Abstract
Delocutives that serve for designation of speech act are distinguished in the paper as special kind of words. They deal with speakers’ metalinguistic activity and have different nature. Word-formative structure of these derivatives is considered and their semantic characteristics is given. Special attention is paied to “postphrasal” delocutives. It is concluded that delocutives are an open group of words that is ever-growing in the modern Russian speech. The development of new methods of another’s speech transmission and formation of its new models is connected with the growth of this word group. Delocutives are described as lexical items that give an interpreting of speakers’ verbal behavior, in this regard evaluative semantic component is observed in their meaning.
Highlights
Delocutives that serve for designation of speech act are distinguished in the paper as special kind of words
It is concluded that delocutives are an open group of words that is ever-growing in the modern Russian speech
The development of new methods of another’s speech transmission and formation of its new models is connected with the growth of this word group
Summary
DELOCUTIVES IN THE MODERN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE Nikolina Natalia A.1, @ 1 Moscow Pedagogical State University @ admin@riash.ru
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