SEMANTIC AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS PREPOSITIONAL-CASE CONSTRUCTION “PREPOSITION C + NOUN IN INSTRUMENTAL CASE”

Abstract

The article studies the semantics and functioning of the construction “preposition c + noun in ablative case” in Russian. Evidence is given of the productivity of this construction in connection with the specificity of the meaning, which has a complex semantic structure, capable of conveying deeper and more diverse semantic shades, covering a wider range of syntactic relations than the prepositional forms of a noun. The role of the preposition c in the formation of the general meaning of the construction “preposition c + noun in ablative case” has been studied, which is relevant, as it allows to better comprehend the syntactic links. The classification of subcategorical, group, subgroup meanings is presented, which, being the levels of a complex semantic structure, form a lexical meaning, which concretizing, clarifying the categorical meaning that is abstract in nature – the meaning of the relation (relative). Theoretical positions are confirmed by examples.