Verbs with instrumental seme: instrument-artifacts (on the basic of English language).

Abstract

The main concern of the article is to analyse the semantics of the instruments-artefacts in instrumental verbs (IV) in the English language. The methodological basis presupposes the use of such methods and ways of linguistic analysis as differential and structural analysis, which are based on the methods as observation and comparison. In the course of the research, the analysis of the semantic structure and the quantitative analysis of the empiric material are carried out with the aim of indicating the productivity of the semantic groups singled out, among them the most productive groups are «Everyday usage» and «Motion», the least productive groups are «Equipment», «Dangerous situations» and «Kitchen utensils».