ON THE QUESTION OF THE TYPES OF CLASSIFICATION OF SPEECH VERBS IN RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH

Abstract

The article discusses issues related to the types of classifications of speech verbs in Russian and English. It is noted that these verbs have a high frequency in the studied languages. They have a complex semantic structure, have multiple meanings, and are actively used in various styles of speech. In the first works devoted to the lexical group of verbs of speech in the English language, the classification of verbs of speech is not considered, in these works the authors limit themselves to studying a small group of English verbs of speech. In many works, classifications of these verbs are carried out, highlighting in them units containing an indication of the process of speech, verbs denoting the actual process of speech, verbs denoting any action that can be implemented in the process of speech. The authors distinguish such verbs into separate thematic categories, but in many of them there is no in-depth development on semantic or other grounds. The review of linguistic literature proves the importance of studying lexico-semantic groups of speech verbs. Their systematic further research is also important. There are differences in the definition of the microsystem itself. A number of researchers call verbs of speech thematic series, some of them – lexico-semantic groups, thematic categories, lexico-semantic categories, semantic fields, groups, subgroups, categories. Semantic classifications of the combined type are most often put forward. These are such as semantic-thematic, semantic-stylistic, semantic-syntactic, as well as lexical classification.