EXTREMIZATION AND UNITS OF LANGUAGE

Authors

  • Anush Hakobyan YSU

Keywords:

minimization, maximization, extremization, hierarchy, language levels, linguistic units, intensity scale

Abstract

 Thearticleexamines the paradigmshiftinlexicographicpracticefrom the traditionaldescriptiveapproachto the anthropocentric one.Specialattention is paid to the role of a nativespeaker's personality,pragmatics,culturalandcognitivecontextin the process of creating a dictionary. The necessity of lexicographyorientation to theneeds of a modernuser is substantiated,andthebasicprinciples of anthropocentriclexicography are revealed.

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Published

2025-09-04

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 120 (2025): Russian language in Armenia

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