Functioning of verbs with the meaning of perception “vision” (based on the autobiographical prose by Irina Odoevtseva “On the Banks of the Neva”)

The study aims to identify the specific functions of verbs with the meaning of perception (“vision”) in Irina Odoevtseva’s work “On the Banks of the Neva”. The functions are determined taking into account the voice of the verbs (active or passive), as well as the subject-object relations presented in the semantic structure of the utterance. Four groups of verbs are identified: subject-active, subject-passive, object-active, and object-passive. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that, for the first time, the functional distribution of verbs of visual perception in Irina Odoevtseva’s autobiographical prose “On the Banks of the Neva” is described, and the role of visual perception in the representation of emotional and mental components of semantics in the creation of autobiographical texts is shown. As a result of the research, it was determined that verbs of visual perception in “On the Banks of the Neva” perform a variety of functions: influencing, communicative, emotional, depictive, cognitive, informative, expressive, symbolic, and evaluative. The analysis contributes to the study of autobiographical prose in terms of the interaction of modes of perception and memory, reflecting the author’s and characters’ memories and perceptual experience.