Evolution of the Verb State Category in Germanic Languages: A Neuroscientific Perspective

Olga Shapochkina, Valentyna Kovalenko, Anna Gaidash, Olena Zaichenko, Valentyna Poroshyna and Lilia Sazhko
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Olga Shapochkina: Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Germanic Philology, Faculty of Romano-Germanic Philology, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Kyiv, Ukraine, o.shapochkina@kubg.edu.ua, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9575-0415
Valentyna Kovalenko: Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv MetropolitanUniversity, Kyiv, Ukraine, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7343-3734
Anna Gaidash: Doctor of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Germanic Philology, Faculty of Romano-Germanic Philology, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Kyiv, Ukraine, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8200-2875
Olena Zaichenko: Senior Lecturer, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Kyiv, Ukraine, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8331-8185
Valentyna Poroshyna: Senior Lecturer, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Kyiv, Ukraine, https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7231-9903
Lilia Sazhko: Candidate of Pedagogical Science, Academic Title - Professor, Professor of the Department of Germanic Philology, Faculty of Romano-Germanic Philology, Boris Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Kyiv, Ukraine, https://orsid.org/0000-0002-1565-6091

Revista romaneasca pentru educatie multidimensionala - Journal for Multidimensional Education, 2024, vol. 16, issue 3, 386-401

Abstract: Relevance of research. The article examines the process of verb formation in Germanic languages, as well as the peculiarities of the grammatical semantics of verbs at different historical stages of the development of Germanic languages. Using the comparative-historical method, the functioning of verbs in texts of Germanic languages ​​was investigated as an aspect of neurolinguistic science. Research results. The article proves that most modal verbs of Germanic languages ​​have undergone significant semantic transformations. The study of texts of different historical stages of language development shows that verbs evolved through semantic transformation. Time frames of the formation of secondary semantics were revealed. The theoretical and practical significance lies in the fact that this resarch allows a detailed study of the features of the emergence of the primary, as well as the secondary, subjective semantics of verbs in Germanic languages ​​from a neuroscientific point of view. It should be noted that the list of subjective values ​​still raises many questions and discussions. The German language has an extremely clear system of means of expressing modal values. The scientific novelty of the article lies in the neurolinguistic approach to the study of the evolution of Germanic verbs. The article aims to study the evolution of verbs in the German language in the context of neurolinguistics. To achieve the goal, the method of comparative analysis was used. This made it possible to consider the evolution of the verb through a comparative study of texts at the main stages of speech development. To solve these problems, texts reflecting the state of the language at each historical stage were studied.

Keywords: German language; modal verb; grammaticalization; semantics; neurolinguistic study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.18662/rrem/16.3/899

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