Description of the textual staple naprotiv (on the contrary) from a lexicographic perspective

Abstract

The article describes the textual staple naprotiv (on the contrary) from a lexicographic perspective. The relevance of this study is explained by the fact that textual staples, often being multifunctional units, are one of the most important means of text organisation that can be used not only in the text, but also in the utterance. These functions, as well as the range of similar units as such, have not yet been sufficiently studied. The study used the methods of continuous sampling, description, and stratification. It is noted that the word naprotiv is a polyfunctional unit; however, the focus is on the least described function of the textual staple to date. The description takes into account the set of parameters developed by the Far Eastern syntactic school. The approach was chosen because these parameters enable one to provide a multi-aspect description, including the distinctive features of the functioning as well as the semantics of the textual staple, i.e., the key characteristics of the class of units under consideration. The textual staple naprotiv and its variant naprotiv togo (on the contrary) considered in the article have the meaning of opposition, which allows the units to be used in two functional-semantic variants: 1) opposition in its pure form; 2) the imposition of causal relations on the opposition. The textual staple naprotiv (on the contrary) has a rather limited scope (up to 2–3 sentences in the left and right context). Nevertheless, it can be used within a single utterance in the functions identical to those of a textual staple. Typically, naprotiv interacts with other function words and functions in the format of a staple phrase, which determines the variation of punctuation.