ON THE QUESTION OF MODELING EVALUATIVE SEMANTICS (BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE ADJECTIVE “TYPICAL”)

Abstract

The article attempts to create semantic models for the evaluative adjective TYPICAL, as well as to synthesize models based on lexicographic material. After describing the main properties of the models, a theoretical substantiation of criteria-type assessments is given, and the features of lexicographic information for linguistic research are noted. Based on explanatory academic dictionaries of the Russian language, an analysis of the meanings of the adjective under study is proposed for the further construction of a semantic model, taking into account the criteria-evaluative meaning expressed by it. By constructing a lexicographic paradigm, lexemes are determined that are used by dictionaries in definitions as key words. The identification of the semantic properties of these lexemes allows us to conclude that they are combined in the semantics of the adjective TYPICAL. The synthesis of semantic-evaluative and lexico-semantic models allows us to judge the estimated value of the adjective under study in the language system. An algorithm for applying general scientific methods of observation, abstraction, idealization and formalization is also described.