaries, dictionaries of synonyms, homonyms etc., and also bilingual ones – Russian-Chinese) containing information about the lexeme буквально. The results of the current data analysis specify both consistencies and substantial discrepancies in the interpretation of this lexical unit – from the amount of main types of the word use (1, 2 or 3) to the interpretation of its semantic, grammatical, syntagmatic, paradigmatic and functional properties. The differences revealed in dictionary characteristics of the word буквально do not provide a holistic view of this word unit despite the tendency toward the multivariate dictionary description of similar words. The main conclusion suggests further studying the word буквально, as well as compiling its full multi-aspect description considering available lexicographical data.