Words With Locative Significance in the Circuit Function

Abstract

The article deals with the locatives in the function of an adverbial modifier in terms of functional-communicative grammar. The authors consider the function of a language unit as a way of attaining certain goals. Each member of the sentence has a grammatical core that makes up its typical language expression. The authors believe that all types of adverbial modifiers are grouped around adverbs and correlate with adverbs, the latter being the grammatical core of this member of the sentence. The authors draw the conclusion that the main forms of the adverbial modifies of place are the pronominal and circumstantial adverbs. The phraseological units of adverbial nature as well as the nouns included into different types of word combinations of locative semantics as dependent elements may also function as adverbial modifiers of place. However, according to the authors it should be taken into account that noun is the primary form of expressing locativity. Whenever it is necessary to localize an object for the first time, regardless of the context or situation, one usually resorts to a noun (with or without a preposition). The functional-semantic approach that integrates lexical and grammatical means on the basis of their common functions is the fundamental one in this research. The units with the functional semantic basis have been studied making it possible to carry out multifaceted investigation and description of the phenomenon. Nevertheless, the semantic component of the linguistic facts as well as of the structural-semantic research is still the most important one.