Abstract
The work is concerned with associative-derivational potential of verbs with the meaning “to deprive of life” in four languages of different structures: English, Turkish, Tatar and Russian. Basic verbs of this lexical-semantic group are “kill” in the English language, “öldürmek” in Turkish, “▪” in Tatar and “убить” in Russian. The work deals with the verbal derivatives that were formed on the basis of this seem of deprivation of life. Dynamics of semantic development of a verb depends on an image- association similarity, which in its turn is affected by attributes (or a number of them) relevant for a new meaning. The data obtained during analysis allows tracing changes in attitude of native speakers to such a negative and destructive action as deprivation of life and eliciting adjacent spheres that are associated in speakers’ minds with deprivation of life.
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