title: On the pragmatic aspects of the use of relative adjectives (based on newspaper texts)
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metadata.value: Norman, Boris Iu.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-03-04T10:22:47Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-03-04T10:22:47Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Norman B. Iu. (2021). On the pragmatic aspects of the use of relative adjectives (based on newspaper texts). Media Linguistics, 8 (4), 379–390.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu22.2021.405
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/35438
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article is devoted to studying the pragmatics of using relative adjectives in media discourse.
  Relative adjectives pose a serious problem for Russian lexicography. Their lexical meaning depends
  on the generating stem of the noun (cf. лесной from лес, кирпичный — from кирпич,
  пламенный — from пламя), but it does not always coincide. The article examines two questions,
  illustrated with examples from newspapers and magazines in Russian. The first question
  is related to the behavior of relative adjectives in the syntactic structure of an utterance. These
  words are actively involved in various transformations (reorganizations) of the phrase in inner
  speech. Examples are expressions such as проходной балл (passing score), онегинская
  строфа (Onegin stanza), чеховское ружье (Chekhov’s gun), вертолетные деньги (helicopter
  money), etc. The mobility, dynamism of this grammatical class of words represents a significant
  benefit (bonus) for the journalist. It is shown that the mechanisms of metaphor and
  metonymy are involved in the processes of syntactic transformation. The second question is
  the acquisition by relative adjectives of additional pragmatic shades of meaning due to the
  ideological attitudes (principles) of the speaker. These definitions acquire evaluative (axiological)
  semantics, which can be used, among other things, for the purpose of manipulating the
  reader. With the help of these adjectives, a positive or negative image of a concept is formed.
  Many such expressions originated in the Soviet era (пламенный борец, порочная практика,
  гнилая буржуазия), but their range continues to expand today (вегетарианский период,
  санкционные меры, материнский капитал, силовые министерства). The combination of
  relative adjectives, as well as their pragmatic connotations, require reflection in lexicographical
  publications.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The research was supported by Act 211 of the Government of the Russian Federation, contract no.
  02.A03.21.0006.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Media Linguistics;Volume 8; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: relative adjective
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: metaphor
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: metonymy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: pragmatics
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: connotation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: On the pragmatic aspects of the use of relative adjectives (based on newspaper texts)
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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