ON THE SEMANTIC MECHANISM OF THE SCOPE OF NEGATION

Abstract

The scope of negation is a key category in the study of semantic fields, representing the maximal range of influence of negation particles on linguistic units at the semantic level. The article investigates the semantic mechanisms of the scope of negation, based on the theory of semantic interaction of the Moscow School and supplemented with linguistic examples. The article provides a definition of the scope of negation and distinguishes it from the syntactic scope. The objects affected by the negation scope are analyzed at three levels: assertion of lexical units, non-assertive content, and associative information. The study demonstrates that the scope of negation not only influences the truth conditions of propositions but also participates in lexico-semantic differentiation, semantic iteration, and the transmission of pragmatic information. It serves as an important parameter for understanding the semantic structure of negative sentences and for conducting cross-linguistic comparisons.