VALENCE CHARACTERISTIC OF THINKING VERBS IN THE BURYAT LANGUAGE

Abstract

The relevance of studying the verbal valence in the Buryat language is determined by the complexity of the grammatical category of the verb and the need to determine its role in the sentence. The purpose of the study is to identify the correlation between valence, verb semantics and sentence structure. A preliminary analysis of Buryat polypredicative constructions with matrix verbs of thinking showed their uneven distribution over three structural types, depending on the valence characteristics. The purpose of this article is to classify Buryat verbs of thinking and to trace this dependence in different semantic subgroups. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that the semantic classification of the verbs of thinking has not been carried out earlier and the valence properties of the Buryat verbs have not been studied specifically. When describing the valence positions of the semantic subgroups of thinking, the author adheres to the scale of the gradation of valences according to the degree of obligatory / optional, adopted in the framework of the computer dictionary of Russian vocabulary RussNet. The study will expand the understanding not only of the Buryat, but also of the Mongolian verb in general. The research results can be applied in the practice of teaching Buryat and other Mongolian languages.