Abstract
The study presents predicate-actant modeling as one of the means to research the semantic structure of irrational vocabulary in the Ukrainian, English and German languages. The author singles out the group of predicates to denote the process of irrational state acquisition in chosen languages. The research specifies the notion of predicate and actant in the aspect of functional syntax. The paper reveals semantic roles of participants of irrational situation. The study researches actants of the mentioned thematic group of predicates according to their syntactical expression, communicative rank and taxonomic class in semantic structure of irrational vocabulary in each of the compared languages. The author states predicate-actant relations for mentioned thematic group of predicates within the irrational situation. The paper defines following research of semantic structures of irrational vocabulary in comparative aspects.
Highlights
ObjectivesThe aim of the study is to characterize the actants of thematic group of predicates to define “the process of irrational state acquisition” in the Ukrainian, English and German languages
Mustaioki states that the description of model of functional syntax bases on semantic structures that present the state of affairs and comments of that one who speaks about this state of affairs (Mustaioki, 2006: 412)
It has been specified the notion of predicate and actant
Summary
The aim of the study is to characterize the actants of thematic group of predicates to define “the process of irrational state acquisition” in the Ukrainian, English and German languages
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