VERBAL PERIPHRASES OF COGNITIVE MEANING IN MILKA IVIĆ’S SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

This paper deals with the use of verbal periphrases with the meaning of cognitive processes in scientific discourse, more precisely, in the texts by Milka Ivić, collected in Linguistic Experiments 1. The analysis is multi-layered and is carried out on the following levels: The collected combinations of words are examined on the semantic level - their meaning is analysed, whereby, firstly, the opposition objective: subjective perception of reality is taken as relevant, and then, based on the narrower meaning, subgroups are formed. Furthermore, the analysis is carried out on the content-formal level - the semantic content of functional verbs is analysed and described in correlation with the form, but also the meaning, of the nominal member of the analytical construction. Finally, the registered verb periphrases are observed on the level of usage with the aim of determining their discourse potential. In accordance with the set objectives, the conclusions of the conducted analysis were drawn on several levels. The analysis of verb periphrases, considering their meaning, showed that only those combinations of words denoting intellectual processes are registered in the analysed corpus, i.e. those that indicate a conscious reflection on various phenomena, which is expected considering the functional and stylistic affiliation of the examined texts. More narrowly, the recorded verb periphrases are classified into four subgroups that represent the linguistic reflection of research phases – combinations of words with the meaning of (1) perceiving phenomena and thinking about them, (2) forming initial hypotheses, (3) interpreting them and (4) drawing conclusions about their nature and functioning. The results of the content-formal analysis show the following. Firstly, functional verbs, primarily with a full meaning, belong to two meaning classes: verbs of movement and verbs of giving/possession. Secondly, the formal structure of the analyzed analytical constructions is predetermined, primarily, by the valency characteristics of the verb lexeme, but also by the meaning of the noun in the position of the nominal part. Observed from the point of view of the use of verb periphrases, after the conducted research, it is concluded that they have discourse roles of amplifiers, markers of relation to the content and markers of relation to the reader.