TYPOLOGY OF SEMANTIC FIELDS OF COMPARISON FOR THE OBJECT VALUE (on the material of D. Keshelia's novel collage “Rodaky”)

Abstract

Introduction. Artistic comparison is one of the most expressive trails, and it is oftenused by word masters to depict the appearance of characters, their way of thinking, peculiaritiesof speech, behavior, and others like that. Classical comparison has a three-component structure,which includes: 1) the subject of comparison; 2) the object of comparison; 3) a sign on the basisof which there is a comparison of objects. It is the object of comparison and the characteristicby which the unknown and well-known objects are compare are the most important componentsby which the writer manages to bring to the reader a certain emotion – sympathy, neglect,compassion, fear, laughter, etc.The purpose of this article is to distinguish the semantic fields (hereinafter SF) of thecomparative constructions used by the writer D. Keshelia in his novel Collage of the elementsof the national life of “Rodaky”, in terms of the object of comparison.Research methods. The continuous sampling method was used to collect actual material;the method of classification and systematization for referring the material to the correspondinglexical-thematic groups hereinafter LSG)), and the method of quantitative calculations was usedto detect the frequency of objects of comparison of a particular semantics.Research results. The analysis of the actual material (without taking into accountthe grammatical structure of the comparative construction) allowed to distinguish accordingto the value of the object of comparison such SP: “man”, “living nature”, “immortal nature”,“objects created by man”, “time”, “abstractness” , “Mythical names”.Conclusion. The best represented in the novel by D. Keshelia “Rodaky” from the pointof view of the object of comparison is SF “man”. This field is represent by 136 names that canbe attribute to five such LSGs: 1) persons; 2) body parts names; 3) the names of famous historicpersons; 4) names of persons – characters of the Bible; 5) the names of groups of people. Slightlyinferior to the number of items of comparison objects SF “wildlife”. It is make up of 124 titles,which refer to five such LSGs: 1) plant names; 2) names of animals and birds; 3) the names of insects. SF “items created by a person” is represent by 65 nominations, classified as such LSG:1) households; 2) the names of the transport, its parts, devices related to the regulation of trafficand the names of agricultural machinery; 3) the names of parts of buildings and materials.SF “Inanimate Nature” is represent by 32 names, which are divide among such LSG: 1) namesof substances and materials; 2) the names of the phenomena of nature; 3) locations; 4) cosmic;5) names of water objects. The least commonly used objects of comparison are the SF “abstract”,implemented by 11 examples of use, SF “mythical names”, also represented by 10 names, and SF“time”, formed by six tokens.