REFERENCE OF ABSTRACT NOUNS IN THE MODERN GERMAN LANGUAGE

Authors

  • Valentin Kurakov Volgograd State University
  • Yulia Goryunova Volgograd State University

Keywords:

abstract nouns, article, correlation, reference, abstraction degree, transposition

Abstract

The present paper deals with the study of the peculiarities of linguistic reference of abstract nouns
in the modern German language, the reference being realized with the help of the article. The authors
aim at describing the peculiarities of the realization of the category of article determination with abstract
nouns as well as at explaining the uncharacteristic occurrences of the article use determined by the relative
transposition of abstract nouns into the semantic group of class nouns. The analysis of the use of
abstract nouns with the definite, indefinite, and zero articles has allowed the authors to prove that the
specificity of the correlation is determined by the abstraction degree of semantic and formal characteristics
of abstract nouns as well as by the mental images the person has while making use of abstract nouns
in a particular act of communication.

Author Biographies

Valentin Kurakov, Volgograd State University

Assistant Professor of the Department of German Philology, Volgograd State University (Volgograd).

Yulia Goryunova, Volgograd State University

Post-graduate Student of the Department of German Philology, Volgograd State University, Gymnasium no. 10 (Volgograd), julia-martynova@yandex.ru

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Published

2017-08-28

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Articles