SEMANTIC CAUSERS OF DEPRIVATION IN RUSSIAN PROVERBS

Abstract

The article analyzes the semantic causal factors underlying the semantics of deprivation reflected in Russian proverbs.

The purpose of the study is to identify and describe the types of semantic causes that determine the superfluous semantics in proverbial statements, as well as to establish the nature of their explication in the surface and deep structure of the text.

The scientific significance of the work consists in clarifying the status of the category of deprivation in the system of semantic categories of the Russian language and in expanding the understanding of the mechanisms of causal interpretation of proverbial statements reflecting the loss of material and spiritual benefits.

The methodological basis of the research was the structural-semantic approach and conceptual analysis; in the course of the work, methods of structural-semantic analysis, observation, linguistic analysis, and hermeneutic interpretation techniques were used. The reliability of the results is ensured by the use of extensive factual material — Russian proverbs of various subjects, in which the effect of deprivation is conveyed explicitly or implicitly.

The study found that semantic causes, interpreted as denotative and situational, play a dominant role in the formation of redundancy in Russian proverbs. They are proactive, recording potentially negative circumstances and actions that lead to the undesirable loss of various benefits for a person. It has been established that the causal component of deprivation is mainly expressed explicitly, whereas a smaller part of the causes is presented implicitly and is revealed at the level of deep syntax.