Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the structure and semantic volume of the meaning of the word воля / воља “will” in the Ukrainian and Serbian languages in axiological and interpreting aspects. The object of the study are cognates “воля / воља” in the Ukrainian and Serbian languages. The subject of the research is the semantic volume of the lexemes “воля / воља” in the Ukrainian and Serbian languages. The purpose of the study is to analyze the structure and the volume of meaning in the axiological and interpreting aspects. Multilevel linguistic units and phenomena associated with the vocabulary, word formation, phraseology of the Serbian and Ukrainian languages and cultural connotation of the mentioned units were investigated. The data from a thesaurus, an etymology dictionary, a dictionary of associations were analysed in the research. Finding of the research: having conducted a comparative analysis of the semantic volume of the lexemes воля / воља “will” in Slavic languages, we found out that the examined lexemes are not complete equivalents and have different semantic and derivational potential. The practical value of the research is to use its results to optimize the processes of teaching Serbian as a foreign language.

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