Polar, arctic, northern

Corpora-based study of the semantics of relative adjectives in language

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https://doi.org/10.29051/el.v8iesp.3.17430

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Cognitive semantics, Adjectives, Corpus-based study, Language, Semantic models

Résumé

The adjectives ‘northern’, ‘polar’ and ‘arctic’ are subjected to multilateral analysis of their etymology, frequency, semantic development and current usage in language. The article reveals the common specific semantic features of the English denominal adjectives on the material of these three adjectives. A comprehensive semantic-cognitive analysis was performed summarizing the conclusions obtained in the framework of the definitional analysis, contextual analysis, diachronic analysis of the transformations of linguistic meanings and their cognitive interpretation. The results show active development of the semantic structures, relative growth of metonymic meanings, extension of metaphorical uses. The adjective ‘northern’ displays the highest number of uses due to its native origin, early appearance in the English vocabulary, a big number of bound meanings in terminological or phraseological usages, and the existence of metaphorical meaning.

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Svetlana A. Vinogradova, Murmansk Arctic State University

Dr. of Philology, Professor, Head of the Foreign Languages Department, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Tatiana Ye. Abramzon, Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Doctor of Philology, Professor, Director of the Institute of Humanities Education.

Andrey G. Dorozhkin, Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University

Dr. оf History, Professor of the Department of General History.

Oxana V. Savateeva

PhD, Associate Professor, Head of Philology and Media communications, Department, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Elena S. Ganitch, Murmansk Arctic State University

PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Vitalii A. Pedko, Murmansk State Technical University

Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Marine Academy Institute.

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30/06/2022

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VINOGRADOVA, S. A.; ABRAMZON, T. Y.; DOROZHKIN, A. G.; SAVATEEVA, O. V.; GANITCH, E. S.; PEDKO, V. A. Polar, arctic, northern: Corpora-based study of the semantics of relative adjectives in language. Revista EntreLinguas, Araraquara, v. 8, n. esp.3, 2022. DOI: 10.29051/el.v8iesp.3.17430. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/entrelinguas/article/view/17430. Acesso em: 31 déc. 2025.

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