SEMANTICS AND FUNCTIONING OF THE VERB “TO GREET” ON THE BACKGROUND OF ITS CHINESE COUNTERPARTS

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to reveal peculiarities of semantics, functioning and linguistic and cultural potential of the verb “to greet” in Russian prose of the XX–XXI centuries. The article deals with the verb “to greet” and its word-combinations in Russian prose on the background of its Chinese counterparts. It is shown that this verb realizes in the texts of prose not only its dictionary meaning, but also represents the contextual. The scientific novelty of the paper lies in the approach to the study of Russian prose of the XX–XXI centuries in terms of comparative analysis of the peculiarities of the lexeme functioning and revealing of the linguistic and cultural specificity of the verb unit. As a result, they are presented the equivalent uses of the verb, its contextual meanings, as well as the linguistic and cultural features of this verb in the two languages.