The problem of semantic organization of vocabulary: the views of scientists
https://doi.org/10.29235/2524-2369-2025-70-3-218-228
Abstract
The article presents a critical examination of the organization of a language’s lexical resources, offering a detailed analysis and interpretation of the data obtained from scientific research on this subject. The study compares and contrasts the approaches to lexicon analysis adopted by Russian and Englishspeaking linguistic schools, highlighting the discrepancies between the two. The definitions and features of the concept of lexico-semantic field are reviewed in the article. An attempt is made to define the name and structure of the fields, which include the lexicalsemantic group “Names of diseases, in Belarusian and English”. A reasonable distinction between the concepts of lexical-semantic group and thematic group is made, a detailed description of the structure of the LSG ‘Names of diseases’ in Belarusian and English is given in the article.
About the Author
L. Yu. Maslovskaya
Belarusian State University
Belarus
Belarus
Liudmila Yu. Maslovskaya – Senior lecturer of the Department of Theory and Practice of Translation, Faculty of Social and Cultural Communications
5 Kurchatova Str., Minsk 220045
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