Holders of Professions as the Comparison Standard in Forming Adjectives with the Meaning of Similarity

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Pages: 179-188
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/JSXY6494

Abstract:

This paper aims to analyze adjectives with the affix -ski with the meaning of similarity derived from nouns pertaining to the nomina professionis category (NP). The meaning of similarity is one of the types of semantic concretization of the relative meaning of these adjectives. The meaning of similarity is realized on the basis of different connotations and associations related to the holder of a particular profession. When a characteristic becomes conventionalized, typical for the holder of a profession, the adjective begins to be used with a figurative meaning, with the meaning of similarity.

Keywords:

basis of comparison, derivational formants, meaning of similarity, semantic derivatives

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