Abstract

The article analyzes the structural and semantic features of the functioning in the poetic speech of the token-quantitatives of the thematic group of water objects with metaphorized meaning ‘many people, something’ in the indecomposable quantitative noun phrases. Peculiarities of interaction of paradigmatic and syntagmatic aspects of functioning of token-quantitatives of the function of indefinite quantification of thematic group of water objects, establishment of semantic environment of these indefinite- quantitative quantitatives, ie their realized semantic valence in combination with actualizers of this value It is proved that contextually carriers of quantitative semantics can become noun tokens ponds, floodplain, vortex. They do not have codified LSV to denote a large number, but under certain discursive conditions acquire such an ability. By frequency of use belong to the periphery.

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