Abstract
This article analyzes the proper use of various meanings of the adjective draugiskas ‘friendly’. It discusses the semantic structure of this adjective and its different interpretation in the Dictionary of Modern Lithuanian Language and in the Dictionary of Lithuanian Language. The semantic structure of the adjective draugiskas has been specified based on the data collected from the Corpus of Modern Lithuanian Language and other sources, the problem of its figurative use is discussed, and its validity from the stand point of proper usage of new meanings such as „safe“, „harmless“, „comfortable“ is evaluated. The data was collected from various functional styles and the conducted survey shows the real use of the modern adjective draugiskas. In addition, it shows that some of the phrases used with this word that are indicated as incorrect by users, are not violating the norms of language use. The appropriateness of new phrases, such as draugiskas restoranas, draugiska kuprinė, is discussed. KEY WORDS: adjective, meaning of the word, semantic component, metaphor, metonymy, the norm of language. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/ rh.v0i16.1013
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